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One photographer reveals the magic of Stagecoach’s country legends

Carrie Underwood holds her arms up to the side as she performs onstage
Saturday headliner Carrie Underwood performs on the Mane Stage.
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After two years of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-day fest Stagecoach, produced by Goldenvoice, made its highly anticipated return on Friday after two weekends of Coachella. Staff photographer Allen J. Schaben has been photographing Stagecoach since the second-ever festival in 2008. This weekend, he takes readers into the festival, one music star at a time.

People run across a dirt field
As the venue opens, country music fans make a run across the field to secure good concert-viewing positions.
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Yola performs on the Palomino Stage on the final day.
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A woman sings wearing a hat and holding a microphone.
Walker County drummer and harmony singer Sophie Dawn performs a duet with her sister, Ivy Dene, seen reflected in her sunglasses.
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Fans cheer as they watch Sunday headliner Luke Combs.
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John Osborne looks up as he raises his arms while performing onstage
John Osborne of Brothers Osborne.
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People stand around tables on a dirt field
Fans play drinking games.
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A blue light surrounds Thomas Rhett as he stands onstage
Friday night headliner Thomas Rhett.
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Sunday headliner Luke Combs belts.
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A woman smiles as she lifts her arms up
A fan is hoisted on another’s shoulders to get a better view.
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Marty Raybon points with one hand as he sings into a microphone onstage
Shenandoah’s Marty Raybon performs on the Palomino Stage.
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Mark Wystrach gestures to the crowd while singing onstage
Mark Wystrach, lead singer of Midland, performs at sunset.
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A group of people dancing
People on the dance floor at the K-FROG radio camping resort.
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Smokey Robinson performs.
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A man sits down underneath a tree
A man takes a break from the heat under a tree.
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Guy Fieri smokes a cigar while watching Midland perform
Guy Fieri, chef and host of Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” watches Midland perform.
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People walk around a campground.
Country music fans arrive at the Empire Polo grounds for the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif.
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Axl Rose and Carrie Underwood sing a duet onstage
Guns n’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose makes a surprise appearance with Saturday’s headliner Carrie Underwood.
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Fans wave their hands in the air.
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Spencer Crandall signs onstage
Spencer Crandall kicks off the first day by performing on the SiriusXM Stage.
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Amythyst Kiah plays the guitar and sings onstage
Amythyst Kiah performs on the Palomino Stage.
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T.J. Osborne dances and sings onstage
T.J. Osborne, of Brothers Osborne, performs on the Mane Stage.
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Three family members lift up their arms and smile in front of the Stagecoach sign
Brandi and Brandon Showalter and their daughter Rocki, 8, of Newport Beach, take photos in front of the Stagecoach sign.
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Carrie Underwood points her microphone toward the crowd as she performs onstage
Carrie Underwood holds her microphone to the crowd.
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Maren Morris sings into a microphone
Maren Morris performs.
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A person rests on a hammock
A fan relaxes in a hammock.
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Luke Combs performs.
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People smile and cheer while watching Midland perform
The crowd cheers as Midland performs.
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Margo Price plays the guitar and sings onstage
Margo Price on the Palomino Stage.
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Neal McCoy lifts his arm and sings onstage
Neal McCoy performs on the Palomino Stage.
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A woman sits on the shoulders of a friend as a crowd cheers and sings while watching Maren Morris perform
Fans cheer while watching Maren Morris.
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A person in a cowboy hat looks toward the brightly lit stage
Stage lights glow as Friday night headliner Thomas Rhett performs.
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