Justin Bieber'sheadline set at Coachella's second weekend in Indio, California, pushed past the 1 a.m. curfew in the early hours of Sunday 19 April, leaving festival promoter Goldenvoice facing a $20,000 (£14,794) fine from the city of Indio, on top of penalties triggered by another late-running show.

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival wrapped its two-weekend run at the Empire Polo Club in the Colorado Desert on Sunday 19 April, drawing around 125,000 people a day. The line-up was led by Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G, each delivering two headline performances over the course of the event, alongside a broad bill of DJs and bands flown in from around the world.

According toBillboard, a representative for the City of Indio confirmed that Goldenvoice will have to pay more than $40,000 (£29,586) in total for curfew breaches during the second weekend. While the first weekend reportedly stayed within permitted hours, the second overran on both Friday and Saturday night, triggering financial penalties set out in the festival's long-standing operating agreement with city officials.

The latest curfew issue began on Friday 17 April with Italian DJ and producer Anyma. His midnight set on one of Coachella's stages slipped past the agreed cut-off and ran until 1:09 a.m. TMZ first reported that the nine-minute overrun cost the festival $24,000 (£17,754) in fines, under rules that escalate sharply as time is exceeded.

The following night it was Bieber's turn. His second headline performance on Saturday 18 April edged just two minutes beyond the 1am mark, but that alone was enough to incur a fresh $20,000 charge for Goldenvoice, again reported by TMZ and confirmed in general terms by city officials speaking to Billboard. Combined, the Anyma and Bieber sets have left Coachella with a $44,000 (£32,549) bill for weekend two.

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The agreement between the festival and the City of Indio sets out strict end times. Music must stop at 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and by midnight on Sundays. The structure of the fines, as described in reports, is straightforward. The first five minutes past curfew cost $20,000, with additional penalties stacking up as the delay extends further into the night.

City representatives have not publicly criticised Bieber or Anyma directly, but the policy is designed to reassure local residents living within earshot of the Empire Polo Club that the event will not run into the early hours unchecked. Coachella's relationship with Indio is commercially important for both sides, and the curfew rules reflect an uneasy compromise between a global festival and a desert town that still needs to sleep.

If the fines stung slightly, they are unlikely to trouble Bieber's team for long. The Canadian singer, 32, secured what has been described as the biggest artist payday in Coachella's history, with a reported $10 million fee for his two headline appearances. Nothing in the public record suggests Bieber personally pays any part of the curfew penalties, which are levied against the promoter rather than individual acts.

His shows appear to have justified the price tag and then some. Fans on site and online were treated to a set that spanned his career, blending early hits with newer material from SWAG. In one of the weekend's most talked-about moments, 24-year-old superfan Billie Eilish joined him on stage for 'One Less Lonely Girl,' sending the crowd into the sort of frenzy that tends to make schedule discipline feel like a distant concern.

Source: International Business Times UK