Every week after Benson Boone coated Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Coachella with particular visitor Brian Could, the “Stunning Issues” singer reprised the second for the pageant’s second weekend… however this time, as an alternative of the real-life Brian Could, Boone had one other particular visitor: a cardboard cutout of Brian Could.
Maybe poking enjoyable on the crowd for his or her lackluster response to the legendary guitarist on the first weekend, Boone teased previous to the track, “Simply wait until you see who I carry up for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ at present.”
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Then, as soon as the tune started, issues began the identical means they did the week prior — Boone, draped in a cape, sang the intro and did one more flip off his piano. However as he bought to the road “I generally want I’d by no means been born in any respect” and turned to greet the particular visitor platform rising from beneath the stage, the one particular person — err, factor — on it was the life-size Could duplicate.
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“Brian Could!” Boone energetically shouted, pointing on the cutout as real-life guitarist Sus Vasquez skillfully delivered the guitar solo in Could’s absence.
Later within the track, Boone introduced the cutout down from the platform to the primary stage the place his band was arrange, inserting it on high of his piano at one level and, finally, placing his arm round it for the track’s tender conclusion. Watch a video of the efficiency beneath.
Later within the set, Boone advised the viewers, “I want to allow you to all know, on Brian’s behalf, he would’ve beloved to have been right here, however he sadly needed to fly out so, we got here up with that concept and he sends his love.”
Could’s look at Coachella weekend one marked a return to the stage after he suffered a stroke final yr, briefly dropping the flexibility to make use of his left arm. On social media this week, he expressed his pleasure at taking part within the set, saying Boone “gave us all a present” and sharing fan-made recreation movies.
Up subsequent, Boone will carry out at a number of different festivals this summer season, together with Governors Ball, Bourbon & Past, and extra (get tickets). He additionally introduced on-stage at Coachella that his sophomore album, American Coronary heart, will arrive on June twentieth through Night time Road/Warner.
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