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Idris Elba Really Is Performing at Coachella, and How Much Are Tickets Again?

03/01/2019 - 05:45 PM

Attend Coachella in 2019, and you'll get to see the Sexiest Man Alive [1] in person. The massively popular music festival recently announced this year's lineup [2], and in addition to artists like Ariana Grande [3], 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 [4] 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.


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