Photos: First-Time Music Festival Diary
Abdullah in an H&M Coachella T-shirt at the 2016 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
After buying a bandana from the General Store, Times staff writer Lorraine Ali, right, helps her nephew Abdullah tie it around his face -- what many festival-goers do -- at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Abdullah, an 18-year-old Iraqi metal fan who just moved here from Jordan, took in his first major American rock concert over the first weekend of Coachella.
(Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Abdullah, age 18, center left, claps for performer Courtney Barnett, as he takes in her performance with Lorraine Ali, center right, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Abdullah, an 18-year-old Iraqi metal fan who just moved here from Jordan, took in his first major American rock concert over the first weekend of Coachella.
(Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
Abdullah, 18, a native of Iraq, watches Courtney Barnett perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Abdullah, an 18-year-old Iraqi metal fan who just moved here from Jordan, took in his first major American rock concert over the first weekend of Coachella.
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Axl Rose and Slash with their band Guns N Roses on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Indio, Calif., on April 16, 2016.
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Lorraine Ali helps Abdullah pick out a Guns N’ Roses T-shirt at the 2016 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)
