Coachella Weekend Two highlights

Olivia Rodrigo said Justin Bieber’s Weekend Two Coachella headlining set was “really powerful” after watching his Saturday-night performance in Indio. (billboard.com) In an Audacy interview posted April 23, Rodrigo said Bieber’s use of a laptop and footage of his younger self made “Baby” feel like a tribute to his early career. She said, “When he sang ‘Baby,’ I think I lost my mind.” (billboard.com) Bieber’s second Coachella headline set on April 18 came with a bigger guest list than his April 11 opener. Rolling Stone reported appearances from Billie Eilish, SZA, Sexyy Red, Big Sean and Dijon during the Weekend Two show. (rollingstone.com) (billboard.com) Rodrigo was part of the Weekend Two churn herself. Billboard reported that she joined Addison Rae the same day to perform “Drop Dead,” the lead single from Rae’s upcoming album due June 12. (billboard.com) Weekend Two also carried over a story left unfinished on April 10, when Coachella canceled Anyma’s midnight main-stage set because wind made the stage build unsafe. Variety said attendees got the notice at 12:17 a.m., and EDM.com reported Anyma had spent a year preparing the new ÆDEN production. (variety.com) (edm.com) Anyma’s planned Coachella debut had been billed as the launch of an audiovisual show tied to his 2026 world tour. EDM.com reported in February that the ÆDEN tour was scheduled to follow his April 10 and April 17 festival headline slots and span 12 countries. (edm.com) By Weekend Two, the set finally reached the desert stage, with regional coverage and wire pickups describing guest appearances from LISA and Joji during the ÆDEN presentation. Those came after Anyma had already tried to make up for Weekend One with a Sunday-night Do Lab back-to-back set with Marlon Hoffstadt. (dailynews.com) (variety.com) (yahoo.com) Coachella’s official 2026 dates were April 10-12 and April 17-19, and YouTube again carried the festival livestream across multiple stage feeds. That setup helped turn Weekend Two guest spots into immediate clips, reactions and follow-on promotion for artists with albums and tours already on deck. (coachella.com) (variety.com) (edm.com) By April 24, the cleanest takeaway from Weekend Two was not a single surprise guest but the scale of the rebound: Bieber expanded his headline show, Rodrigo amplified it afterward, and Anyma finally got ÆDEN onstage. (billboard.com) (rollingstone.com) (edm.com)