ATARASHII GAKKO! are heading back to Coachella in 2027, after the group were named on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival line-up on November 11th. They will perform on both Fridays, April 9th and April 16th, the same day Dua Lipa is due to headline.
AG! are the only Japanese act on next year’s poster, and their management company ASOBISYSTEM says the booking makes them the first Japanese female artists to return to Coachella for a second appearance in their own right.
Their debut came in 2024, when they closed the Gobi stage on both weekends and joined 88rising’s Futures showcase on a bill that also featured fellow Japanese acts YOASOBI and Hatsune Miku.
That year, their first headline world tour took them to 33 cities and around 110,000 fans, including their UK debut in London. This year they played Lollapalooza Berlin and celebrated their 11th anniversary at London’s Roundhouse, just days before releasing their fourth album ‘From Tokyo with Love’ via 88rising on July 24th.
The group reacted to the news in a statement released alongside the announcement.
“We screamed. The world we felt at Coachella 2024 is seared into our memories. A second appearance seemed impossible, but we held on to the hope that it could happen.
After a world tour, we’re diving into Coachella as an ATARASHII GAKKO! that has grown richer and stronger with our new album ‘From Tokyo with Love’. We’re so, so excited. We’re going to break through the limits of youth. ATARASHII GAKKO! GOING TO COACHELLA!! AGAIN!! Oi AG! Can we do it? Which is it?!”
Elsewhere on the line-up, JISOO joins AG! on the Friday, with NCT and SB19 playing on the Saturday, and BABYMONSTER on the Sunday.
Before their return to the desert, AG! head to Latin America for the first time in December on their FIRST LATIN AMERICA TOUR 2026, which promoter OCESA says includes the largest headline concert of their career at Mexico City’s Velódromo Olímpico.
Coachella 2027 takes place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, from April 9th to 11th and April 16th to 18th, with Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, and SZA headlining and Daddy Yankee billed “In the Desert”.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2027
| Date | Location | Show & tickets |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2027 – 11 Apr 2027 | Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, US | Scheduled |
| 16 Apr 2027 – 18 Apr 2027 | Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, US | Scheduled |
About ATARASHII GAKKO!
ATARASHII GAKKO! are a four-member Japanese dance and vocal group comprising MIZYU, RIN, SUZUKA, and KANON. Formed in 2015, they built their identity around sailor uniforms, member-created choreography, and the idea of being the "Youth Representatives of Japan", using music and performance to champion individuality and freedom without simply reproducing the conventions of the idol scene. Dance, physical comedy, theatrical staging, and deliberately eccentric character work have remained as important to the group as the songs themselves, while their music has moved freely through J-pop, Showa-era kayōkyoku, jazz, hip-hop, funk, rock, and punk. After early performance and commercial projects, the group made their major-label debut through Victor Entertainment in 2017 with 'Dokubana', a H ZETT M-produced piano-rock track with a Showa kayōkyoku streak. Their first two albums, 'Maenarawanai' in 2018 and 'Wakage Ga Itaru' in 2019, developed the offbeat school-age themes, retro Japanese pop references, live-band arrangements, and self-choreographed performance style that defined their early years. In 2020 they released 'OTONABLUE', produced by yonkey, a song whose deliberately nostalgic sound would later become their biggest domestic breakthrough. Their international expansion began before that breakthrough. ATARASHII GAKKO! signed with US-based Asian music company 88rising in late 2020 and made their worldwide debut in January 2021 with 'NAINAINAI', adopting ATARASHII GAKKO! as their overseas name. Releases including the Money Mark-produced 'SNACKTIME' EP broadened their sound and international audience, but 'OTONABLUE' changed their scale in 2023 when its neck-shaking choreography became a major TikTok trend. The revival led to a breakout year in Japan that included appearances on THE FIRST TAKE and NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen, as well as an Excellent Work Award at the Japan Record Awards. By 2024 the quartet had turned that viral attention into a sustained international live career. They sold out Nippon Budokan, performed at Coachella, released their third album 'AG! Calling', and undertook their first headline world tour across Europe, Asia, and North America, including their UK debut in London. Their tenth anniversary in 2025 brought a large-scale Makuhari Messe concert and career-spanning best album, while 2026 saw the release of fourth album 'From Tokyo with Love' and their first anniversary concert outside Japan at London's Roundhouse. Across each phase, the same four members and their self-created choreography have remained at the centre of ATARASHII GAKKO!, turning a deliberately unconventional Japanese school-uniform concept into one of the country's most recognisable global performance acts.
