Best Of The Fest: Jay-Z, Calle 13 & More Rock Coachella

The 2010 Coachella music festival went down in Indio, California this past weekend (April 16-18). While the performance roster boasted unexpected big names like Jay-Z, the event was matched by an equal amount of surprise A-list celebrities including Katy Perry, John Mayer, K-Stew, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, and Lindsay Lohan.

Hov powered through over 30 songs during his Friday night set, beginning with his recent Blueprint 3 hit "Run This Town" and ending with the clever choice "Encore."  While Dr. Dre was rumored to have joined Sean Carter's set, it was wife Beyonce who took stage after cheering from the sidelines and sang, "I wanna be forever young," as fireworks erupted. With the exception of his better half, Hov performed solo and took the title as the festival's first hip-hop headliner.

California first lady Maria Shriver was unexpectedly on hand to enjoy the set with Beyoncé, and video screens showed President Obama doing the "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" gesture. Hot!

While Hov may have headlined Friday's festivities, it was Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 who got the crowd hype mid afternoon. The New York Times quotes the reggaetoneros' performance as:

"Calle 13 wasn’t rap-rock — it was rap across the Americas. Residente, can be raunchy, furious and idealistic, often in the same song. Calle 13’s large band, complete with horn section, percussion, theremin, and one musician whose entire job seemed to be making things whistle — plastic tube, bird-whistle, teakettle spout — stoked a pan-American dance party, and Residente’s explanation of the Spanish lyrics to one song, “Fiesta de Locos,” could apply to most of the jubilant set: “At the end,” he said, “it’s like a huge party criticizing everyone.”

We knew Residente and Visitante wouldn't disappoint! Hopefully next year we'll see more Latin talent added to the line-up.

Now in its 11th year, Coachella set attendance records in 2010, selling out 75,000 three-day passes. And while Jay-Z may have had a huge part in the surge of ticket sales, we're sure Calle 13 and other acts like Faith No More, Gorillaz, Pavement, and Muse held their own, as well.

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