The xx Reunite for First Festival Set in Eight Years at Coachella

The xx returned to the festival stage for the first time in eight years with a Friday night set at Coachella. Performing on the main stage at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, the trio’s reunion centered on their foundational, atmospheric sound.

While the members have been active individually, with Jamie xx as a festival staple and both Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim releasing solo albums, the performance was a deliberate return to their collective identity. The set drew from their catalog of minimalist indie rock, emphasizing the hypnotic and spacious quality that defined their earlier work.

The show followed a pair of warm-up dates in Mexico City. Their appearance frames the band’s reunion not as a nostalgic revival, but as a reassertion of a specific sonic space within a current festival landscape often defined by higher tempos and denser production.