The Weeknd at Coachella review – slick but edgeless emo R&B

The first headliner set of this year’s festival was an exhaustive sampling of the artist’s back catalogue that felt effortless yet devoid of genuine highsTo see the gurns on teens, swaying couples and squads of young women around the Empire Polo Club for The Weeknd’s crossover hit Can’t Feel My Face is to realise that the one-man boyband has written the perfect arc for his six-year career.During his first headline Friday night set at Coachella, he follows that world-c...

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