Last nightat Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival's special Do LaB stage, lucky attendees got to see a surprise performance from Major Lazer. Attentive Twitter users thought they might get an extra Diplo set after his performance at the Sahara Tent because of his mysterious tweet before the show. Turns out they were 1/3 correct, as bandmates Walshy Fire and Jillionaire joined him on stage. In addition to their own surprise performance, they brought out special guests Pabllo Vittar, Moonchild Sanelly, and more. Major Lazer is gearing up for another big summer. Diplo recently announced the return of Mad Decent Block Party, in the form of a massive two-day event in Massachusetts at which they will be headlining. In addition to Diplo's own festival, they are slated to perform at EDC Japan, Governors Ball, and more. Founding member Diplo is also celebrating the release of the debut LSD album from his other supergroup consisting of Labrinth, Sia and himself. He will also be headlining Denver's Global Dance Festival and performing at Goldenvoice's country festival, Stagecoach. H/T: Your EDM FOLLOW MAJOR LAZER: Facebook: facebook.com/majorlazer Twitter: twitter.com/MAJORLAZER Instagram: twitter.com/MAJORLAZER SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/majorlazer<doc-sep>Major Lazer, Diplo, and Friends Play Surprise Set at DoLab For everyone that attended Coachella Weekend 1, you had the pleasure of seeing a multitude of artists. Diplo threw down at the Sahara stage Friday night but Major Lazer surprised us all at the Do Lab stage on Saturday night. He brought Pabllo Vittar and Moonchild Sanelly as well for a full blown weekend done right. Anyone attentive to Twitter that night saw that Wes posted he had “one more in [him] tonite” and thus, the late night present! Walshy Fire and Jillionaire joined him onstage at the art installation/performance tent. The trio played for an hour and brought everyone to their knees. Some fans posted some highlights of the weekend on Instagram below. As Weekend 2 commences this week, we’ll see what other surprises this festival has in store for us. A music lover’s haven or an Instragram jewel mine, it’s #chella vs. #nochella but every year, this is the place to be. This year’s lineup is stacked from genre to genre with lots of new experiences. It wouldn’t be Weekend 1 without a couple sound fails, but that is why where there are two weekends, folks! Anyone that isn’t attending can watch the livestream on YouTube presented by T-Mobile. It’s not the same as witnessing those live sets in person, but hey it’s something. Weekend 1 or Weekend 2? Which do you prefer and why?<doc-sep>Diplo might have thrown down at the Sahara stage on Friday night of Coachella, but he came back on Saturday with a bunch of friends. Major Lazer was the special guest at the Do Lab stage on Saturday night, bringing with them a bunch of friends like Pabllo Vittar and Moonchild Sanelly. With only an hour to play, the trio of Diplo, Walshy Fire, and Jillionaire threw down all they could and brought the Do Lab to its knees in the process. Check out some highlights from the set below — we’ll be on the lookout for more videos as the day goes on! Major surprise set at the Do Lab as they bring out Major Laser to close out Saturday night of #Coachella2019 @MAJORLAZER @TheDoLaB pic.twitter.com/2VKSCFMfEM — Watchara Phomicinda (@watcharaphotog) April 14, 2019 Photo via Watchara Photography<doc-sep>Weezer started their Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival set in the most Weezer way possible. They dressed up as a barbershop quartet, complete with matching striped blazers and hats singing their hit song, “Beverly Hills.” Rivers Cuomo performs with Weezer during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Weezer performs during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Weezer opens their set in barbershop quartet style during their performance on the second day of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Weezer performs during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Weezer performs during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Weezer performs on the second day of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Rivers Cuomo performs with Weezer on the second day of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Weezer performs during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) Weezer performs during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG) But people watching the live streams and those at the festival got a treat on Saturday, April 13, of hit songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s with the help of special guests Tears for Fears and Chilli from TLC in addition to a mix of the band’s hits in the 25 years since their first album, colloquially known as the Blue Album, was released. People on social media posted photos, videos and reactions of the band’s performance faster than the Coachella merch lines. Here’s what they had to say: Time to resume my #couchella live tweets. *sees Weezer as a barbershop quartet* Oh, jeez. Nevermind. pic.twitter.com/0HMeJCQTDT — P.J. Guinto (@theyellowstereo) April 14, 2019 Weezer has the lady from TLC onstage with them, playing that group’s smash hit song “I’d Prefer For My Mate To Not Exhibit The Traits Of A Scrub”. #Coachella #Coachella2019 — Josh di Donato (@funkyrabbi) April 14, 2019 Now Chilli from @TLC out for No Scrubs with @Weezer !! Toto has to be backstage somewhere — Peter Larsen (@PeterLarsenBSF) April 14, 2019 Weezer just performed with Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” at #Coachella2019 & my Generation X mind is blown. 🎵😮❤️ pic.twitter.com/CBngvU2vAd — Maya Spikes (@MayaSpikes) April 14, 2019 Watching #Weezer at #Coachella This has to be weird for all those kids in that crowd. It's the equivalent of me listening to The Beach Boys during the Nirvana age of the early 90's — Kevin Zuercher (@kzerker_or) April 14, 2019 If Weezer brings TLC out for No Scru——oh my god!!!! #Coachella — Tiff’s Tweets (@tiffanyclay) April 14, 2019 OMG these people really ARE here for the “Africa” cover. #coachella — Vanessa Franko (@vanessafranko) April 14, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwONiMLgm8S/ But the crowd, was also here for the cover of Toto’s “Africa,” even though that classic rock band didn’t make an appearance. The band closed the set with the classic “Say It Ain’t So,” as a throng of people walked across the field to check out Billie Eilish and her beyond packed set at the Outdoor Theatre.<doc-sep>
The nostalgia came in waves when Weezer played the Coachella festival on Saturday night. First the group appeared in full barbershop-quartet garb to open its set with a few a cappella bars of its hit “Beverly Hills.” Then, as the members changed out of their striped jackets and boater hats, Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” played over the sound system. Finally, with the band positioned at center stage, Weezer blazed through “Buddy Holly,” the 1994 single that made unlikely alternative-rock stars of Rivers Cuomo and his mates. Weezer’s throwback approach made sense at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where the band is clearly a vestige of an earlier era (back before guitars became a relatively rare sight). Yet Cuomo is also attuned to the ways of the internet; more than any of his ’90s peers, perhaps, he knows how to get attention in a meme economy, as he demonstrated a few months ago with “The Teal Album,” a lightly absurdist collection of covers. So here he peppered the oldies in Weezer’s set — “El Scorcho,” “Hash Pipe,” “Island in the Sun,” each as crunchy and tuneful as you could hope — with tunes (and surprise guests) that brought the Teal Album to Instagram-ready life. Weezer opened the show with a barbershop-quartet rendition of “Beverly Hills.” (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) After pointing out that “there’s a lot more girls than we’re used to seeing at a Weezer show,” he brought out TLC’s Chilli to do “No Scrubs,” the girl group’s classic dressing-down of useless dudes. And he welcomed Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears to join in on that group’s new wave staple “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” As on the Teal Album, neither rendition improved on the original (or even did much to justify its existence). But then and now, Cuomo understood the power in the combination of novelty and familiarity. “This could be the last time Weezer gets to play Coachella,” he said near the end of the show, which could mean only one thing: It was time to play Toto’s “Africa.” mikael.wood@latimes.com Twitter: @mikaelwood