The 35-year-old suffered a ‘serious ankle injury’ just days before taking to the stage, resulting in last-minute changes to his set.
Frank was involved in a bike accident, with sources telling Metro.co.uk that the incident occurred while he was at the festival rehearsing.
A close insider added that, while Frank wasn’t on stage when he was hurt, the mishap involved bikes used to roam around the Empire Polo Club grounds.
The injury was severe enough for doctors to advise the musician to change his production.
One of these changes involved the use of an ice rink, which was supposedly built for Frank’s set, TMZ claimed in further reports.
It’s also believed a casting director reached out to a bunch of Los Angeles-based hockey teams in March for an unspecified paid performance.
Once the skaters got to the audition, they claim they saw Frank in person.
An insider added that 100 players were cast and they rehearsed on an elevated ice rink at Paramount Studios before heading to the desert for a dress rehearsal the week before Coachella kicked off
Alas, the ice rink couldn’t be used, with the cast informed on Sunday that the routine had been axed.
They hadn’t had a wasted trip, though, as they instead joined Frank as backing dancers, wearing custom Prada.
The reports come after fans of the rapper – real name Christopher Francis Ocean – were less than impressed when they couldn’t even watch him perform.
His set was supposed to be live-streamed on YouTube, however, it appeared to be pulled from the schedule at the last minute.
At the end of the weekend, plenty of Frank’s supporters took to Twitter to blast the festival – where other headliners have included Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK and more – and air their frustrations.
According to the Independent, Frank’s performance should have started streaming at 10.05pm PDT but a message appeared on YouTube that read: ‘Frank Ocean is not scheduled to appear on the Coachella live stream.’
His set also ran over by 15 minutes, as the set list had 20 songs, including completely reworked versions of his tracks, while the final song was a performance of At Your Best (You Are Love) by Aaliyah.
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