Bieber headlines Coachella tonight

Justin Bieber is scheduled to walk onto the main Coachella stage at 11:25 p.m. Pacific time on Saturday, April 11, and the official stream window runs until 12:55 a.m., which means his set is built to spill past midnight in Indio. (timeout.com) This is Bieber’s first time headlining Coachella, and Time Out describes it as his first major festival set in years after health problems forced him to cancel his 2022 tour. (timeout.com) Coachella booked him months ago as one of the 2026 top-line names alongside Sabrina Carpenter, Karol G and Anyma, so tonight is not a cameo or a guest spot but a full closing set on the festival’s biggest stage. (timeout.com) The festival itself is running two weekends at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, on April 10 to 12 and April 17 to 19, and Bieber is the Saturday headliner for both weekends. (coachella.com) (timeout.com) If you are trying to see him in person, the traffic problem is simple: Saturday already stacks The Strokes earlier in the night, and Time Out says Bieber’s slot is expected to be one of the most crowded sets of the weekend. (timeout.com 1) (timeout.com 2) If you are watching from home, Coachella’s YouTube channel is carrying the main stage feed live, and Consequence says Saturday’s stream places Bieber on Channel 1 at 11:25 p.m. with 4K available on the main stage feed. (consequence.net) (timeout.com) Nobody has published an official setlist, but Time Out reports that the likely shape is a mix of older hits and songs from his recent albums “Swag” and “Swag II,” which he had already been previewing before the festival. (timeout.com) (consequence.net) The clue fans are using is his reported soundcheck, where on-site attendees told Time Out they heard songs including “Sorry,” “Yukon,” “Baby,” “Favorite Girl,” “One Less Lonely Girl” and “All That Matters,” which reads like a set built to jump between 2009 Bieber and 2026 Bieber. (timeout.com) The other thing people are watching for is guests, because Coachella headliners often treat the last half hour like a trapdoor and bring someone up from under the stage or out from the wings. Time Out says nothing is confirmed, but it points to Bieber collaborators including Usher, Ludacris and Dijon as names fans are gaming out. (timeout.com) So the whole night comes down to three clocks at once: 11:25 p.m. for the start, 12:55 a.m. for the scheduled stream end, and the gap between them for whatever version of a comeback Bieber decides to put onstage in the desert. (timeout.com)