K/DA and True Damage Will Take the Stage at the Worlds 2026 Finals Opening Ceremony
GAME MODE Staff·Oct 31, 2026· 2m read
Riot says both bands will perform at Barclays Center on November 14, after a run of K/DA releases since October 19 and tie-ins with Louis Vuitton, Secretlab and Good Smile Company.
K/DA and True Damage will take the stage at the Worlds 2026 Finals Opening Ceremony Presented by Mastercard on Saturday, November 14, Riot says. The Finals are at Barclays Center.
Riot shared the news in a post about new merch, and it hasn’t announced a setlist or any other performers. The post follows a string of K/DA releases that began with the FIRESTARTER music video on October 19.
K/DA’s releases since October 19
- October 19: the official FIRESTARTER music video, featuring MIYEON and SOYEON of i-dle, Sophie Powers and Mimi Webb. Riot Games’ news page lists it on this date.
- October 21 (UTC): official FIRESTARTER choreography by Sean Bankhead and NARIA.
- October 23: a lyric video for WATCH ME, featuring Sophie Powers and Mimi Webb.
- October 27 (US evening): an official visualizer for NEVER GOING BACK, featuring MIYEON and SOYEON of i-dle. In UTC, it went up on October 28.
- October 28: a behind-the-scenes look at the K/DA Akali splash art with splash artist Terence Cantal.
MIYEON and SOYEON of i-dle feature on FIRESTARTER and NEVER GOING BACK, and Sophie Powers and Mimi Webb on FIRESTARTER and WATCH ME. Riot’s media posts are dated in UTC, so some of these went up the evening before in the US.
Tie-ins from Louis Vuitton to Nendoroids
The merch post also lines up products with outside partners:
- Louis Vuitton: the “Tempo Point” travel book imagines 24 hours in the lives of Ahri, Akali, Evelynn and Kai’Sa.
- Secretlab: TITAN Evo and MAGNUS Pro K/DA FIRESTARTER Editions.
- Good Smile Company: Nendoroid Ahri, Akali, Evelynn and Kai’Sa, listed as coming soon.
- Insight Editions: HEADLINERS: THE MUSIC OF LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, a collector’s zine covering K/DA, HEARTSTEEL, Pentakill, True Damage, DJ Sona and more.
If you’re going to Worlds in person, K/DA, True Damage and HEARTSTEEL merch is on sale at the Worlds 2026 Fan Fest at Pier 36 from November 12 to 14, and at the Finals at Barclays Center.
Where the bands show up in League
K/DA has a role in ARAM: Mayhem’s Journey to Stardom, where the K/DA Headliner gives an extra Augment for collecting 4 K/DA Cards.
True Damage has new skins. Riot’s Patch 26.21 notes list the True Damage Know My Name skins, including Prestige Ekko, as available from October 21.
