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Originally posted by swissman
Amazing as it is that Beyoncé is the second woman to do this (and first black woman), that just seems like such an incredibly sad statistic.
I of course think that Beyoncé is one of the greatest, but for sure there have been many other deserving women of any colour who could have headlined. It's crazy that in their entire history only 2 women have headlined.
I hope Beyoncé addresses this.
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It's not sad at all if you're familiar with the history of Coachella.
For the vast majority of it's run, it'e been rock and indie focused. So in that sense, no there weren't "a lot" of women, let alone women of color who could have headlined there. The inclusion of EDM/Pop/Hip-hop acts as headliners is relatively recent.