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Sabrina Carpenter says duetting with Stevie Nicks at the 2026 Met Gala “healed many things in me”
Sabrina Carpenter says her surprise duets with Stevie Nicks at the 2026 Met Gala "healed many things" and came days after her Coachella headline sets.
Sabrina Carpenter has called her surprise duet with Stevie Nicks at the 2026 Met Gala a healing moment, saying the performance “healed many things in me.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art event, held on May 4 under this year\’s “Costume Art” theme, found Carpenter opening the evening with a mini set before Stevie Nicks joined her for an unannounced, intimate turn through Fleetwood Mac\’s 1975 classic “Landslide.” Nicks later brought Carpenter back onstage for a rendition of “Don\’t Stop.”
What happened on the night
Carpenter began the Met Gala slot with a five-piece orchestra, performing “House Tour”, “Espresso” and “Please, Please, Please” before the duet moment with Nicks. She later posted a carousel on Instagram reflecting on the evening, sharing two outfit changes: a Versace dress printed with Andy Warhol\’s Marilyn Monroe and James Dean motifs, and a gold Bob Mackie number she wore for the performance with Nicks.
In her caption Carpenter thanked those who made the night possible: “Thank you Anna [Wintour], @voguemagazine and @metmuseum for having me perform and giving me a beautiful new friend @stevienicks,” she wrote. “Singing together healed many things in me!”
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Sabrina Carpenter and Stevie Nicks bring the house down with a performance of “Landslide!” 🎤 #MetGala
Timing and momentum
The Met Gala appearance came days after Carpenter headlined Coachella 2026. Her festival run included a second-weekend moment with Madonna, where the pair debuted a new track titled “Bring Your Love,” which is slated to appear on Madonna\’s upcoming album Confessions II, due July 3.
Carpenter\’s Coachella headlining was itself notable for its surprises: during her first weekend set she summoned an array of classic Hollywood faces — Susan Sarandon, Sam Elliott, Samuel L. Jackson and Will Ferrell — to join her onstage, while the second weekend featured the Madonna collaboration.
Back in the U.K., NME\’s review of Carpenter\’s BST Hyde Park headline last summer captured the scope of her recent ascent. The review praised her evolution, noting that “[\’Espresso\’ has] catapulted the singer from an artist orbiting the pop girl league tables to one of its reigning champs, but her command of this space is a testament to the years of graft it took to get there. All she needed was time.”
Between festival triumphs, red carpet moments and this newly public friendship with a music legend, Carpenter\’s Met Gala duet with Nicks feels less like a stunt and more like a passing of something — stagecraft, approval, maybe even reassurance. Fans and onlookers will remember the image: two performers, one classic song, a museum staircase and a moment that, by Carpenter\’s own words, did some quiet work.
