Justin Bieber: $10M Coachella

Justin Bieber was reportedly paid $10 million to headline Coachella 2026, a fee multiple outlets traced to a Rolling Stone report from September 2025. (rollingstone.com) (nationaltoday.com) Coachella announced Bieber as a 2026 headliner on September 16, 2025, alongside Sabrina Carpenter, Karol G and Anyma, with festival dates set for April 10-12 and April 17-19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. (coachellavalley.com) Rolling Stone reported that Bieber worked “directly” with festival promoter Goldenvoice on the deal, and follow-up coverage published this week said the total worked out to about $5 million per weekend. (rollingstone.com) (entertainmentnow.com) The size of the check became part of the story again ahead of Weekend 2 because Bieber’s first Saturday-night set on April 11 drew sharply split reviews. Rolling Stone called it “messy,” while Forbes said the performance became one of the festival’s most contested headline sets in recent years. (rollingstone.com) (forbes.com) That reaction mattered because Coachella’s headliners are usually treated as a signal of what kind of star can still pull a festival-scale audience in 2026. Bieber’s booking put a pop act with a long break from full-scale touring at the center of the festival’s biggest slot. (coachellavalley.com) (rollingstone.com) The payday also landed in the middle of a career reset. Rolling Stone reported before the festival that Bieber had not played a full public concert since the Justice tour ended in 2022, apart from scattered private appearances and a performance at the 2026 Grammy Awards. (rollingstone.com) Onstage, Bieber leaned into newer material and a stripped-down presentation instead of a big production spectacle. Rolling Stone said his April 11 set included guests including the Kid Laroi, Dijon, Tems, Wizkid and Mk.gee. (rollingstone.com 1) (rollingstone.com 2) USA Today’s live coverage said Coachella Weekend 2 began on Friday, April 17, with Bieber scheduled to return for his second headlining performance on Saturday, April 18. By then, the $10 million number had become almost as central to the conversation as the set itself. (usatoday.com) (nationaltoday.com)