It was a family affair forIdris Elbaat hisCoachelladebut!
TheLuciferactor, 46,performed at the music and arts festivalas a deejay for the first time Saturday, and in a sweet display of support, his 17-year-olddaughter Isanandfiancée Sabrina Dhowecame along to cheer him on.
During his set, PEOPLE’sSexiest Man Alivespun records while wearing a large pair of sunglasses and an intricately patterned shirt, topping off the look with a bandana tied around his neck.
Though the actor sometimes performs under the name DJ Big Driis, he opted to perform under his own name at the Indio, California, festival.
Ahead of her father’s big moment, Isan, who shared that she’d skipped her prom to attend the festival, posted a sweet photo of herself posing with Elba and a friend,captioning the snap, “Coachella weekend… day 1!”
Showing off his excitement, theTurn Up Charlieactor commented on the photo, writing, “Turn up Dad.”
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Dhowre also shared clips from Elba’s set on social media, which showed her fiancé grooving to his beats beneath a disco ball.
Elba himself celebrated his milestone performance with ashirtless selfie.
“You ready @coachella?????? I am!!!!! Game face let’s get it,” he captioned the steamy snap.
“I’ve worked my whole life to play at Coachella. I made it at 46!” he said. “I nearly passed out when I found out.”
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Elba started deejaying as a teenager, and has played everywhere from Los Angeles to Ibiza, even Prince Harry andMeghan Markle’s wedding reception.
“They were great, and we had an amazing time,” Elba toldPEOPLE. “It was just an honor to be able to part of that celebration.”
“The reaction to me deejaying at Coachella was, ‘What?’ It was on CNN like, ‘Idris Elba’s deejaying at Coachella this year and it’s going to be amazing!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, if you like my kind of music,’ ” he said.
“Like, really famous musicians are like, ‘Oh I’m going to listen to him deejaying.’ I’m like, wait a second. I play really hard, cerebral tech. One of the things that drives me as a deejay is that I want people to walk away and go, ‘I expected him to be shit. He was alright.’ ”
Elba, who currently stars in Netflix’sTurn Up Charlieas a deejay-turned-nanny, will perform again at Coachella on April 20.
source: people.com
