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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron Williams" data-source="post: 4237"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/kanye-west-travis-scott.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=436&amp;crop=1" alt="kanye west travis scott" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageIt looks like Travis Scott is still headling Coachella after all — sort of. After the Houston rapper was <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-dropped-coachella-2022/" target="_blank">dropped from the lineup</a> following the mass casualty <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/astroworld-death-toll-nine-travis-scott/" target="_blank">disaster at his own Astroworld Festival</a> last summer, it appears he found a loophole to get back on the stage at Coachella (no, not that <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-petition-70k-signatures-coachella/" target="_blank">petition</a> full of <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-coachella-2023-petition-fake-signatures/" target="_blank">fake signatures</a>): by joining Kanye West’s headlining set instead. Kanye appeared to confirm that he planned to bring out Travis in an Instagram post today, writing, “YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA.”However, there’s one other caveat: Fellow headliner (and <a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-coachella-2022-travis-scott/" target="_blank">Travis replacement</a>) Billie Eilish must first <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-billie-eilish-apology-travis-scott-coachella/" target="_blank">apologize to Travis Scott</a> for hurting his feelings. In Kanye’s all-caps post, he railed against Billie for her comments during one of her own recent shows, during which she stopped performing to get a distressed fan medical assistance. “I wait for people to be OK until I keep going,” she said. Some fans interpreted the statement as a shot at Travis, who reportedly continued performing for almost 40 minutes after authorities had declared a mass casualty event at Astroworld.According to Kanye, “TRAV <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-didnt-know-astroworld/" target="_blank">DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA</a> OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-criticized-post-astroworld-interview/" target="_blank">VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED</a>.” However, without an apology from Billie for… explaining herself, I guess… Kanye says, “I NEED BILLIE TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE I PERFORM.” I’m not sure there’s an opt-out clause in his performance agreement for being insulted by pop stars half his age. He also recently <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-apology-demand-kardashian-family/" target="_blank">demanded an apology</a> from the whole Kardashian family for his own antics, so maybe he’ll spend the extra sulking time figuring his life out.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-travis-scott-coachella-set/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aaron Williams, post: 4237"] [IMG alt="kanye west travis scott"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/kanye-west-travis-scott.jpeg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] It looks like Travis Scott is still headling Coachella after all — sort of. After the Houston rapper was [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-dropped-coachella-2022/']dropped from the lineup[/URL] following the mass casualty [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/astroworld-death-toll-nine-travis-scott/']disaster at his own Astroworld Festival[/URL] last summer, it appears he found a loophole to get back on the stage at Coachella (no, not that [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-petition-70k-signatures-coachella/']petition[/URL] full of [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-coachella-2023-petition-fake-signatures/']fake signatures[/URL]): by joining Kanye West’s headlining set instead. Kanye appeared to confirm that he planned to bring out Travis in an Instagram post today, writing, “YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA.” However, there’s one other caveat: Fellow headliner (and [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-coachella-2022-travis-scott/']Travis replacement[/URL]) Billie Eilish must first [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-billie-eilish-apology-travis-scott-coachella/']apologize to Travis Scott[/URL] for hurting his feelings. In Kanye’s all-caps post, he railed against Billie for her comments during one of her own recent shows, during which she stopped performing to get a distressed fan medical assistance. “I wait for people to be OK until I keep going,” she said. Some fans interpreted the statement as a shot at Travis, who reportedly continued performing for almost 40 minutes after authorities had declared a mass casualty event at Astroworld. According to Kanye, “TRAV [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-didnt-know-astroworld/']DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA[/URL] OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-criticized-post-astroworld-interview/']VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED[/URL].” However, without an apology from Billie for… explaining herself, I guess… Kanye says, “I NEED BILLIE TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE I PERFORM.” I’m not sure there’s an opt-out clause in his performance agreement for being insulted by pop stars half his age. He also recently [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-apology-demand-kardashian-family/']demanded an apology[/URL] from the whole Kardashian family for his own antics, so maybe he’ll spend the extra sulking time figuring his life out. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-travis-scott-coachella-set/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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