--- description: Beyoncé has dropped out of the festival’s 2017 lineup on advice from her doctors, Coachella announced Thursday. title: Beyoncé Is No Longer Appearing at Coachella 2017 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d7c6809b0bc348/6988ba070a4a22e1aa9cce98/beyonce-gold-dress-grammys-face.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Beyoncé Is No Longer Headlining Coachella 2017 by [Rachel Desantis / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Rachel Desantis / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2017 8:51 PM CUT  Beyonce performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Beyonce performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for NARAS by [Rachel Desantis / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Rachel Desantis / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2017 8:51 PM CUT The organizers of Coachella better hope Beyoncé isn’t entirely irreplaceable: The superstar has dropped out of the festival’s 2017 lineup on advice from her doctors, Coachella announced Thursday. “Following the advice of her doctors to keep a less rigorous schedule in the coming months, Beyoncé has made the decision to forgo performing at the 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival,” read a statement posted to the festival’s official Facebook page [on Thursday](https://www.facebook.com/coachella/posts/10154842436641648 "undefined"). The post went on to say that the Grammy winner will instead headline the following year, at the 2018 festival. Beyoncé [announced earlier this month](http://ew.com/music/2017/02/01/beyonce-pregnant-twins/ "undefined") that she was expecting twins with her husband, Jay Z, in an Instagram post that went on to become the most-liked photo in the app’s history. At the time of the announcement, questions lingered over whether or not Beyoncé would honor her two high-profile performance gigs, at both the Grammys and as a headliner at Coachella. At the Feb. 12 Grammys ceremony in Los Angeles, she made an unannounced appearance, performing “Love Drought” and “Sand Castles” off her newest album, _Lemonade_. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/music/2017/02/23/beyonce-postpones-coachella/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4681042/beyonce-drops-out-coachella-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4681042/beyonce-drops-out-coachella-2017/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Is No Longer Headlining Coachella 2017","datePublished":"2017-02-23T20:51:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:29:49.273Z","description":"But she'll headline in 2018","url":"https://time.com/4681042/beyonce-drops-out-coachella-2017/","keywords":["Music","Coachella","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d7c6809b0bc348/6988ba070a4a22e1aa9cce98/beyonce-gold-dress-grammys-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Desantis / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16d7c6809b0bc348/6988ba070a4a22e1aa9cce98/beyonce-gold-dress-grammys-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"The 59th GRAMMY Awards - Roaming Show","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for NARAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4681042/beyonce-drops-out-coachella-2017/","name":"Beyoncé Is No Longer Headlining Coachella 2017"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Beyoncé Is Expecting Twins With Husband Jay Z","description":"The singer took to Instagram to deliver the good news, posting a photo of her growing belly","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0wql3lmi/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-02-01T19:31:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0wql3lmi.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4681042/beyonce-drops-out-coachella-2017/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4681042/beyonce-drops-out-coachella-2017/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```