Beyonce is set to headline Coachella 2018 after pulling out of this year’s show when she fell pregnant with twins.
The 35-year-old songstress, who already shares five-year-old daughter Blue Ivy with husband Jay Z, announced earlier this year she was expecting again meaning she was replaced by Lady Gaga as the festival’s headline act.
On Thursday, next year’s line-up was confirmed with Beyonce revealed as a returning act – to the delight of fans and festivalgoers who soon swarmed Twitter in delight to voice their need to purchase a ticket.
Happy days: Beyonce is set to headline Coachella 2018 after pulling out of this year’s show when she fell pregnant with twins
In February, Beyonce’s spokespeople released a statement saying: ‘Following advice of doctors to keep a less rigorous schedule, Beyonce has made the decision to forgo performing at the 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.
As the new line-up came out, fans took to Twitter to pen: ‘Guessing I’m going to #Coachella2018… Beyonce is confirmed to headline Coachella next year and tickets sales begin tomorrow that’s early as fck!…
‘WHO’S TRYNA GO SEE BEYONCE AT COACHELLA W ME… Beyoncé getting ready for Coachella. she’s had meetings and rehearsal with the Les Twins. she had them babies bruh…
Sizzling: The 35-year-old songstress, who already shares five-year-old daughter Blue Ivy with husband Jay Z, announced earlier this year she was expecting again meaning she was replaced by Lady Gaga as the festival’s headline act
Eye-popping: Beyonce will be back at it come 2018
‘I really want to go to Coachella and see Beyoncé live but my bank account is giving me a reality check wow what is life…
‘K so Beyonce at Coachella next year. I wonder where I will get the money.’
Beyonce was originally set to perform April 15 and 22. It would have marked her first time she performed at the festival, and she would have been the first female act to headline Coachella since Bjork in 2007.
Happy days: Beyonce was originally set to perform April 15 and 22. It would have marked her first time she performed at the festival, and she would have been the first female act to headline Coachella since Bjork in 2007
Beyonce, who last appeared at Coachella in 2014 when she danced onstage during her sister Solange’s set, announced in February that she and Jay Z are expecting twins. It is not clear when Beyonce is due to give birth.
The pregnant singer performed at the Grammy Awards earlier this year, where she won two honors for her genre-bending album, Lemonade.
Other performers at this year’s Coachella included Lorde, the xx, Bon Iver, Future, Gucci Mane, Justice, DJ Snake, DJ Khaled and Father John Misty.