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Sabrina Carpenter Headlines Coachella, Bringing Sexy Pop Hits, Old Hollywood Flare and a Bizarre Susan Sarandon Monologue to the Desert

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entertainmentApril 11, 2026

Apr 11, 2026 12:18am PT

Sabrina Carpenter Headlines Coachella, Bringing Sexy Pop Hits, Old Hollywood Flare and a Bizarre Susan Sarandon Monologue to the Desert

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Sabrina Carpenter brought Hollywood, Broadway and a good old fashioned house party to the desert in a rollicking, raunchy and hit-filled headlining Coachella set.

There were costume changes, elaborate set pieces and celebrity cameos — but no duets. (She didn’t “arrest” anyone, either, despite rumors that Madonna might be put in her signature cuffs.)

Carpenter opened the set with a black-and-white intro video — pre-taped scenes have become commonplace in Coachella’s pop star era — in which she’s driving a car down a dark desert road, staring at a younger version of herself in a nearby vehicle. A cop, played by Sam Elliott, pulls over for some reason he can’t articulate and warns her not to go to California (“You know it’s not right out there. It’s wrong,” he says).

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