The Coachella 2026 lineup had, seemingly, begun leaking within the days earlier than its official announcement, as names corresponding to Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G began being mentioned as doable headliners. Although, with each names on the heels of extensively profitable tasks, it was hardly a “crystal ball” suggestion — it simply so occurred to be right.
Saturday headliner Justin Bieber continues to be simmering down from a revival that resulted in two consecutive albums — “Swag” and “Swag II,” launched on July 11 and Sept. 5, respectively — making his presence on the fest just about inevitable.
Nonetheless, the actual crown jewel hiding within the lineup’s wonderful textual content was a further characteristic that will set off alarms: the inclusion of a gaggle referred to as “9 Inch Noize” and “The Bunker Debut Of Radiohead Child A Mnesia,” which was included on the backside of Coachella’s lineup. Given the net fervor of each these acts it’s value doing a fast abstract of what we learn about them.
Naturally, longtime followers of the English quartet swarmed social media to invest a shock look from the band. On condition that Radiohead simply introduced its first stay reveals in seven years, it was mentally conceivable that they might throw in an Indio pit cease.
“Absolutely I’m not the one one noticing Radiohead on the Coachella lineup…” one fan wrote. One other chimed in, “What’s this concerning the Bunker debut of “Radiohead Child A mnesia”… So thrilling.”
Not solely this, however the lineup’s Friday undercards included “9 Inch Noize,” which appears to be a collaborative mission between 9 Inch Nails and German digital music producer Boys Noize, in any other case referred to as Alex Ridha. This might be NIN’s first look on the pageant since 2005.
This one is a bit simpler to interrupt down. For context, Boys Noize supplied help for Trent Reznor’s brainchild on their current “Peel It Again” tour and even pumped out some remixes of the band’s hits.
“NIN is listed as 9 Inch Noize. That’s in all probability as a result of Boys Noize has already been performing as a quasi-half member on the present tour,” one fan defined.
Previous performances included a rendition of “Nearer,” NIN’s second single off of its lauded sophomore album, “The Downward Spiral,” launched in 1994. Although the observe already leans into digital parts, Boys Noize heightens these by tenfold right into a techno bliss. On stage, Reznor bounces round underneath purple lights whereas Ridha glides alongside his deck.
Underneath a YouTube video of the stay present, viewers flocked to the feedback to demand extra of the 2: “I want a f— studio model of this remix,” one wrote.
Boys Noize can be listed individually as a performer on the pageant, on Saturday.
Again to Radiohead: If the discharge of Radiohead’s Child A Mnesia flew over your head, worry not. The compilation album mashes collectively the perfect of two albums: “Child A” and “Amnesiac,” which got here out simply eight months aside. Its launch in 2021 obtained some buzz, as members of the band started teasing it on social media and keen listeners started to assume it might be a tour and even — the holy grail — a brand new album.
However, no, it will not be the long-awaited tenth studio album from Radiohead, its final launch having been the gloomy however lovely “A Moon Formed Pool” in 2016. As a substitute they obtained “Child A Mnesia,” which seemingly attracts on commentary that the same sonic palette between the 2 suggests “Amnesiac” could very properly be the leftover of “Child A.”
However what’s a mission from 4 years in the past doing on the Coachella 2026 lineup and what’s the Bunker?
Beginning with the unhealthy information, a consultant of Radiohead informed The Occasions “that the band won’t bodily be at Coachella” and there are “extra particulars to return.” So, no, the band won’t make its return to Indio — the band members final performed the pageant in 2017.
We are able to’t precisely pinpoint whatthe Bunker is, however it might have one thing to do with an immersive exhibition the band launched alongside the compilation in 2021. It describes itself as “an upside-down digital/analogue universe” that pulls from unique paintings and recordings to “commemorate 21 years of Child A and Amnesiac.”
This might align with Radiohead’s current extracurriculars, as in August the band opened “This Is What You Get,” an exhibition that examined the visible identification of the band all through its existence. It’s operating on the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford till Jan. 11, 2026.
