Justin Bieber Makes Unannounced Appearance at Finn Askew's Los Angeles Show

Justin Bieber joined Finn Askew on stage at a Los Angeles show on 12 November, singing a duet with the singer in a small club. Billboard reported the appearance on 13 November.

The show took place at The Moroccan Lounge, a venue with an event capacity of about 250 people. Bieber's appearance was a cameo, which is a short guest spot in someone else's performance. He came on near the end of Askew's set and sang "Music All Over Her Body," a single Askew released in September.

Askew posted footage of the moment on Instagram, the photo-and-video app. An audience video of the duet carries the caption "POV: Justin Bieber randomly performs at a $30 show," which puts the night in the words of someone who was in the room. The caption is the fan's own, and it captures the surprise of a guest walking out during a show that was not billed as having one.

The two had been pictured together before the night. An Instagram photo showing Bieber posing with Askew was posted three days before the Los Angeles show, so the link between the two was visible online before the performance.

Small venues like this one work differently from arenas. With room for about 250 people, every person near the stage can see the guest's face and hear the voices blend, and the distance between performer and crowd is short. For the artist on the bill, a surprise guest can turn a regular set into a night people will talk about for weeks.

For Askew, the appearance put a September single in front of a room of fans on a night when the one song everyone was waiting for came from someone else. For the audience, it was a night that cost them a standard ticket and gave them a story to repeat.