The best, worst and megachurch-iest of Stagecoach Day 2

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Less than a week aft Coachella concluded, the Stagecoach state euphony festival has drawn different assemblage successful the tens of thousands to the present mostly grassless Empire Polo Club successful Indio. The three-day lawsuit kicked disconnected Friday and volition tally done Sunday nighttime with headliners Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll and Luke Combs. I’ll beryllium present each play to bring you the highs and the lows arsenic they happen. Here’s what went down connected Day 2:

An oasis successful the desert

“This is officially the biggest amusement I’ve ever headlined successful my career,” Jelly Roll said not agelong into his main-stage performance, and for him that presented an accidental to bash much than entertain: “I ne'er would person dreamed that God would’ve brought a lad from Tennessee to the godforsaken of Southern California,” helium added, his dependable steadily rising similar a pastor’s, “to pb america successful religion work connected a Saturday nighttime to heal the breached done the powerfulness of music.”

True to that framing, the face-tattooed rapper-turned-singer did plaintive versions of his songs “Son of a Sinner” and “I Am Not Okay” — some of which gully connected his past with drugs and jailhouse to archer stories of redemption — and brought retired an existent worship leader, Brandon Lake, to sing his growly Christian-music crossover hit, “Hard Fought Hallelujah.” The signifier acceptable resembled a state presumption with a neon motion assuring america that Jesus saves — an oasis successful the desert, successful different words.

Jelly Roll made clip for immoderate much earthly pleasures: cameos from BigXthaPlug and Wiz Khalifa that reminded you of his hip-hop roots, and an quality by MGK, who did his appealingly bratty pop-punk “My Ex’s Best Friend.” He besides brought retired Alex Warren to sing his gloopy ballad “Ordinary” and to premiere a caller duet betwixt the 2 of them called “Oh My Brother.” (Unfortunately, it sounded similar Imagine Dragons.)

Jelly Roll finished his acceptable with different faith-minded moment, welcoming Lana Del Rey to the signifier to articulation him for “Save Me” arsenic simulated rainfall fell connected the 2 of them. Del Rey’s feathery croon was wholly incorrect for the song, which calls for an unembarrassed prime that’s not portion of her full deal. But Jelly Roll looked truthful amped to person her retired determination that you were inclined — hey, what bash you cognize — to forgive.

With arms wide open

Saturday’s large megachurch vigor continued with Creed’s late-night acceptable successful the Palomino tent, wherever vocalist Scott Stapp struck an assortment of messianic poses arsenic his bandmates crushed retired the gospel-grunge riffs of “One Last Breath” and “Higher.” For the latter, Creed brought retired the pop-soul prima Tori Kelly — conscionable 1 of the galore millennials and zoomers who’ve kept Creed successful concern a quarter-century aft the band’s hit-making era.

Koe Wetzel holds a microphone and a guitar.

Five minutes backstage with Koe Wetzel

Did you cognize that Lana Del Rey had made retired with your pal Morgan Wallen, arsenic she claimed successful a opus astatine Stagecoach connected Friday night?
Did she accidental so? Good for her.

Your woman precocious announced she’s pregnant. If you could choose, what would beryllium the archetypal opus your kid hears?
“Island successful the Sun” by Weezer? I don’t know. It’s a bully vibe.

You posted a photo the different time of you and Bailey Zimmerman hanging retired astatine Billy Bob’s successful Texas. Bailey’s drinking a Twisted Tea. Did you fto him cognize that Twisted Tea is simply a disgusting drink?
I honestly don’t cognize what happened that night. We went to a bar, and I deliberation his manager was like, “Please don’t spell retired with Koe.” Once we got offstage, it was benignant of chaos — benignant of black-out city. Twisted Tea, I’m not a large instrumentality of it. But Bailey’s young. I retrieve being that young and drinking it excessively — I can’t clasp it against him.

What’s an big beverage you’ve sworn off?
I volition ne'er portion Rumple Minze ever again.

Last year, Jessie Murph said connected TikTok that she’d been called a rat by immoderate of your fans for appearing connected your opus “High Road.” Then she directed them to the solo mentation you released and told them to spell get their DUIs. What’s your response?
She’s a atrocious bitch. Shout retired to her. Everybody that was talking s—, spell f— yourself.

You wrote songs for your medium “9 Lives” with the songwriter Amy Allen, who besides had a manus successful Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet.” Are you into Sabrina’s album?
I’d beryllium a liar if I said I wasn’t successful determination jamming it. I’m a Sabrina fan.

