{"id":473014,"date":"2026-09-23T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473014\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:48:10","slug":"d-a-calls-justin-biebers-surprise-macarthur-park-gig-a-testament-to-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473014\/","title":{"rendered":"D.A. calls Justin Bieber’s surprise MacArthur Park gig a ‘testament to … progress’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did Justin Bieber perform at problem-plagued MacArthur Park? Never say never.<\/p>\n

An impersonator may have tricked<\/a> a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber.<\/a> L.A. County\u2019s district attorney was too.<\/p>\n

According to social media posts, the singer and a few band members set up on a grass lawn near a Central American fried chicken shop on 6th Street. He reportedly performed several songs, including the 2025 hit \u201cYukon.\u201d<\/p>\n

L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman on Tuesday night pointed to the \u201cYukon\u201d clip as proof that park conditions were improving.<\/p>\n

\"Los <\/p>\n

L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman, center left, walks with First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli on June 4 as L.A. police and federal agents conduct an operation targeting narcotics use at MacArthur Park.<\/p>\n

(Allen J. Schaben\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

Bieber\u2019s performance, he said in a post on X<\/a>, was a \u201ctestament to the progress we are achieving to take back the park from drug dealers and enliven it for families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[He\u2019s] definitely on the invite list for next year\u2019s Labor Day weekend picnic!\u201d Hochman said.<\/p>\n

The Times reached out to Bieber\u2019s representatives to confirm the pop singer\u2019s appearance but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

The pop star has been leaning in to more intimate performances, notably appearing on the Grammys<\/a> for a stripped-down rendition of \u201cYukon\u201d (while wearing boxers and black socks). <\/p>\n

In April, he made his Coachella headlining debut, playing a nearly 90-minute set. For a large portion of the set, he took Beliebers \u2014 as his fans are known \u2014 down memory lane, sitting behind a laptop and singing along to his old music videos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did Justin Bieber perform at problem-plagued MacArthur Park? Never say never. An impersonator may have tricked a Las…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[10479,20649,45494,6497,8161,48,52,51,47,50,49,6826,5682,186073,1406,46531,6196,7091,186072,10097,12685],"class_list":["post-473014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-atty","tag-clip","tag-d-a","tag-justin-bieber","tag-l-a-county","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-nathan-hochman","tag-next-year","tag-park-condition","tag-performance","tag-proof","tag-set","tag-singer","tag-surprise-macarthur-park-gig","tag-testament","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}