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Beyoncé was originally supposed to headline Coachella in 2017 but was pregnant, so Lady Gaga stepped in.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

West is due to headline all three nights of the event, which is expected to attract 50,000 people per day, in Finsbury Park, north London, from 10-12 July.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

March’s solid headline number might have been a glimpse of that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

So I shouldn’t trust any of these headline numbers?

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The Mobile Press Register headline was “DA: TV Account of McMillian’s Conviction a ‘Disgrace’”; the article quoted Chapman: “For them to hold themselves up as a reputable news show is beyond belief, and irresponsible.”

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson