After Frank Ocean canceled his appearance at the second weekend of Coachella citing an injury, Blink 182 will take his place as the Sunday headliner on April 23 at the Indio, California music festival..
Ocean’s reps said in a statement to NBC News on April 19, that he dropped out of Coachella due to an injury.
“After suffering an injury to his leg on festival grounds in the week leading up to weekend 1, Frank Ocean was unable to perform the intended show but was still intent on performing,” the statement reads. “And in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity.”
“On doctor’s advice, Frank Ocean is not able to perform weekend 2 due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg,” the statement continued.
Additionally, the 35-year-old Grammy winner also released his own statement regarding the situation.
“It was chaotic. There is some beauty in chaos,” Ocean’s statement read. “It isn’t what I intended to show but I did enjoy being out there and I’ll see you soon.”
The news of Ocean’s last-minute cancellation comes days after he headlined the third day of Coachella, on Sunday, April 16. The set was his first concert since 2017.
He was originally scheduled to headline Coachella in 2020 before the festival was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
His 2023 Coachella set received mixed reviews, with festival goers tweeting that he started almost an hour late and that he was difficult to see from the stage. Fans at home were also disappointed that his set was not livestreamed on Coachella’s YouTube like other headliners Bad Bunny and Blackpink.
On April 20, Coachella and Blink 182 confirmed on social media that the band would take Ocean's headliner spot on April 23.
"See you Sunday @blink182," the official Coachella Twitter account shared. "Four Tet x Fred again.. x Skrillex will also be joining Sunday evening."
The band shared the same lineup photo and the following caption:
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