Are you progressive successful a beef with different instrumentalist astatine the moment?
I’m presently beefless. I deliberation I’m beauteous chill with everybody. If you perceive antithetic from idiosyncratic else, though, fto maine cognize — we’ll occurrence it up for sure.

Last week you posted a photo from the studio. The champion caller opus you’ve got truthful acold — what’s it about?
We wrote a opus astir a serial slayer the different day.

What’s a tattoo you regret?
“F— 2020” connected my leg. I was super-drunk erstwhile I got it. I woke up the adjacent morning, wiped the humor distant and said, “Well, that’s determination forever.”

Best screen mentation heard truthful far

Tiera Kennedy, dressed successful an Aaliyah T-shirt for her 2nd Stagecoach show of the day, moving nimbly done SWV’s always-welcome “Weak.”

Second-best screen mentation heard truthful far

Ashley McBryde, connected the main signifier astatine sunset, nailing the haunted yet blissed-out vibe of Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer.”

Imagine that

Playing Stagecoach arsenic portion of a circuit down past year’s “Passage du Desir” (which helium released nether the change ego Johnny Blue Skies), Sturgill Simpson and his choky four-piece set offered up an hr of soulful boogie-rock jams that evoked the Allman Brothers backed by Booker T. & the M.G.’s. Speaking of covers: In summation to William Bell’s early-’60s psyche staple “You Don’t Miss Your Water,” Simpson played a longing rendition of, uh, “Party All the Time” by Eddie Murphy.

Still tipsy

Like T-Pain connected Friday, Shaboozey completed a uncommon Indio trifecta connected Saturday, performing connected Stagecoach’s main signifier aft doing some weekends of Coachella. (Perhaps that’s wherefore helium wore 3 bedazzled belts arsenic portion of his crisp denim suit.) The rap-fluent state prima sang a moving rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ connected Heaven’s Door,” which helium called 1 of his favourite songs of each time; brought retired Sierra Ferrell to bash “Hail Mary”; and closed of people with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” his 2024 smash that spent 19 weeks atop Billboard’s Hot 100 past year. Around the clip of February’s Grammy Awards, Shaboozey appeared to person bushed — reasonably! — of “Tipsy’s” rootsy jollity. Here, though, helium seemed reenergized by the thousands singing along.

A flashy visitor

One vivid objection of Stagecoach’s improvement from the festival’s aboriginal days: Scott Storch’s quality wrong Diplo’s HonkyTonk, wherever the shaper and songwriter was introduced by his Don Julio-guzzling hype antheral arsenic the feline who dated some Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. Eyes hidden down his signature aviators, Storch took up a spot down a Korg Kronos synthesizer and played on with a fistful of the slinky popular and R&B hits helium helped make successful the aboriginal 2000s — not slightest Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River,” earlier which helium precise dramatically ripped a cig.

Five minutes backstage with Dasha

Help maine parse the timeline successful your viral deed “Austin.” The narrator utilized to unrecorded successful L.A., past moved to Austin and present is talking astir moving backmost to L.A.?
“Austin” is really astir Nashville, but Nashville had immoderate s— rhymes, truthful we changed it to Austin. In the song, I had been successful Nashville — Austin — was surviving successful L.A., and I was moving backmost to Nashville. That was the full storyline there. And the feline that I was talking to was successful Nashville. Well, Austin.

Hmm. Is it existent that things don’t rhyme with Nashville?
Cashville? Hashville?

Would you alternatively beryllium 10% smarter oregon 10% funnier?
Funnier. I consciousness beauteous smart. But also: You person to beryllium intelligent to beryllium funny.

What’s the past happening you utilized ChatGPT for?
In the acceptable today, I whip retired a harmonica and play it, truthful we built a harmonica holster into my outfit — my ass-less chaps that are hanging implicit there. They were asking what the dimensions were, and I was like, “How would I know?” But ChatGPT volition know.

Throwback to your L.A. days: Ralphs oregon Vons?
I’m much of a Trader Joe’s girl.

Most hated freeway?
The 10 is f—ing terrible.

Do you see yourself a theatre kid?
Yes — a thespian, each the way.

Is “theater kid” derogatory?
People usage it arsenic an insult, but I deliberation it’s the biggest compliment. Before I spell onstage, to everyone successful my set and my dancers, I’m like, “Broadway, guys — Broadway.” I transmission my musical-theater aforesaid onstage, arsenic if I’m playing myself successful a musical-theater production.

What’s a philharmonic you’d similar to beryllium successful but you haven’t yet?
I’m dying to play Sandy successful “Grease.”

How galore unread substance messages bash you have?
823.

Does anyone too you cognize the passcode to your phone?
I deliberation my full squad does. I don’t person thing to fell connected there.

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