BIGBANG’s Coachella return
BIGBANG made a high-profile comeback at Coachella over the weekend, with social posts showing heavy engagement — roughly 21k likes and 5k reposts in hours — and live coverage listing them among the biggest acts on April 12. (x.com) (latimes.com) (desertsun.com)
BIGBANG took the Coachella stage on Sunday night, ending a six-year wait for the group’s long-delayed festival debut. (coachellavalley.com) The three-member lineup — G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung — performed at the Outdoor Theatre at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, on April 12, the first weekend of Coachella 2026. User-set set times on Setlist.fm listed the show starting at 10:40 p.m. local time. (coachellavalley.com) (setlist.fm) The Los Angeles Times’ live blog and a USA Today photo gallery both placed BIGBANG among the biggest acts on Coachella’s April 12 schedule alongside Karol G and FKA twigs. A widely shared X post about the set drew about 21,000 likes and 5,000 reposts within hours. (latimes.com) (usatoday.com) (x.com) The appearance closed a loop that started in January 2020, when BIGBANG was booked for Coachella before that year’s festival was canceled during the coronavirus pandemic. Coachella’s 2026 lineup announcement in September 2025 put the group back on the bill for April 12 and April 19. (sbsstar.net) (coachellavalley.com) The set also arrived after a stop-start return for the group. BIGBANG released “Still Life” on April 5, 2022, and the trio of G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung reunited onstage at the MAMA Awards on November 23, 2024. (ygex.jp) (gmanetwork.com) Setlist.fm users reported a show built around catalog hits including “Bang Bang Bang,” “Fantastic Baby,” “Haru Haru” and “Lies,” plus solo turns for Taeyang, G-Dragon and Daesung. The same fan-compiled setlist said BIGBANG performed “Still Life” live as a group for the first time. (setlist.fm) The Coachella booking reflects a narrower version of BIGBANG than the group’s peak-era lineup. T.O.P took part in “Still Life” in 2022, then announced his departure from the group in 2023, leaving the current festival performances to the remaining trio. (ygex.jp) (wikipedia.org) BIGBANG is scheduled to play Coachella’s second weekend on April 19, returning to the same festival grounds where a comeback slot first disappeared in 2020 and finally materialized on April 12, 2026. (coachellavalley.com) (setlist.fm)
