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 as Coachella's Saturday headliner for the two-weekend festival.
Gaga tweeted the news Tuesday: "

" After Beyoncé cancelled her performance due to her pregnancy with twins, secondary ticket prices 

 dipped over 10 percent for the annual desert festival, which takes place April 14-16 and April 21-23.


It wasn't the only news involving Coachella this week. In an email to those with user accounts on its website, festival officials "recently discovered that third parties illegally gained access to the usernames, first and last names, shipping addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth individuals provided." No passwords or financial information was stolen, according to the statement.

, which pointed out that some 950,000 accounts — the majority for Coachella's message board — were being sold on the dark web, including 

. A request for clarification from Goldenvoice on whether passwords were or were not stolen referred NPR back to the statement the company issued, in full below.
Neither Coachella, its owner Goldenvoice, or Goldenvoice's owner AEG addressed the hack on social media or 

Even if passwords weren't accessed during the hack, account holders' email addresses could be targeted with phishing emails that appear as if they're from Coachella. The same method, called "spear phishing," resulted in 

the hack of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign chairman John Podesta

, 12:49 p.m., Mar. 1: This article was updated to include Coachella's full statement on the hack and its response to questions on whether passwords were included as part of it.

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