Bieber makes first public stage appearance in two years for Ariana Grande’s closing Coachella set
AFTER an incredible, cameofilled headlining performance during the first weekend of Coachella, Ariana Grande returned to the stage in Indio, California for an encore where she held things down masterfully by herself... then surprised fans with an appearance by Justin Bieber at the end!
“I haven’t been on stage in like two years. I had no idea I was going to be on the stage tonight,” Bieber said to the crowd of screaming fans as he wrapped his performance of his hit song “Sorry.”
“I had to get my grove back,” he added before announcing he has an “album coming soon!”
While *NSYNC, Diddy and Nicki Minaj turned out to perform alongside Grande last week, the boy band confirmed to fans that they wouldn’t be coming back for week 2, and there wasn’t any real surprises on that front.
I had no idea I was going to be on the stage tonight. Justin Bieber
But that didn’t keep Ariana from slaying in her return.
During the first act of her set - which began with her incredible “Last Supper” stage set visual as she kicked things off with “God Is a Woman” -- Grande mostly repeated her set list from the first time around, including her performances of “Side to Side” and “Bang Bang,” this time without help from Minaj.
Grande, instead, performed over Minaj’s pre-recorded vocals and kept the energy elevated by absolutely owning the stage and basking in the cheers of her devoted fans.
She wrapped the performance with fan favourites “No Tears Left to Cry” and “Thank U, Next.”