BIGBANG’s Coachella comeback

BIGBANG returned to Coachella on Sunday, April 12, with a late-night Outdoor Theatre set that put the group back on one of pop’s biggest festival stages. (coachella.com) The set came during Weekend 1 of Coachella 2026 in Indio, California, where the festival is running April 10-12 and April 17-19. Coachella’s official schedule listed BIGBANG on the Outdoor Theatre, and the festival’s livestream page confirmed Sunday programming across all seven stages. (coachella.com; coachella.com) The Desert Sun listed BIGBANG among the biggest Day 3 acts alongside Karol G, Clipse, Suicidal Tendencies and FKA twigs. Billboard’s Day 3 roundup also named BIGBANG as part of Sunday’s standout performances. (desertsun.com; billboard.com) The booking landed at Coachella’s 25th-anniversary edition, a year when the festival mixed current headliners with reunion and legacy acts. The official lineup announced BIGBANG with Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, the xx, the Strokes and Young Thug. (latimes.com; coachellavalley.com) For BIGBANG, the appearance also served as a rare full-group festival set in the group’s current three-member form: G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung. Recent coverage ahead of the show identified the trio as the lineup for the Coachella performance. (en.koreaportal.com; sfgate.com) Setlist records posted after the show said BIGBANG opened with “Bang Bang Bang” and “Fantastic Baby” and later performed “Loser,” “Haru Haru,” “Lies,” “Bad Boy” and “Still Life.” The same record marked several songs as the first group performances since 2017 and listed “Still Life” as a live debut for the group. (setlist.fm) Coachella’s official site says 2026 passes are sold out, with resale handled through AXS, which put the Sunday return in front of one of the festival’s largest crowds of the weekend. The festival will repeat for Weekend 2 on Sunday, April 19. (coachella.com; coachella.com) By Monday, April 13, mainstream festival coverage had folded BIGBANG into the story of Coachella’s closing night, not as a side note but as one of the acts that defined Day 3. A week later, the group is scheduled to do it again in the same Sunday slot. (billboard.com; coachella.com)