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Gaga, 30, made the announcement late Tuesday on her social
media pages with an image of the three-day lineup at the
festival, her name at the top of the second day's schedule,
accompanied by the caption, "Let's party in the desert!"
Beyonce, 35, was due to headline the annual Coachella Valley
Music & Arts Festival in the Southern California desert on April
15 and April 22. She pulled out last week, saying in a statement
that she was "following the advice of her doctors to keep a less
rigorous schedule in the coming months."
Gaga's Coachella headlining slot follows her performance at
February's Super Bowl, where she sang, danced and soared over
the stage suspended on cables, delivering a flawless
choreographed medley of her hits that include "Poker Face" and
"Born This Way."
The singer is also due to kick off her world tour in support of
her latest album "Joanne" in August.
Coachella is the first major U.S. festival of the summer live
music scene and hosts two consecutive weekends of the same
line-up.
Beyonce and her rapper husband Jay Z, who have a five year-old
daughter Blue Ivy, have not said when the twins are due. The
singer said she'll headline Coachella next year.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by David Gregorio)
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