Lady Gaga dazzles Coachella while Amyl and the Sniffers get political
With lower ticket sales, grumbles about the star power of its line-up and so much competition for peoples' dwindling entertainment budgets, Coachella is perhaps not the culture-defining event it once was.Any criticisms of the festival's ability to present the world's key artists were proven unfounded over the weekend, as the Californian desert played host to yet another dazzling array of acts spanning just about all genres.The headlines from its first weekend — it will be repeated with the same line-up this weekend coming — have been kind to the event this year, focused largely on celebrity spotting and fashion.US politics is never far away from anything these days and a surprise appearance from 83-year-old Vermont senator Bernie Sanders before Clairo's set brought a little of the current situation to the festival.In his speech, Sanders urged the young audience to demand more from the current political class, and took a few swipes at US President Donald Trump's stance on climate change...