“Let’s just cut to the chase: There’s not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year, or any year soon, than Beyoncé’s headlining set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday night. It was rich with history, potently political and visually grand. By turns uproarious, rowdy, and lush. A gobsmacking marvel of choreography and musical direction. And not unimportantly, it obliterated the ideology of the relaxed festival . . .” (Jon Caramanica, “Beyoncé Is Bigger Than Coachella,” New York Times, April 15, 2018).
