Welcome to another Weekend Wrap-Up! This week's news mostly focuses on the Coachella festival, which just finished up its first weekend last week and is currently in the middle of its second. There was a little something for everyone at this festival, from Pet Shop Boys to Lorde to Beyoncé.
Pharrell, along with Lorde and Beyoncé, were among the most tweeted artists on Saturday's show. Pharrell's performance featured surprise guests such as Busta Rhymes, Tyler The Creator and Gwen Stefani.
This year's Coachella festival is one of its most mainstream, featuring more current Hot 100 artists than ever before.
In other festival news, The Budweiser Made in America Festival will be expanding to Los Angeles, as well as remaining in Philadelphia, making it a bi-coastal event. Los Angeles' festival will take place at Grand Park.
Sharon Jones says that there is "enough material" for her band, The Dap-Kings, "to work on another album". Their last album, Give the People What They Want, was delayed when Jones went through surgery and chemotherapy for second stage pancreatic cancer. Now she and the band are more ready than ever for the busy schedule ahead of them, including multiple concerts in North America and Europe.
Finally, after 18 years, Prince has returned to Warner Bros. Records. In the 1990s, Prince had an infamous debacle with the record company, feeling like a slave to the company. He changed his name to a symbol to express his distaste with his treatment, and left the contract and the company in 1996. Why he's returning is unknown, and Warner Bros Records has declined to comment on the details of the record deal. But CEO Cameron Strang has expressed that "Everyone at Warner Bros. Records is delighted to be working with Prince again".
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