As Coachella has become bigger and bigger as a festival, it is has become more about the spectacle and which artist can pull off the bigger stunt with some sort of marketing gimmick or special guest that will have more people write and talk about it over the next few days. The Weeknd understood the magnitude of his role as the final performer on the main stage at Coachella Saturday night and brought out a very special guest for the occasion. The "Earned It" crooner invited Kanye West to perform four tracks alongside him.
The surprise performance entailed four of West's tracks spanning his career including "I Don't Like," "Black Skinhead," "Can't Tell Me Nothing" and his recent single "All Day" from West's upcoming album So Help Me God. The pair performed "All Day" together in front of a red screen with Kanye who is sporting a leather skirt and his own Yeezy sneakers. The Weeknd chimes in at points as the back up to Kanye. Watch the video for their performance of "All Day" together below via NME.
The Weeknd delivered a masterful performance without any guests in tow, but decided to up the ante for weekend two with West as his surprise. Normally artists like to go all out for the first weekend, but The Weeknd saved his trump card for the second go around.
Staying in Indio, all eyes are on Drake tonight as he looks to improve on his performance from weekend one. Fans and critics are expecting a career statement performance from the Toronto rapper and something that will one-up his Madonna surprise and Kanye with The Weeknd. It was recently reported that he has a track with Beyoncé on his upcoming album Views From The 6 and he was going to have another major guest come out to perform.
