Best things to do in July 2025: Dubai plan your calendar

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<h3 style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">The highs were high and we're not just talking about the heat during weekend 2 of Coachella 2025. The biggest names in the music industry turned up at the Valley Music &amp; Arts Festival. From Ed Sheeran to Dave Grohl, Natasha Bedingfield, Cynthia Erivo &amp; more - California was as star-studded as ever.</span></strong></h3>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Show-stopping performances filled up Coachella, from the stage to the tent and dancefloor, the festival was a feast for the eyes and ears and in case you missed out on what happened the weekend before, here's a little memory-shaker <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style="color: #843fa1; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #843fa1; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://dubainight.com/news/2025-04-21/coachella-2025-inside-look-weekend-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coachella 2025 - weekend 1</a>.</span></em></span></strong></span></p>
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<h3 style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">As per tradition, it's not Coachella if it's not surprise guest performances &agrave; gogo.&nbsp;</span></h3>
<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">It's like the time you mix something savory with something sweet and get experimental about your food - these duets offered the desert festival goers quite the different, unique music palates that made weekend 2 an even </span><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">better-spent time than the previous week.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Dave Grohl delivered a bold performance of two Foo Fighters classics while Ervivo gave a stellar perfromance of a new song from her forthcoming solo album and a rendition of Prince's "Purple Rain".</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><img src="https://production-dubainight.s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com/region_dubai/misc/Cynthia-Erivo-Coachella.webp-3770-2025-04-21.webp" alt="" width="800" height="450"></p>
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<h2 style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Also joining the Phil for the second weekend only is&nbsp;Natasha Bedingfield&nbsp;singing her 2004 international hit &ldquo;Unwritten&rdquo;.</span></strong></h2>
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<h2 style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Ed Sheeran marked his first Coachella appearance with a surprise set on Saturday!</span></h2>
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<h2 style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Lady Gaga faced some mic issues during her set at Coachella&rsquo;s Weekend 2, only to turn the odds in her favor..</span></strong></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">by stating to the crowd: "At least you know I sing live".</span></p>
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<h2 style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Post Malone closes out Weekend 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with a headlining set, only not solo this time...</span></strong></h2>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Post Malone gets joined by Ed Sheeran and Jelly Roll to bring the festival to a conclusion on a high note. He performed "Sunflower" (with Ed Sheeran) &amp;&nbsp; "Losers" (with Jelly Roll).</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Celebrities including Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Julia Fox, and Paris Hilton, as well as It couple Kylie Jenner and Timoth&eacute;e Chalamet, are amongst many who attended the Festival. You have spotted them on the big crowd screens and stories everywhere. Let's have a look at some of the biggest IT celebrities who served some fashionable party looks at the Guess Jeans after-party, the Absolut House of Cosmo and parties happening around Coachella.</span></p>
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<h2 class="css-h8eytx e16kmapv8" data-theme-key="listicle-slide-item-title"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Cara Delevingne</span></strong></h2>
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<h2 style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Coachella's "Quasar" looked out of this world with an impressive line-up that took to the stage.</span></strong></h2>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Check out the magic that ZHU b2b deadmau5 were making here:</span></p>
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<h2 style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';"><strong>REVOLVE Festival made a stunning return for its 8th edition at Coachella.</strong></span></h2>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">REVOLVE Festival made a bold return for its 8th year, transforming the desert into its shimmering Desert Mirage playground. Hosted at a new location in Thermal, California, the invite-only event blended fashion, music, and over-the-top brand activations with its usual roster of It-girls and internet royalty.</span></em></p>
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<h3 style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Coachella Curated Playlists on YouTube Music so make sure to tune in! </span><a href="https://www.coachella.com/youtube-livestream" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #843fa1;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium';">Listen to your favorites and discover new artists from the Coachella 2025 lineup here.</span></strong></em></span></a></h3>
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<p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'Avenir Medium'; color: #000000;">The festival will return to the desert for two weekends in April 2026 starting on April 10.</span></p>
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