Coachella Festival 2022: The desert is alive again

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After a two-year break from the pandemic, the Coachella festival in Indio, California, started on Friday.

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The »Coachella Music & Arts Festival«, to give it its full name, takes place on two consecutive weekends - and as always has the really big names in the line-up.

Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, Harry Styles and Doja Cat, among others, perform.

Pictured here: Anitta (left) and Saweetie (right).

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The two singers were supported by the usual deeply relaxed Snoop Dogg during their performance.

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The rapper Lil Baby has already made his appearance.

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Coachella is considered one of the most attended festivals in the world.

The organizers are expecting around 100,000 visitors this year.

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The venue is in the roughly 40,000 square kilometer Colorado desert.

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Colorful outfits are part of the »Coachella style«.

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Masks are not compulsory or distance rules apply at the festival - even if the corona pandemic in the USA is far from over.

Proof of vaccination is also not required.

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Anyone who would like to watch the spectacle from above can do so on »Spectra«: an illuminated seven-story spiral leads to a viewing platform on the festival site.

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More than 150 acts await visitors in total.

Tickets cost the equivalent of at least 400 euros in advance.

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Here the singer Phoebe Bridgers at her performance.

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