Sabrina Carpenter is your Friday night headliner for the 2026 edition of Coachella, returning to Indio after her desert-stealing set of 2025. In a recent interview with Perfect, Carpenter called this year’s performance “the most ambitious show I’ve ever done.” You can watch it go down below.
Carpenter’s latest album, Man’s Best Friend, arrived last September, following 2024’s Short & Sweet. Man’s Best Friend spawned a series of glitzy, plot-heavy videos for “Tears” and “Manchild.” The latter single earned her a nomination at the 2026 Grammys, where she also performed it in character as a 1960s flight attendant. Most recently, Carpenter enlisted actresses Madelyn Cline and Margaret Qualley to star alongside her as a trio of stylish cat burglars in the video for “House Tour.”
On Saturday, Justin Bieber will headline Coachella’s main stage, while Karol G will close out Sunday night, becoming the first Latina to headline the festival.
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