Following Frank Ocean’s headlining set at Coachella 2023 final Sunday (April 16), it was revealed that the singer had suffered severe ankle damage within the week earlier than his efficiency, and the manufacturing was altered on the recommendation of Ocean’s physician. The unique manufacturing of the present was rumored to incorporate an ice skating rink. Now, brothers Dan and Chris Powers, hockey gamers and hosts of the Empty Netters podcast, have mentioned their alleged involvement with Ocean’s scrapped stage manufacturing.
In a brand new episode of their podcast, the Powers brothers describe auditioning for the efficiency on an elevated ice rink, and rehearsing for roughly a month main as much as Ocean’s headlining set. They claimed that they had been rehearsing with different hockey skaters and Olympic determine skaters up till final Tuesday (April 11), and didn’t be taught in regards to the manufacturing switch-up till hours earlier than Ocean’s set.
At one level within the podcast, Dan Powers mentioned getting a name sheet for the efficiency on Sunday morning, the day of the present. “We get our name sheet, we’ve got to go to this resort to be picked up by a runner to be introduced over to wardrobe and make-up,” he mentioned. “That second is the place the wheels began to fall off. We get to this resort, we’re instructed to be there by 12. We then get a textual content that, ‘ah, the runner’s not going to return ’til one.’ We then get one other textual content, ‘ah they don’t seem to be going to return til three.’”
He continued: “We’re then ready outdoors at three. We obtained our skates, we’re able to rock. The bus of all the opposite skaters who weren’t at Coachella already has arrived. They’re all sitting in wardrobe. It’s a nightmare. We sit at this resort and we run into the determine skaters—these Olympic determine skaters, thoughts you. And so they have a disgruntled look on their faces, they usually casually point out to us that they simply obtained a telephone name they usually’ve been reduce from the present.”
Dan Powers additionally claimed that they began listening to rumors that Ocean had sustained an ankle damage, and that they had been solely instructed that they wouldn’t be skating within the present as soon as they had been already getting ready to enter make-up. Powers additionally claimed that the unique setup was going to included 120 skaters. Dan and Chris claimed that they had been supplied the roles of strolling forwards and backwards onstage behind Ocean within the tailored stage setup, however they each turned down the provide.