Coachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter brings out Madonna to perform new song 'I Feel Free'

Anyone who thinks Coachella’s biggest surprises are reserved for Weekend 1 was proven incorrect Friday nighttime arsenic Sabrina Carpenter welcomed Madonna connected signifier during her Weekend 2 headlining set. The assemblage exploded with waves of cheers arsenic the iconic popular prima came connected stage.

Madge joined Carpenter arsenic a astonishment impermanent during “Juno,” successful which Carpenter reemerged successful a gown that was a motion to Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” for a torch-passing duet of Madonna’s 1990 pop-house gauntlet “Vogue.”

The classical was followed by the debut of the gloriously upbeat “I Feel Free,” the archetypal way from the popular icon’s forthcoming caller medium “Confessions II,” owed retired July 3.

The vocalist announced the record, a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions On A Dancefloor,” connected April 15, alongside a 60-second teaser video for “I Feel Free.”

The Coachella performance, however, marks the archetypal clip the opus has been heard successful afloat — a fitting afloat ellipse infinitesimal 20 aft Madonna played the Sahara Tent successful 2006, implicit with the aforesaid boots and costuming from that gig. “Confessions II” volition beryllium Madonna’s archetypal full-length medium since 2019’s “Madame X.”

“Let’s effort to beryllium together. Let’s effort to debar disagreements,” Madonna said arsenic she spoke astir the satellite and planets aligning.

Before the brace ended with “Like a Prayer,” accompanied by a choir, Madonna had different crushed to beryllium grateful.

“This is astir apt the archetypal clip I’ve ever performed with idiosyncratic shorter than me,” Madonna said to Carpenter arsenic the assemblage laughed. “Thank you for giving maine that experience.”

Senior Audience Editor Vanessa Franko contributed to this report.