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EXILE to perform ‘Lovers Again’ on 2026 FNS music show
The 2026 FNS Song Festival will air live on December 2 and 9 on Fuji TV.
The two broadcasts will run for about eight and a half hours in total, with 36 acts named in the first performer announcement.
EXILE will appear on the December 9 second night, marking its first performance on the show in five years.
The group will perform “Lovers Again,” its winter signature song, for the first time on the show since 2018.
The song was a hit for EXILE in 2007.
EXILE, which marked 25 years since its debut in September, joins a second-night lineup that also includes SixTONES, NCT DREAM and aiko.
The festival is scheduled to be broadcast live, but no further details about EXILE’s performance were given.
EXILE will perform “Lovers Again” on the second night of the 2026 FNS Music Festival on December 9.
The group will return to the festival stage for the first time in five years.
It will be the song’s first FNS performance in eight years, since a Christmas and winter song medley in 2018.
The broadcast is scheduled to air live on Fuji TV-affiliated stations from 6:30 p.m. to 9:54 p.m.
The festival will air over two nights, on December 2 and 9.
- Who
- EXILE, a Japanese music group.
- What
- The group will perform “Lovers Again” on the second night of the 2026 FNS Music Festival.
- When
- December 9, 2026, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:54 p.m.
- Where
- On the FNS Music Festival, broadcast on Fuji TV-affiliated stations.
- Why
- Not stated.
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EXILE performed “Lovers Again” as part of a Christmas and winter song medley on the FNS Music Festival.
EXILE last appeared on the FNS Music Festival stage, five years before its announced return.
EXILE’s appearance on the December 9 program was announced.
EXILE is scheduled to perform “Lovers Again” on the festival’s second night.
- Group
- EXILE
- Song
- Lovers Again
- Scheduled broadcast
- December 9, 2026, 6:30 p.m.–9:54 p.m.
- Return to festival stage
- First time in five years
- Previous performance of the song
- 2018, in a Christmas and winter song medley