Frank Ocean pulls out of Coachella's second weekend

Frank Ocean has pulled retired of his header slot astatine the Coachella Festival's 2nd play this Sunday.

The instrumentalist played astatine the California festival's opening weekend, but his shambolic show near galore fans disappointed and baffled.

Representatives for the US prima said a limb wounded had prompted last-minute changes to that show, which included an onstage crystal rink being melted.

Ocean's acceptable past week was his archetypal US show successful six years. He was expected to header the festival successful 2020, but those shows were scrapped owed to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a statement, Ocean's representatives said helium had withdrawn from the coming weekend's show connected doctor's orders.

"After suffering an wounded to his limb connected festival grounds successful the week starring up to play one, Frank Ocean was incapable to execute the intended amusement but was inactive intent connected performing, and successful 72 hours, the amusement was reworked retired of necessity," they said.

"On doctor's advice, [Ocean] is not capable to execute play 2 owed to 2 fractures and a sprain successful his near leg."

Rehearsals for his comeback lasted months, but the amusement often stuttered to a halt. Ocean was obscured down a surface for overmuch of the performance, and the mediate of the acceptable featured a DJ playing remixes of Ocean's songs, including Slide, Provider and Lost.

"Ocean looks similar he's struggling up there," wrote the LA Times successful a unrecorded blog of the show. "Nothing has achieved lift-off connected a existent groove yet and the assemblage is looking puzzled. This is sedate to the constituent of confusion."

A planned livestream of the amusement was besides scrapped and, due to the fact that Ocean arrived connected signifier astir an hr late, the performance ended abruptly erstwhile helium overshot the festival's midnight curfew.

Despite the setbacks, determination were immoderate highlights, including a reworked mentation of White Ferrari and an ethereal show of Godspeed.

Ocean dedicated the amusement to his member Ryan, who died successful a car mishap 3 years agone astatine the property of 20.

"These past mates years, my beingness changed truthful much," helium told the audience. "My member and I, we came to this festival a lot. I consciousness similar I was dragged retired present fractional the clip due to the fact that I hated the dust... but I would ever upwind up here.

"I cognize helium would person been truthful excited to beryllium present with each of us, and I privation to accidental convey you for the enactment and the ears and the emotion implicit each this time."

Afterwards, reports emerged of drastic last-minute changes to the show, which was primitively owed to impact 120 crystal skaters.

Details emerged successful hockey podcast Empty Netters, whose hosts Dan and Chris Powers were among the nonrecreational skaters who had been owed to perform.

"For astir a month, we've been doing rehearsal, we've been hanging with Frank, hanging with the different skaters, hanging with these unthinkable fig skaters, going done this full process - this immense ordeal," Dan told listeners.

But erstwhile they got to the festival tract successful the Colorado Desert, they were told Ocean had injured his ankle and the crystal was being melted.

"So present we're being told that we're inactive going to enactment connected these sequined Prada suits, but we're conscionable going to locomotion back-and-forth connected signifier for astir 5 minutes, we're not gonna skate," Dan continued.

"And Chris and I, consecutive up, with Frank Ocean close there... we conscionable go, 'No, dude. No convey you.'"

However, the duo were afloat of praise for the singer, contempt the problems.

"He had a precise wide vision, and adjacent though that imaginativeness changed a lot, helium was ever connected us, helping us, making definite everyone deed what helium was picturing successful his mind," said Chris.

"He was chill with everyone, helium was teaching everyone however to sing the songs, giving them the cadence," Dan added.

"It felt similar this was happening helium truly cared about, that helium was ace psyched about, and to spot it each autumn isolated was decidedly sad... but besides nuts."

In a connection confirming his cancellation, Ocean reflected connected the opening weekend.

"It was chaotic. There is immoderate quality successful chaos. It isn't what I intended to amusement but I did bask being retired determination and I'll spot you soon," helium said.