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Ariana and N-Sync Perform at Coachella

Prince George, BC, Canada / 101.3 The River
Apr 16, 2019 | 4:00 AM


(Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur)

*UPDATE*

Apparently it all came together in a week!!

Ariana and her manager Scooter Braun reportedly reached out JC Chasez’s manager last weekend, which led to a conversation between Ariana and JC.

JC then reached out to the other members of *NSYNC – including Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass – and they were “immediately on board.” According to TMZ, Justin Timberlake couldn’t make it because he was finishing up his world tour and didn’t have enough time to rehearse.

According to ET’s source, once the four members agreed, they brought in their own choreographer and artistic director to work with Ariana and her team.

AND apparently SHE made 8 million for that one performance!

According to Variety,

Grande was Coachella’s Eight Million Dollar Woman; at least, that’s what sources tell Variety what her fee was for showing up and saving the festival’s pop-zeitgeist cache as a headliner after discussions with Kanye broke down over staging issues at the last minute. It’s hard to argue that she was overpaid, based on the PR currency the fest gained from having someone who had one of the finest pop albums of 2017 and 2018, and who is a magnet for celebrity photographers like no other, even though not one was allowed to capture her image on stage at Coachella. (That might’ve cost the festival an extra couple million.) 

Ariana Grande finished up the first weekend of Coachella on Sunday night with N-Sync (minus JT).

The group ( Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick ) took the stage with Ariana after three songs and did “Tearin Up My Heart” together complete with dance moves.

Justin Timberlake later showed his support of the performance with an IG post “You Guys killed it last night”.

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You guys killed it last night 🙌

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