Will SZA Headline Coachella’s Sunday Show in 2025?
Will SZA Headline Coachella’s Sunday Show in 2025?
As music fans look ahead to the 2025 edition of California’s iconic Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, speculation is growing over who will nab the coveted headliner slots. According to betting markets, R&B songstress SZA is the frontrunner to top the bill on Sunday night. It would be SZA’s first time headlining Coachella after last hitting the stage back in 2018.
SZA Leads the Pack for Sunday Night Headliners
Bookmakers have SZA as the favorite to headline Coachella’s Sunday showcase in 2025. It would be a long-awaited honor for the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who continues her meteoric rise to superstardom. While SZA hasn’t headlined Coachella before, her profile has grown enormously since her last performance there in 2018. With smash hit albums and A-list collaborations under her belt in recent years, SZA seems poised to finally headline Coachella in 2025.
What do the betting sites say? According to 1xbet.com, there’s a 22.20% chance – or odds of 4.5/1, that SZA will headline Coachella in 2025.
Doja Cat Makes Shock Return to Sunday Night Slot?
In a surprise twist, current odds have Doja Cat as the second most likely act to headline Coachella’s Sunday finale again in 2025. Doja Cat actually just topped the Sunday bill in 2024, which makes betting markets predicting her quick return to the headliner slot unprecedented. Very rarely does any performer play prime time sets at Coachella two years consecutively. However, Doja Cat was showered with acclaim for her 2024 headline set, labelled an “electrifying tour de force” by critics. So maybe organizers will buck tradition and bring her back for a Sunday night victory lap in 2025.
When Do the 2025 Festival Dates Fall?
As usual, Coachella will take place over two weekends in April. The festival is scheduled for April 11th-13th and April 18th-20th. Music enthusiasts flock from around the world to Indio, California for Coachella’s iconic lineup of rock, pop, hip-hop, and EDM acts. Along with tentpole headliners, part of the fun is surprises like unannounced special guests joining high-profile sets. In 2024, Billie Eilish surprised the crowd by appearing during Lana Del Rey’s headliner slot, so similar cameos are definitely in store for 2025.
Who Else Could Claim Sunday Headliner Status?
Obviously, the Sunday night headliner slot is still up for grabs, regardless of betting favorite SZA and surprise contender Doja Cat topping the odds. Other artists floated as possibilities include Billie Eilish, who made history as Coachella’s youngest headliner ever in 2022. Pop sensations like Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, and Nicki Minaj have also been suggested as potential Sunday headliners. But the smart money seems to be on SZA or another major R&B/pop songstress anchoring the Sunday finale in 2025.
With her momentum continuing to build through huge albums and hit collabs, SZA seems poised to headline Coachella in 2025 after last playing the festival back in 2018. Doja Cat shocked the oddsmakers by returning for back-to-back headline slots, so we’ll have to wait and see if SZA indeed tops the Sunday night billing in 2025’s edition of the iconic Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.