Due to a leg ailment, R&B singer Frank Ocean canceled his scheduled headline performance at Coachella’s second weekend, according to his publicist.
Before his highly anticipated act last Sunday at the buzzy California festival’s opening weekend, which started an hour late and received harsh criticism from fans and music reviewers, Ocean was injured.
“After suffering an injury to his leg on festival grounds in the week leading up to weekend 1… Frank Ocean was unable to perform the intended show but was still intent on performing, and in 72 hours, the show was reworked out of necessity,” Ocean’s publicist told AFP.
“On doctor’s advice, Frank Ocean is not able to perform weekend 2 due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg.”
During Ocean’s previous set, which closed last weekend’s festivities, the singer mostly turned away from the crowd to perform his track “Novacane,” and took prolonged pauses between songs including “Crack Rock” and “White Ferrari.”
Press photos or a livestream of the performance were not permitted, and Ocean closed the set abruptly with the words: “Guys, I’m being told it’s curfew so that’s the end of the show.”
Variety called the set “messy, loose, and a near-disaster that will likely go down as one of the most divisive in Coachella history.”
In a statement from Ocean provided by his publicists Wednesday, the singer said: “It was chaotic. There is some beauty in chaos.
“It isn’t what I intended to show but I did enjoy being out there and I’ll see you soon.”
Blink-182 may take this Sunday’s lead performance spot, according to Variety.
Last weekend, the pop-punk band stunned the crowd with their first performance with their original lineup in almost a decade.
A request for comment from AFP was not immediately answered by Coachella festival representatives.
