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Following this year’s Coachella in April, dates have been officially announced for 2023.
The music festival will take place from 15 to 17 April and 21 to 23 April 2023 in Indio, California.
Along with the recently released dates, Frank Ocean has been confirmed as one of the headliners.
In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, co-founder Paul Tollett spoke about singer, who was slated to headline the 2020 edition of the festival, which was cancelled due to the pandemic.
“Right now, it’s the Wild West. I’m just trying to be as fair as I can to artists and to the fans to make sure that eventually they get to see everyone that we talked about,” he said.
Advance tickets for the forthcoming festival went on sale today [17 June] at 10am PT. The event switched its ticketing platform to AXS, so fans will have to create an account here to purchase tickets.
No other information regarding general tickets for Coachella 2023 has been announced.
Justin Bieber
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While you wait in anticipation, you can relive some of the biggest talking points from Coachella 2022 here.
You can also check out some of the new music that debuted during the festival’s first weekend here.
Coachella is scheduled for 15 to 17 April and 21 to 23 April 2023 in Indio, California.
Photo courtesy of @metmuseum
When rumors emerged last September that Frank Ocean was reportedly shopping the follow-up album to his 2016 masterpiece Blonde, fans quickly stopped in their tracks.
Ocean — who exited his deal with Def Jam Recordings following the release of his visual LP Endless — is now slated to headline Coachella’s 2023 lineup according to a new interview by the Los Angeles Times, reigniting the burning question of his impending return to music. Per Hits Daily Double, the report also states that Ocean’s attorneys have “been taking meetings and playing the music for execs as he plans his return.”
This comes after Ocean attended the Met Gala that continued a recent string of public appearances in late 2021. In August, Frank had announced his new line of luxury jewelry and his newly-founded company Homer, which consists of “fine and high jewelry pieces,” ranging from $395 to $1.9 million.
Sitting down with Financial Times in his first interview in over two years, Frank opened up about Homer’s inception — detailing his motivations behind business ownership, his journey into “hard goods,” his relationship with Virgil Abloh, his fashion inspirations and what he keeps locked away on his iPad — “until he’s ready to show the world.” Ocean is also in talks of directing his first feature film with production powerhouse A24 in the near future.
Releasing singles in “DHL,” “In My Room,” “Dear April” and “Cayendo” in 2019-20, Ocean looked to be gearing up for an eventual album release off these tracks. However, when his 18-year-old brother Ryan Breaux tragically passed away in 2020, any previous plans for a project were seemingly put on hold.
Now as Ocean continues to look for a deal that works for him, here’s hoping we see Frank do what he does best sooner rather than later.
Frank Ocean will headline the 2023 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the event’s co-founder Paul Tollett revealed in an interview with Steve Appleford for the Los Angeles Times. In the article, Appleford writes, “Normally, Tollett would never reveal the name of any act so far in advance, but he says fans deserve some reassurance after the chaos and uncertainty of the last year and a half.”
“Right now, it’s the Wild West,” Tollett also said. “I’m just trying to be as fair as I can to artists and to the fans to make sure that eventually they get to see everyone that we talked about.”
Frank Ocean was scheduled to headline Coachella 2020, which never occurred due to the pandemic. Coachella last took place in 2019, but is slated to return in April 2022, and, according to the Los Angeles Times, the festival will feature Rage Against the Machine and Travis Scott, Ocean’s planned co-headliners from 2020. A third 2022 headliner will be announced, according to The Times.
Frank Ocean has entered the realm of sex toys with the launching of an 18-karat diamond-encrusted cock ring. It's a weird timing, since it was just announced that he's headlining Coachella 2023. Now seems not to be the right time to confuse fans as to whether he's switching careers or what. After all, being in the realm of business takes time and work. The fact that he's now posting nude to market his toys is an evidence of how much work this will take.
The "XXXL H-Bone Ring" is the latest accessory from the singer's high-end jewelry label Homer.
The collection, which also includes pendants, earrings, and a keychain, is available for purchase online or at the by-appointment-only Homer store in New York City.
The H-Bone Ring is handcrafted from 18 carat yellow gold with a multitude of channel-set princess-cut diamonds and layers that depict "a pixelated bone or an H-motif," and is polished to a high sheen. The price is a staggering $25,570.
To sell the cock ring, Ocean released a naked shot of someone wearing the sex toy on his Instagram Stories, with their genitalia blocked out. It is unknown whether the individual in the photo is Frank Ocean - some said it is!
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The reactions went from being funny to shocking. Some cannot believe what they saw when they just chanced upon the artist's story.
everyone opening frank ocean story pic.twitter.com/baMfT4QaiX
— fawn [@fawndeeznutz] August 6, 2022
FRANK OCEANS INSTAGRAM STORY RN???? pic.twitter.com/NKW8RywYsZ
— V [@youan4me] August 6, 2022
Frank also marketed his new brand by uploading an Instagram photo of himself wearing a black wig and orange hoodie. </p> <p>Apart from music, he's also busy with a directing project. It's apparent that the artist is being as busy as he can get before <a target="_blank" href="//www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-08-02/frank-ocean-coachella-2023-paul-tollett" rel="nofollow">Coachella 2023</a>.</p> <p>Recently, it was claimed that Frank Ocean is preparing to write and direct his first feature-length picture and is in talks with entertainment giant A24. </p> <p>According to DiscussingFilm, the movie, provisionally named Philly, could begin filming this fall in New Mexico, with production concluding before 2023. Ocean is collaborating with the production company 2AM, which is also planning two more A24 releases: Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, and Past Lives. </p> <p>Frank Ocean marked the tenth anniversary of his breakthrough album Channel Orange by reviving his blonded RADIO and releasing a new line of merchandise last month. </p> <p>Ocean released Endless and Blonde in August 2016, however he has not released any album since then. Last year, he was apparently shopping around his third album to various labels.</p> <p><strong>READ MORE:<a target="_blank" href="//www.musictimes.com/articles/86193/20220805/johnny-depp-jeff-beck-issue-duo-reviewing-stolen-poem-accusation.htm"> Johnny Depp, Jeff Beck Song: Duo 'Reviewing' Stolen Poem Accusation After Album Release</a></strong> </p> <div class="tags"> See More <a target="_blank" href="//www.musictimes.com/tags/frank-ocean">Frank Ocean</a> </div> <div class="copyright">© 2015 MusicTimes.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.</div> <div class="mb"> <div id="M703703ScriptRootC1119543"></div> <script src="//jsc.mgid.com/m/u/musictimes.com.1119543.js" async>