David Lee Roth Joins Teddy Swims for “Jump” at Stagecoach Amid Evacuation

On Saturday night, 2026 Stagecoach Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, soul-pop singer Teddy Swims, a Grammy-nominated artist, brought former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth onstage to perform Van Halen’s 1984 hit “Jump.” The appearance marked the duo’s third consecutive weekend together, following two joint sets at Coachella earlier in the month.

David Lee Roth joins Teddy Swims for ‘Jump’ again, this time at Stagecoach Festival – KSHE 95

Swims, whose debut studio album *I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)* arrived in September 2023, opened his Stagecoach set with the new single “Mr. Know It All” and “Some Things I’ll Never Know.” At Coachella he introduced Roth as “David Lee Roth from the best band of all time, Van Halen,” before launching into “Jump.” Roth is currently touring on his “Don’t Love Me, Rent Me” circuit.

Teddy Swims, David Lee Roth Perform at Stagecoach in the Desert

Strong wind gusts triggered an emergency evacuation of the grounds early in the evening. Screens displayed “move quickly and calmly to the nearest exit,” and the official app sent alerts. The evacuation removed several scheduled acts, including Journey and Riley Green, before the festival resumed and Swims’ set continued. Despite the disruption, fans in cowboy hats fist-pumped and sang along during the duet. Stagecoach typically attracts tens of thousands of fans each year.

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Roth described the duet as a high-energy summer ride up to Stagecoach, noting the song’s broad appeal and its themes of ascent, risk-taking, and testing limits. He also said that culture is an active process rather than a static concept. Swims praised Roth’s generosity, recalling that the rocker offered to accompany him on tour and appear nightly if needed, and described Roth as an exceptional vocalist. Festival officials emphasized safety in their evacuation messages; no criticism of the performance or the evacuation appeared in the sources.

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• “45 [miles per hour] summer ride up to Stagecoach.” — David Lee Roth, former Van Halen frontman

Teddy Swims, David Lee Roth Perform at Stagecoach in the Desert

• “Classic Van Halen is probably 30 percent cowboy hat and boot.” — David Lee Roth

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• “He’s the freakin’ man. Van Halen’s my favorite band. He’s the best singer of all time.” — Teddy Swims, singer

David Lee Roth joins Teddy Swims for ‘Jump’ again, this time at Stagecoach Festival – KSHE 95

• “We got along like pirates. We had a few drinks well into the night. And our voices are very much the same. We have a cantankerous sense of humor. We come from a working-class background in music. A lot of places where there’s sawdust on the floor. Today, there’s a generation who does not know what that is. Teddy knows what that is.” — David Lee Roth

Teddy Swims and David Lee Roth Cover Van Halen Together Again

The duet underscores a growing trend of genre-blending acts at major festivals and demonstrates Stagecoach’s ability to resume programming after weather-related disruptions. The pairing of a soul-pop vocalist with a classic rock frontman highlights the increasingly fluid boundaries between musical genres. Roth’s tour will reach Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, and Swims is expected to continue his festival circuit throughout 2026.

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