Reneé Rapp brings fireworks with Kesha releasing “Tik Tok” with a diss for Diddy on Day 3

The 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival concludes on Sunday, April 14, with Doja Cat returning to the desert to headline the event.

Other artists include Victoria Monét, Reneé Rapp, J Balvin and Bebe Rexha.

It was a big music weekend in the desert. Tyler, the Creator had a guest-filled spectacle that included a bighorn sheep on Saturday night after No Doubt performed a set of his biggest hits for the first time in nine years, with a little help from Olivia Rodrigo.

Taylor Swift wasn't on stage with Bleachers, but she was watching from the side along with Travis Kelce on Saturday night, and Billie Eilish showed up for a surprise at the Do Lab.

And that's after big performances from Lana Del Rey and Peso Pluma on Friday.

Follow The Times' August Brown, Danielle Dorsey, Vanessa Franko and Mikael Wood as they are on hand in Indio for the final day of the festival's first weekend.

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1:30 p.m The Do Lab is often described as the festival within the festival at Coachella. In its early years it was located in the middle of the grounds and attracted festival goers with beats, circus acts and the all-important Mister.

The Do Lab's popularity has grown significantly since its debut at Coachella in 2004, and now has its own dedicated area that can accommodate 15,000 fans at any point during the festival.

This space is also known for hosting an impressive list of surprise guests, and this year is no exception. Among those who stopped by this year were DJ Pee .Wee (Anderson .Paak) and Sofi Tukker on Friday and 2022 headliner Billie Eilish on Saturday.

The LA-based brothers Dede, Jesse and Josh Flemming behind the Do Lab are collaborating to create a whimsical space with an ever-improving concert experience that also offers a break from the sun.

“We mainly focus on shadows and water and fog. We have to pay attention to light and sound,” Josh Flemming said.

Despite these practical elements, what makes Do Lab special is the colorful stage setup. This year there are fabric-covered structures in shades of blue, orange, yellow and red that Josh Flemming described as “10 giant mushrooms.”

“We are the most colorful thing out there. We want people to feel like they have almost walked through a portal,” said Jesse Flemming.

And if you can't get enough of the Do Lab vibes at Coachella, check out Lightning in a Bottle, Do Lab's own festival, May 22-27 at Buena Vista Lake in Kern County. –Vanessa Franko

14 o'clock It's the first time DJ Will Clarke has been a real Coachella performer, although he's appeared on the Do Lab stage in previous years. The UK and Detroit-based DJ, who also runs a food-focused Instagram, played the Yuma tent on Saturday, but we met up early Sunday afternoon for a tour of Postmates' Sauce Bar in the 12 Peaks VIP area . The yellow-orange shaded structure feels like stepping into the sun and felt at least 10 degrees hotter than our perfect mid-70s reality.

Guests can choose from fries, tots, or a combination of both, before adding sauces sourced from some of LA's most famous restaurants, such as BBQ sauce from Bludso's and a ghost chili sriracha in collaboration with producer Benny Blanco . Blanco's dip proved to be our favorite of the five options, with the honey mustard coming in second. The real benefit is dipping your fries or trifles in the Sriracha and then adding honey mustard to tone down the heat a bit. We both agreed that Blanco's Sriracha sauce was ideal with hot wings. Perhaps Postmates will consider our feedback before coming back for Weekend 2. –Danielle Dorsey

4:18 p.m Since Friday afternoon, I've been tracking the number of shaved breasts compared to the number of unshaven breasts among the men at Coachella. Current totals are:

28,987 shaved

27,674 unshaven

It's a close race; I'm excited to see which side wins at the end of the evening. —MW

17 o'clock YG Marley beams as he takes the Coachella stage under the high afternoon sun. Accompanied by an echoing hype man waving a giant Jamaican flag, he launches into his single “Marching for Freedom,” stomping his feet and urging the audience to participate. Freedom, peace and love are recurring themes throughout the set and a message that clashes with that of his late grandfather Bob Marley.

It's no surprise that YG Marley brought his mother, Ms. Lauryn Hill, on stage with him, but the addition of Wyclef Jean and a handful of Fugees hits that followed caused a stir in the crowd, who effortlessly listened to every word “Killing” recites “Me Softly,” “Ready or Not,” and “No Woman, No Cry.”

Just when I think the energy can't get any higher, Busta Rhymes jumps on stage to his 1997 single “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See.” After a quick detour through the Flipmode Squad catalog the ensemble returns to the hits of Bob Marley, and Wyclef asks the audience to raise both hands if they want the wars around the world to end.

“Raise your hands for peace!” The hype man chants and the crowd happily obeys and cheers in agreement.

Wyclef segues into “One Love” before enlisting YG Marley to bring it home with “Is This Love.” The Jamaican flag emblazoned on the triple screen behind the stage is swapped for vintage photos of Bob Marley, with YG Marley's live performance framed by a six-pointed star. As the music fades, I find myself entering a sociable high, not only from the heavy cannabis smoke wafting across the grounds, but also from the performance itself. Yes, I think that's love I'm feeling. —DD

5:03 p.m Before Taking Back Sunday took the stage at the Mojave Tent on Sunday afternoon, the crowd chanted “TBS! TBS! TBS!” Yes, the emo kids who crowded into basement shows over the decades had found their people. I know because I am one of them.

The band may be wearing suits on stage now, but they're just as electric as they were when we were all in our twenties. Adam Lazzara can still share the mic with the best of them.

Highlights of the band's 45-minute set included opener “A Decade Under the Influence” as well as classics “You're So Last Summer” and “Cute Without the E (Cut From the Team).”

As I predicted, it was a big cathartic emo sing-along for those of us for whom it was never a phase, culminating in set closer “MakeDamnSure.” —VF

6:05 p.m Reneé Rapp called her guest “the hottest person in the world” and brought Kesha to the Outdoor Theater to perform her 2009 electro-pop hit “Tik Tok” – an opportunity Kesha took advantage of to repeat the opening lyrics of her song from “Wake up” to “In the mornings I feel like P Diddy” to “Waking up in the mornings and saying, 'F–P Diddy,'” following recent sexual abuse allegations against the hip-hop mogul. Rapp – a big-voiced singer and actress known to audiences for her roles in Broadway's “Mean Girls” and the big-screen adaptation – was introduced by several cast members of the TV series “The L Word,” singing flirtatious but mocking pop -Soul melodies about her love for pretty girls and her disgust for annoying girls. Her song “Colorado,” she said, was inspired by the experience of the “Winter of the Whites” — “the only thing we did right.” —MW

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