BigBang's comeback set

BigBang played Coachella on Sunday night, putting the Korean group back on one of pop’s biggest festival stages after years of stop-and-start reunion talk. (coachella.com) The group was listed on Coachella’s 2026 lineup and performed during Weekend 1 on Sunday, April 12, the festival’s final day in Indio, California. Coachella’s official site lists the 2026 festival dates as April 10 to 12 and April 17 to 19. (coachella.com) Mainstream day-three coverage treated the set as one of the night’s headline moments alongside Karol G’s closing performance. USA Today’s photo coverage named BigBang among the biggest acts on April 12, and Billboard described the group as “reunited” on the Outdoor Stage during Sunday’s finale. (usatoday.com) (billboard.com) The timing lines up with the group’s 20th anniversary year. YG Entertainment said on March 4 that BigBang would return for its 20th debut anniversary and confirmed a global tour with YG in 2026. (ygfamily.com) That made Coachella more than a one-off nostalgia booking. It became the first major U.S. festival marker in a broader comeback cycle that YG has already tied to anniversary plans and touring. (ygfamily.com 1) (ygfamily.com 2) The performance also reflected what BigBang is in 2026: a trio of G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung. Recent YG statements about the anniversary return center on the group without announcing former members’ involvement, and outside coverage ahead of the show described the comeback in trio form. (ygfamily.com) (usmagazine.com) Fan-compiled set information from Sunday pointed to a hits-heavy show built for a festival crowd. Setlist.fm listed songs including “Bang Bang Bang,” “Fantastic Baby,” “Haru Haru,” “Lies,” “Bad Boy” and “Still Life,” with several tracks marked as the first group performances since 2017. (setlist.fm) Coachella’s own schedule page confirms the festival staged Weekend 1 Sunday programming on April 12, and its livestream page said seven stages were streaming live on YouTube across April 10 to 12. That gave the comeback a much wider audience than the crowd at Empire Polo Club. (coachella.com 1) (coachella.com 2) By the end of Sunday, BigBang’s return had landed where reunion sets aim to land at Coachella: in the center of the night’s coverage, with old hits, new anniversary plans and a second Weekend 2 date still ahead on April 19. (coachella.com) (setlist.fm)