--- description: After years of avoiding live performances, Sia appeared on the Coachella stage on Sunday night. title: People Are Still Obsessed With Sia's Incredible Coachella Performance image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # People Are Still Obsessed With Sia's Incredible Coachella Performance  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 19, 2016 6:00 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 19, 2016 6:00 PM CUT After years of avoiding live performances—or at least performances where she sang [facing the audience](http://time.com/3700477/grammys-2015-sia-kristen-wiig-chandelier/ "undefined")—[Sia appeared](http://time.com/2851658/lena-dunham-sia-chandelier-late-night-with-seth-meyers/ "undefined") on the Coachella stage on Sunday night for her [first full concert since 2011](http://sia first full concert since 2011 "undefined"). The set, which featured cameos by several celebrities, is being heralded [by](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-ms-coachella-2016-l-ever-elusive-sia-flips-the-script-on-coachella-cam-1460959067-htmlstory.html "undefined") [many](http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/30811/1/watch-sia-s-incredible-coachella-set-in-full-here "undefined") as one of the festival’s best. **Read More:** [Taylor Swift Couldn’t Handle It When Rihanna Performed With Calvin Harris at Coachella](http://time.com/4297453/taylor-swift-rihanna-calvin-harris-coachella/ "undefined") Kristen Wiig, Paul Dano and _Dance Moms_‘ Maddie Ziegler were all incorporated into the show, with each appearing onscreen to perform interpretative dance routines while a wig-wearing Sia belted out several of her most popular hits. Her 13-song set included “Alive,” “Chandelier,” “Elastic Heart,” and even Rihanna’s “Diamonds”—[a song she wrote for the _ANTI_ artist](http://time.com/4209769/sia-best-songs-written-for-other-artists-ranked/ "undefined"). Watch the full performance above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4299395/sia-coachella-performance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4299395/sia-coachella-performance/"},"headline":"People Are Still Obsessed With Sia's Incredible Coachella Performance","datePublished":"2016-04-19T18:00:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:41.150Z","description":"She brought down the house","url":"https://time.com/4299395/sia-coachella-performance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Sia","Coachella"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4299395/sia-coachella-performance/","name":"People Are Still Obsessed With Sia's Incredible Coachella Performance"}}]}] ```