Sabrina Carpenter's Ambitious Coachella 2026 Set: A Star-Studded Spectacle
Sabrina Carpenter's 2026 Coachella headlining set was a cinematic and musical journey, featuring celebrity cameos and tracks from 'Man’s Best Friend'.
Sabrina Carpenter headlined the 2026 edition of Coachella on Friday, returning to Indio one year after her 2025 desert performance. In a recent interview with Perfect, Carpenter called this year’s show “the most ambitious…I’ve ever done.”
Carpenter opened with a short film starring herself as a speeding motorist pulled over by a cop played by Sam Elliott and Sam Elliott’s mustache. From there, she went right into “House Tour”— which recently received its own music video starring Carpenter, Madelyn Cline, and Margaret Qualley as a trio of cat burglars—then “Taste” and “Busy Woman.”
Later, dancers dressed as poodles appeared, as did Susan Sarandon playing an older version of Carpenter, Will Ferrell playing a bumbling electrician, Carpenter’s Girl Meets World co-star Corey Fogelmanis playing a waiter, and the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.
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.
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.
Follow along with all of Pitchfork’s coverage of Coachella 2026.
Sabrina Carpenter Coachella 2026 Set List:
01 House Tour
02 Taste
03 Busy Woman
04 Manchild
05 When Did You Get Hot?
06 Please Please Please
07 We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night
08 Nobody’s Son
09 Because I Liked a Boy
10 My Man on Willpower
11 Go Go Juice
12 Such a Funny Way
13 Sugar Talking
14 Don’t Smile
15 Feather
16 Bed Chem
17 Juno
18 Espresso
19 Tears
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