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Entertainment
George Varga

Analysis: As Coachella returns, is the world's biggest annual music festival losing some allure after 24 years?

SAN DIEGO — Is Coachella starting to lose a little of its shine?

Is the allure of the world's biggest annual music festival beginning to dim, 24 years after it debuted in 1999 with a lineup headlined by Beck, Tool and Rage Against the Machine?

Do Puerto Rico's Bad Bunny, South Korea's Blackpink and Long Beach's Frank Ocean — who perform this weekend and next, and are the festival's first all-nonwhite headliners — not have the same mass appeal as 2022 headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and the pairing of Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd?

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