Coachella 2017: Here’s why PNL isn’t playing Weekend 1

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival announced via Twitter on Friday that French rap duo PNL would no longer perform their set on Sunday, April 16.  The reason? Immigration issues.
Tarik Andrieu, one half of the duo along with brother Nabil, was never granted a visa despite months of applying, according to an email from publicist Hannah Haines.  This would have been PNL’s first performance in the United States.
“There’s a chance the visa might come through thi