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'A Beautiful Full-Circle Celebration': Madonna's Manager Praises Sabrina Carpenter For Surprise Coachella Performance

Mary Varvaris

Sabrina Carpenter brought Madonna on stage for four songs during her Coachella Weekend Two headlining set.

Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter performing at Coachella
Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter performing at Coachella(Credit: X)
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On Friday (17 April), Sabrina Carpenter returned to the Coachella stage, headlining the Californian festival for its second weekend.

And while special guests were included during her Weekend One set, for Weekend Two, she welcomed the Queen of Pop, Madonna, to the stage—winning the approval of the singer’s longtime manager.

The moment arrived during the fifth act of Carpenter’s set – towards the end of the show. As a performance of Juno came to a close, the screens on the stage (and the YouTube stream) turned to black-and-white, heralding Madonna’s entrance to the intro of Vogue.

Madonna rose to the occasion, holding Carpenter’s hand as she appeared on a Coachella stage for the first time in two decades – her last performance at the festival was on an EDM stage.

Together, the pair performed Vogue, Madonna and Carpenter unveiled the live premiere of her upcoming song, Bring Your Love, then they performed Get Together and the timeless Like a Prayer. While she was on stage, Madonna also discussed her last appearance at Coachella and delved into astrology.

Following the performance, Madonna’s manager, Guy Oseary, praised Carpenter for showing her respect and appreciation for the Queen of Pop and recalled his first time meeting the Espresso hitmaker.

“20 years since @madonna first performance at @coachella, a beautiful full-circle celebration,” Oseary wrote in an Instagram post, where he also shared a video of Madonna and Carpenter on stage.

“On behalf of @saramariezam and I at @maverick, thank you to the very kind and talented @volaramgmt team. And most of all, @sabrinacarpenter.”

Remembering the first time he met Carpenter—at the SNL 50 party last February—Oseary continued: “I first met Sabrina at the SNL 50 party, where we bumped into each other walking thru the party.

“She told me how much she loved Madonna. Minutes later, she was asked to join the house band at that party to sing an impromptu song: the song she chose: ‘Like A Virgin.’”

He concluded his post, “She has always shown love for the Queen, repeatedly… and last night the mutual love was shown and shared with the world.”

After her Coachella Weekend Two headline performance, Carpenter took to Instagram and reflected on the moments shared with Madonna.

“Coachella weekend 2 might take the damn cake,” she wrote.

“Madonna …..I’ve got something i wanna talk about! thank you for coming out, bringing your love, and gracing the audience with everything you are + astrology knowledge + the greatest songs of all time. Last night was straight out of a dream. spending so much time laughing with you and then above all sharing the stage with you is a privilege I’ll never forget.”