Popsugar Entertainment Twitter Reactions Idris Elba Performing at Coachella 2019 Idris Elba Really Is Performing at Coachella, and How Much Are Tickets Again? 3 January 2019 by Kelsey Garcia Image Source: Getty / David M. Benett Attend Coachella in 2019, and you'll get to see the Sexiest Man Alive in person. The massively popular music festival recently announced this year's lineup, and in addition to artists like Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, and Kacey Musgraves, attendees will get to see Idris Elba in his element — and, no, not performing a scene from Luther. Though many were pleasantly surprised to see his name included in the lineup, Elba was actually a pretty successful DJ — under the name Big Driis, it's worth noting — before his acting career took off. Elba opened up about his DJ'ing career in a 2016 Interview feature. "Once I got The Wire, my life changed," he said. "I couldn't DJ as much and I couldn't take it seriously because my career as an actor was just getting to a place where I was finally making it in America." Elba added that he's putting more time and effort into DJ'ing now that his acting career is at a good place, to say the least. Despite his openness about it in interviews and social media — he tweets about DJ'ing a lot — many were still shocked by the exciting announcement . . . and likely bought festival tickets shortly thereafter. Ahead, see reactions from stunned fans. View this post on Instagram See you in the desert👀🌵@coachella #saturday A post shared by Idris Elba (@idriselba) on Jan 3, 2019 at 6:59am PST 1 / 16 Am I reading correctly or does that say Idris Elba pic.twitter.com/TNblE4CdXR— Jacara (@jacarajenkins) January 3, 2019 2 / 16 Wait like...THAT Idris Elba? pic.twitter.com/BFr6Y3shWq— Yule Lad Austin 〽️🏳️🌈 (@TheBrotographer) January 3, 2019 3 / 16 So we gonna sit here and act like Idris Elba isn’t on the Coachella lineup?— Nick Rodd (@Nick_t_r) January 3, 2019 4 / 16 *when I see Idris Elba on the Coachella line up and not understanding but still happy* pic.twitter.com/BevTlXTvkg— Jabari McDonald (@Jabartender) January 3, 2019 5 / 16 My favourite part of the Coachella announcement is that Idris Elba is going to be performing.— Cam Sullivan (@CamSullivanFM) January 3, 2019 6 / 16 Are we just going to ignore the fact that Idris Elba is a dj in his spare time and is on the coachella line up??— Yewande (@OneYewande) January 3, 2019 7 / 16 Me when I saw Idris Elba on the line up for #Coachella #coachellalineup pic.twitter.com/bZeh20kZ5D— Rae 💋 #BBCeleb2 (@BBSuperFan4) January 3, 2019 8 / 16 Me Earlier: huh there’s a band called Idris Elba... Me after googling: LOOKS LIKE I’M GOING TO #coachella— Meredith Woerner (@MdellW) January 3, 2019 9 / 16 At 10:15 p.m. on January 2, 2019, I learned that Idris Elba has a side gig as a DJ. Who wants to go to Coachella with me? pic.twitter.com/8vkHgp3U0k— 🍭Laura Pedersen (@LauraJPedersen) January 3, 2019 10 / 16 I would deadass pay $500 to see Idris Elba stand still on a stage and just breathe into a microphone, so pLEASE tell me what this man finna do at Coachella I’m losing my fucking mIND— arro (@_osmosisjones) January 3, 2019 11 / 16 Idris Elba at Coachella?...I think I may have to go. pic.twitter.com/dXeplngfAH— Alamin Yohannes 🇪🇷 (@AlaminYohannes) January 3, 2019 12 / 16 People, our #SexiestManAlive Idris Elba is a DJ too! Actually a good one @coachella @idriselba pic.twitter.com/vEzZ0ORX5I— Marlene (@HEIDYMARLENE) January 3, 2019 13 / 16 Shout out to @idriselba performing at Coachella.And shame on all of you who didn't know he's a WHOLE DJ.— Ms. Golding (@GoldingGirl617) January 3, 2019 14 / 16 Y’all forget that @idriselba is one hella of a dj and will rock the crowd at #Coachella like he did at the Essence festival.. it was Idris and 5000 women all staring while I danced and sang along with his fiancé!! #mybooboo— Loni Love (@LoniLove) January 3, 2019 15 / 16 I guess all of the people freaking out about Idris Elba Being on the Coachella list don’t follow him on social media...where ALL HE TWEETS ABOUT IS BEING A DJ.— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) January 3, 2019 16 / 16 Twitter ReactionsCoachellaIdris ElbaMusic