As is the yearly tradition, hoards of music lovers traveled from near and far this weekend to the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the desert in Indio California, the unofficial kick off to the year’s festival season.
As one of the biggest music festivals on in the country, Coachella draws viral performances each year as artists often bring out special guests to their sets to help them meet the moment. 2025 will be no exception, and we’ll be compiling all those performances here. So far, The Go-Go’s have already brought out Billie Joe Armstrong, Benson Boone sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Queen’s Brian May on guitar, and Three 6 Mafia brought out Project Pat, Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly and Wiz Khalifa.
Many more collaborations are expected throughout the weekend. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Troye Sivan will join his Sweat Tour co-headliner Charli xcx during her Saturday night set, while Maren Morris is expected to come out for Zedd’s set.
Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Green Day and Post Malone are among the headliners of the weekend. Missy Elliott, Tyla, Lisa, GloRilla, Lola Young, Ed Sheeran, Weezer, T-Pain, Eli Brown, The Original Misfits, Jimmy Eat World, Rawayana, Clairo, Zedd, Megan Thee Stallion, Shaboozey, Jennie, Enhypen, Ty Dolla $ign, Muni Long and beabadoobee are also on the lineup for the two-weekend festival.
Below is a list of some of the weekend’s biggest surprise guests, and some of what’s to come. Be sure to check back for more throughout the weekend.
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Billie Joe Armstrong with The Go-Go’s
Image Credit: (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella) Billie Joe Armstrong joined The Go-Go’s during their Friday evening set at the Outdoor Theatre stage to perform “Head Over Heels.” Armstrong teased a potential collaboration earlier Friday before confirming he’d be joining the legendary band just before their set started.
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Project Pat, Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly and Wiz Khalifa With Three 6 Mafia
Image Credit: Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella Project Pat, Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly and Wiz Khalifa joined Three 6 Mafia’s Friday evening set. The hip hop group had promised a few surprises, and Barker’s appearance was previously teased before the set.
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Queen’s Brian May with Benson Boone
The “Beautiful Things” singer Benson Boone brought out legendary guitarist Brian May to perform Queen’s iconic song, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which included a nod to the late Freddie Mercury.
“Gonna treasure this moment on the plane with Benson Boone – a truly golden 22-year-old prodigy,” May posted on his Instagram earlier Friday. “I’m proud and happy to say we are now officially pals.”
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Troye Sivan with Charli xcx
Image Credit: Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Sources tell THR that Troye Sivan is planning to join Charli xcx’s Saturday night Coachella stage set. The move wouldn’t too unexpected as the pair recently went on their co-headlining Sweat arena tour last year.
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Maren Morris With Zedd
Image Credit: Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella) Maren Morris is expected to join Zedd’s Sunday night set, a source tells THR. The pair have collaborated together in the past on the hit song, “The Middle,” and they performed at Coachella together back in 2019 as well.