Drake Is Reportedly Being Considered to Headline Coachella

Drake is under consideration to headline Coachella 2027, according to Hits Daily Double's Hits List of October 2, 2026, which said he "is said to be in the Coachella discussion." He last headlined in April 2015, closing both Sundays, and returned only as a guest in Future's 2017 set, so a booking would end an 11 year wait for the top of the bill. It would also hand the festival Iceman, an album Drake did not perform live until August 31, 2026, when he played three of its songs as a guest at Don Toliver's Toronto show.

Coachella has announced nothing. The 2027 festival is scheduled for April 9 to 11 and April 16 to 18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

SZA and Radiohead Sit Beside Drake, and BTS Walked Away

A follow up Hits Daily Double item, relayed by HotNewHipHop on October 5, 2026, called Drake and SZA the leading candidates to headline Coachella 2027 and named Radiohead as a third act under consideration. The same item said BTS was initially going to be pegged as a headliner but backed out of negotiations.

Hits Daily Double had reported on September 1 that Tame Impala and Dua Lipa are expected on the 2027 bill, according to Complex, and that BTS, SZA, Oasis and Radiohead have reportedly been pursued for a headlining spot, while Miley Cyrus reportedly declined an offer. Billboard Canada, XXL, Complex and Hypebeast all trace the Drake item to that single outlet. XXL said it reached out to Drake's team and printed no response.

Madonna Kissed Him in 2015, and That Was His Only Headline Set

Drake's only previous Coachella headlining set came in April 2015, when he closed the Sunday nights on a bill that also carried AC/DC and Jack White, according to Complex. It arrived about two months after the release of If You're Reading This It's Too Late, per Hypebeast.

Madonna joined him on stage during that run and kissed him, a moment Hypebeast and NOW Toronto both recount. Two years later, in 2017, he appeared during Future's set and ran through songs including "Jumpman," which is the last time he is reported to have been on a Coachella stage.

Iceman Reached a Stage on Day 108, and It Was Don Toliver's

Drake performed "Shabang," "Burning Bridges" and "Janice STFU" at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on August 31, 2026, 108 days after Iceman's May 15 release. He told the crowd it was his first time performing the album since it dropped, according to NOW Toronto.

Toronto was the only Canadian stop on the Nitrous leg that Toliver added to his Octane World Tour, so the first live Iceman songs came inside another artist's run rather than on a Drake date. Toliver is also on two of the four tracks added to the Habibti (FOMO) expanded edition that arrived on the same Friday as the Coachella item, "Solar Eclipse" and "Cold Shoulder," per XXL. Iceman spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, per Billboard Canada, and reached the top of the Billboard 200.

Drake Told Etalk Canada the Tour Is Coming, With No Dates Attached

Drake confirmed a 2027 world tour in a red carpet interview with Etalk Canada before the FOMO premiere on September 15, 2026, and no dates or cities have been announced. He said "tour is coming" and that there are "other things on the horizon," in the words XXL printed.

The FOMO film, a self funded short that premiered at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15 on YouTube, Spotify and Apple, is the project Drake was promoting on that red carpet. HotNewHipHop wrote that Coachella's April dates "could very well align with that vision," which is the outlet's inference and not a reported booking.

Authentic Brands Took 51 Percent of OVO 19 Days Before FOMO

Authentic Brands Group bought 51 percent of OVO on August 27, 2026, leaving Drake with 44 percent while Vince Holding Corp took the remaining 5 percent and the operating business. The sale closed 19 days before the FOMO premiere, which Drake billed as self funded.

The It's All a Blur Tour played 80 shows to about 1.3 million tickets between July 2023 and April 2024 and reportedly grossed 320.5 million dollars, according to AfroTech. A Coachella headline slot would put him back on the Coachella stage for the first time since 2017, with three 2026 albums and the expanded Habibti (FOMO) behind him.

The record so far holds two firm facts: a single Hits Daily Double item dated October 2, 2026, and a tour Drake has promised for 2027 without a date.