BigBang’s Comeback Tour

BigBang used its second Coachella 2026 weekend set to announce a 20th-anniversary world tour and say a new album is finished. (forbes.com) G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung told the crowd the tour will begin in August 2026, according to reports published after the April 19 performance. Dates and cities have not been released yet. (upi.com) YG Entertainment had already signaled the reunion on March 4, when it posted that BigBang would return for its 20th anniversary with a global tour in 2026. Coachella turned that company plan into a live public launch in front of a festival audience. (ygfamily.com, lofficielsingapore.com) The timing closes a long gap in group touring. L’Officiel Singapore and UPI both described this as BigBang’s first major tour announcement since the 2017 “Last Dance” run. (lofficielsingapore.com, upi.com) Coachella gave the comeback a global stage that reached beyond South Korea before any ticket details were posted. The festival’s 2026 edition ran across two weekends, April 10-12 and April 17-19, and BigBang appeared on the lineup released ahead of the event. (coachella.com, lofficielsingapore.com) The group also used the set to frame this return as a new cycle rather than a one-off reunion show. L’Officiel Singapore reported that “reset” and “new chapter” were recurring themes in what the members said onstage. (lofficielsingapore.com) That matters for the business side as much as the nostalgia. A finished album and an August tour start give YG Entertainment a clear release-and-ticketing window for one of its best-known catalog acts. (upi.com, ygfamily.com) What comes next is narrower but crucial: routing, venues and on-sale dates. BigBang has already done the attention-grabbing part by turning a Coachella performance into the opening announcement for its 20th-anniversary campaign. (forbes.com, lofficielsingapore.com)