Arts
April 24, 2025 12:39 p.m.
From left to right, Aric Kline, Emma Breen, Austin Ali, Vincent Jurado, Samuel Adam and Nathan Culcasi play their instruments while standing barefoot on a beach. The student composers’ original work will be featured at the “Climate Notes” event being held at Schoenberg Hall on Sunday. (Courtesy of Katie Osborn)
This post was updated April 24 at 9:33 p.m.
The musical climate at UCLA is breaking new ground.
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will hold an event called “Climate Notes” at 4 p.m.
By Reid Sperisen
Arts
April 22, 2025 7:01 a.m.This post was updated April 22 at 11:54 p.m.
UCLA alumnus and Grammy Award-winning musician Sara Bareilles will speak at the College of Letters and Science commencement ceremonies June 13.
Bareilles, who graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in communication in 2003, will deliver the keynote speech at each of the three UCLA College commencement ceremonies, which are scheduled for 11 a.m., 3 p.m.
By Lex Wang
Arts
April 21, 2025 4:01 p.m.Coachella 2025 review: From JENNIE to Zedd, closing night performances spotlight around-the-world talent
This post was updated April 22 at 8:58 p.m.
The final day of Coachella 2025 kept the heat of the festival going.
Under the sunshine and dusty winds of Indio, California, a plethora of artists brought their music to the thousands of attendees who stuck around for the closing day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
By Reid Sperisen
Arts
April 20, 2025 5:20 p.m.Coachella 2025 review: Saturday’s sets featured artists new and old from Charli xcx to Green Day
This post was updated April 20 at 10:11 p.m.
The second day of Coachella’s second weekend was full of surprises.
From classical music to K-pop to the finest of ‘90s punk, Saturday performances at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, did not disappoint with their novelty and spectacle.
By Reid Sperisen
Arts
April 19, 2025 4:23 p.m.Coachella 2025 review: Lady Gaga’s headlining set electrifies with fierce energy, jubilance, artistry
This post was updated April 20 at 10:15 p.m.
Never before has the gleeful mayhem of a performance been so phenomenal.
Lady Gaga’s headlining set on the main Coachella Stage on Friday night represented the glory and splendor of an ambitious, maximalist, unforgettable live music extravaganza immediately tailored for the pop culture history books.
By Reid Sperisen
Arts
April 19, 2025 3:30 p.m.Coachella 2025: Friday sets from The Marías to Missy Elliott deliver eclectic music for attendees
This post was updated April 20 at 10:01 p.m.
The first day of Coachella’s second weekend blew away audience expectations amid blustery desert winds.
Even with dust stirred up from the previous weekend tearing through the air, the kickoff to the second half of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, featured a variety of large-scale pop performances that ignited festivalgoers’ energy for the weekend ahead.
By Reid Sperisen
Arts
April 18, 2025 11:10 a.m.Coachella 2025 Q&A: Musician Seun Kuti on the intersection between art, social justice
This post was updated April 20 at 10:20 p.m.
Seun Kuti is hoping to remind audiences of the intersection between art and social justice.
After not being able to take the Indio, California, stage in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian musician and his band Egypt 80 will perform at the second weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
By Sanjana Chadive
Arts
April 17, 2025 8:04 p.m.Q&A: Tinlicker’s Micha Heyboer talks Coachella 2025 performance of ‘I Started A Fire’
Burning bright, Tinlicker’s newest track is heating up the Coachella Valley.
“I Started A Fire,” which also features vocals by Hero Baldwin, follows the electronic and dance music duo’s 2024 album “Cold Enough For Snow.” Composed of members Jordi van Achthoven and Micha Heyboer, Tinlicker played the track at the first weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
By Sanjana Chadive
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