Justin Bieber’s set at Coachella could be so much more than a comeback | CNN

For the first time in several years, festival season will welcome back shirt-optional crowd-pleaser, Justin Bieber. His Coachella performance this weekend will mark an important moment in his slow-walked return to the stage following a turbulent few years marked by health struggles and cancelled tours, as well as bright spots like fatherhood and Grammy nominations. The first-time headliner’s performance could be a comeback or so much more than that — a throwback to the best days of Bieber. He last appeared live in front of tens of thousands of people at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil in 2022, but a lot has happened off the stage since Bieber last performed for an audience this big. Before last year’s release of a pair of “Swag” albums, his last new effort had been 2021’s “Justice.” He was on the world tour supporting that album in 2023 when he was forced to cancel the remaining tour dates due to health issues, sharing that he had Ramsey Hunt Syndrome, a nerve disorder that caused the singer to experience temporary facial paralysis. “I’m going to be ok, but I need time to rest and get better,” he said in a statement at the time. Since then, Bieber became a