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\n\tWho got top billing? They put that legendary artist below who!?<\/em> What\u2019s that name in the smallest font? And how exactly did Weezer negotiate the placement of their flying-W logo on the poster? There are always lots of questions when Coachella<\/a> reveals its lineup. This year, the headlining trio of Dua Lipa, SZA, and Tame Impala \u2014 three of the most logical choices for a big festival set in the 2020s \u2014 might come as a little less of a surprise. But the rest of the lineup is full of exciting names, and a few notable omissions. Here are five of our big takeaways.<\/p>\n \n\tBack in 2006, not long after the release of her classic album Confessions on a Dance Floor<\/em>, Madonna<\/a> gave a performance that pointed towards Coachella\u2019s future. At the time, the festival leaned hard towards rock, indie, and what some people still called alternative \u2014 that year\u2019s headliners included Depeche Mode, Franz Ferdinand, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. So the news that Madonna would appear in the Sahara dance tent wasn\u2019t greeted with universal excitement. A few fans wore \u201cMadonna Killed Coachella\u201d T-shirts, and Sleater-Kinney\u2019s Carrie Brownstein even dissed<\/a> Madonna from the stage.\u00a0 But the six-song set was a total triumph, and Coachella would eventually become dominated by pop \u2014 perhaps to a fault. In any case, Madonna\u2019s return to the dance tent, perhaps with a longer performance this time, couldn\u2019t be a more appropriate celebration of her fantastic, equally dance-floor-oriented Confessions II<\/em><\/a> <\/em>album. \u2014Brian Hiatt<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tWhen the lineup dropped overnight, many people wondered the same thing: Where the hell is Drake<\/a>? It was a reaction shared by Drizzy himself, who commented<\/a> on the festival\u2019s Instagram post with a crying emoji. The rapper was heavily rumored<\/a> to be headlining this year, which would have marked his first time performing at Coachella in over a decade (he played a full set in 2015, then made a surprise appearance<\/a> during Future\u2019s set two years later, for their collab \u201cJumpman\u201d). More importantly, it would have been Drake\u2019s first full set in the United States in two years, and a chance for us to hear material from his recent Iceman<\/em> trilogy<\/a> \u2014 as well as his recent take<\/a> on a massive hit about Texas. Maybe he\u2019ll hit the desert next year. In the meantime, we\u2019ll be mourning in our brown fringe shawls<\/a>. \u2014Angie Martoccio<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\tMadonna\u2019s Dance-Tent Slot is an Amazing Nod to Coachella History\t<\/h3>\n
\n\t\tBut Hold On. Where\u2019s Drake?\u00a0\t<\/h3>\n