Bieber's Coachella BTS

Justin Bieber used Instagram on April 21 to turn his Coachella Weekend 2 set into a backstage photo diary, with Hailey Bieber in several of the first images. (yahoo.com) The post followed Bieber’s April 18 headlining performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, the second weekend of the festival’s 2026 run. People said the captionless carousel opened with a backstage photo of Justin and Hailey together at night. (yahoo.com) Coachella ran April 10 to 12 and April 17 to 19 this year, and Bieber was one of Weekend 2’s marquee names. The Los Angeles Times reported that Weekend 2 also featured surprise appearances from Madonna, Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Billie Eilish, SZA and Snoop Dogg across the festival. (latimes.com) Coverage of Bieber’s own set centered on guest-heavy moments. E! reported that Billie Eilish, Big Sean, SZA and other artists joined him during the April 18 performance. (eonline.com) The backstage photos extended that set’s life beyond the desert. People framed the post as a closer look at “the special moments that made his set a hit,” shifting attention from the live show to the images and clips fans could replay after the weekend ended. (yahoo.com) Hailey Bieber had already posted her own Coachella recap earlier in the week. Billboard reported that her carousel documented the family’s festival weekend and included a temporary “Bieberchella” tattoo on their son Jack Blues Bieber’s forearm. (billboard.com) RTÉ reported that Hailey’s earlier post also showed her and Jack watching Bieber rehearse onstage in Indio. That made Justin’s April 21 upload part of a broader family-run recap that unfolded across multiple posts after Weekend 2. (rte.ie) By Tuesday night, the performance was no longer just a festival set with guest cameos. It had become a social-media aftershow, with backstage images of Justin and Hailey driving a second round of attention days after the lights went down in Indio. (yahoo.com)