COACHELLA 2010 FRIDAY: Jay-Z & Beyoncé, Coachella’s New Power Couple
Posted Sat Apr 17, 2010 4:19am PDT by Lyndsey Parker in Maximum Performance
Only at Coachella–a diverse California desert festival where Kanye West once opened for Sigur Ros–would Noel Gallagher-infuriating rapper Jay-Z headline the first night; namecheck indie bands Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, and Yeasayer in his onstage thank-you’s; and perform a song that samples Alphaville’s ’80s prom ballad “Forever Young” with the chorus crooned by none other than his famous diva wife, Beyoncé.
Jay-Z’s set, despite starting a half-hour late, was unsurprisingly the best-received gig of Coachella Friday—and that was before his better half sashayed out in her Daisy Dukes.
