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In normal circumstances festival goers would be pretty pleased with a guest appearance from R Kelly, but Coachella punters were slightly disappointed after getting hopeful that it would be Daft Punk that joined Phoenix on stage following another Random Access Memories teaser clip.
Phoenix, who were playing the festival for the third time and headlining for the first, played a mixture of old and new songs for the crowd, ahead of the release of their new album Bankrupt! on April 22.
R Kelly joined the French indie rock group to perform a mash-up of his classic ‘Ignition’ and their hit ‘1901’.
But after a Daft Punk teaser clip, featuring Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams was aired ahead of the French group’s set some fans were hoping that it would be the robotic duo that joined Phoenix on stage.
“Our vision for Coachella is that you can never be medium,” guitarist Christian Mazzalai told Reuters ahead of their set.
“It’s either fantastic or a big catastrophe, we don’t like medium things. For us, it’s always been an extreme experience. The first time we played it was our worst show ever, and the second time was one of our best shows ever, it’s either a huge failure or success.”
Speaking about their forthcoming album Mazzalai added: “We have the album of our dreams and there was no compromising at all. In three years, we grew up and we have a different vision, but we’re still the same with having total freedom.”
Bankrupt! is said to see the band starting again from scratch and exploring new ideas and themes. The deluxe edition of the album will include 71 bonus tracks.
Below: Kelly Rowland, Solange and more: Coachella day 2
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