Charli XCX debuts complete ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ headline set at Lollapalooza 2026

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Charli XCX has performed her first complete ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ headline concert at Lollapalooza 2026. The set featured two live debuts and saw women’s underwear fall across the audience during ‘Guess’. Watch footage and view the full setlist below.

The packed Lollapalooza performance happened on Friday evening, July 31, when Charli joined The Smashing Pumpkins as one of the leading acts at the 2026 Chicago festival.

Before the appearance, the singer delivered an intimate Lollapalooza warmup concert in Nashville. During that show, she performed several tracks from ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ live for the first time, including ‘Magic Metal Montana’, ‘Card Declined’ and ‘2007’.

At the festival, Charli presented her first complete concert since the album arrived last month. She began the performance with ‘Rock Music’, ‘Yeah’ and the popular ‘Brat’ track ‘Apple’.

Other selections from ‘Brat’ included ‘Guess’, ‘Von Dutch’, ‘360’, ‘365’ and ‘Club Classics’. She also performed newer material such as ‘Wink Wink’, ‘Card Declined’, ‘Pink Diamond’ and ‘If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?’. During ‘Guess’, Charli referenced the music video featuring Billie Eilish by showering the audience with women’s underwear.

 

 

 

Near the conclusion, Charli delivered consecutive performances of ‘2007’, ‘Camera’, ‘party 4 u’, ‘Playboy Bunny’ and ‘SS26’. Earlier in the concert, she gave ‘House’ and ‘Dying For You’ their first live performances. Both songs appear on her soundtrack for the recent Wuthering Heights remake.

Neither soundtrack track had previously been performed in concert. ‘House’ featured John Cale’s spoken audio through the venue speakers, while heavy rain created a dramatic atmosphere as Charli sang the emotional chorus.

Charli appeared in custom stage outfits created by James Walker, Jing Hé and other designers throughout the show. Certain tracks received simple performances with limited lighting, while others featured pyrotechnics, numerous dancers and ambitious production.

She finished the concert by presenting the first complete performance of ‘No One Lasts Forever’, accompanied by David Cronenberg’s closing audio through the speakers. See additional footage and the entire setlist below.

 

 

Charli XCX’s Lollapalooza setlist was:

‘Rock Music’
‘Yeah’
‘Apple’
‘Wink Wink’
‘Card Declined’
‘Track 10’
‘Girl, so confusing’
‘pink diamond’
‘House’ (Live debut)
‘Dying for You’ (Live debut)
‘Club classics’
‘365’
‘360’
‘Sympathy is a knife’
‘Von dutch’
‘Guess’
‘If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?’
‘2007’
‘Camera’
‘party 4 u’
‘Playboy Bunny’
‘SS26’
‘No One Lasts Forever’ (Live debut of full song)

Before her Chicago and Nashville appearances, Charli introduced several new tracks during a special Brooklyn concert last month. She performed ‘Playboy Bunny’, ‘Wink Wink’, ‘If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?’, ‘Camera’ and ‘SS26’, before delivering a similar selection in London soon afterwards.

 

Earlier in the week, she also appeared unexpectedly at Lollapalooza during Lorde’s performance. The pair reunited for ‘Girl, So Confusing’, their successful collaboration from the 2024 ‘Brat’ remix album.

Charli will travel back to the UK later this month for her first headline appearances at Reading & Leeds festivals. A North American arena tour will follow in September. Any remaining tickets can be found here.

Awarding ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ four stars, NME called the record a “celebration of art – and its capacity to let you transcend your bounds for something new – feels urgent and timeless”.

Charli has also released a companion movie and a collection of additional tracks. Elsewhere, she named her five favourite Charli XCX songs, highlighting the “ultimate party song” alongside another track that leaves her feeling “very sentimental”.

 
 

 

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Dr. Dre explains why he supports AI in music

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Dr. Dre has spoken in favour of using artificial intelligence when making music.

The rapper and producer believes there is nothing inherently wrong with bringing AI into the studio, describing it as another "new tool for creativity". He also argued that musicians who oppose the technology might have reacted similarly when drum machines and synthesisers first became part of music production.

Dre told the New York Times: "I had a discussion with a few people a few days ago. They were against AI and I’m like: 'OK, you sound like the person that would have been against the drum machine when it came out'. Or synthesisers, right? It’s a new tool for creativity. Some people are afraid of learning new things.

"I’m embracing it. I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen with this."

He went on to confirm: "Yes, I’m using it. Again, as a tool to see what it would do with what I just did."

Dre also rejected the idea that artificial intelligence poses a danger to creativity in music, explaining: "I think the only people that see it as a threat are the people who have trouble creating.

Jimmy Iovine, Dre’s longtime friend and business partner, also joined the conversation and shared his own enthusiasm for AI in music. He said: "I’m very pro-AI in music creation. I don’t see the downside at all. There will be some c***** music. There’s c***** music now. In the studio, when gifted people have AI, they’re going to make better records."

The two also suggested that a number of music producers are already experimenting with AI behind the scenes without publicly acknowledging it.

Iovine described them as "a lot of closet AI producers out there", while Dre replied: "That’s a good way to put it. They’re using it, they just don’t want to admit it."

Iovine has previously predicted that AI could play a major role in the future of songwriting. Speaking to Consequence of Sound, he said: "I’m not saying it’s good or bad, but I think AI is going to be massive in songwriting on many levels.

"One, on a very basic level, if somebody is stuck and you want to experiment and get an idea. Two, is that not everyone, but too many people today are making records for TikTok."

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