Justin Timberlake Takes Stage for First Time After DWI Arrest

On Friday evening, Justin Timberlake gave his first dwell efficiency since his DWI arrest early Tuesday morning in Lengthy Island, New York.

At his Chicago live performance on the United Middle on June 21, the previous *NSYNC member, 43, informed followers “it has been a troublesome week” in a brief speech earlier than performing “Egocentric.”

“I do know typically I am onerous to like however you retain on loving me and I like you proper again,” he added as concertgoers cheered.

Earlier within the present, he bantered with a pair celebrating their sixteenth marriage ceremony anniversary. Timberlake informed the viewers the “verdict is in” that this was “one of the best crowd of the tour.”

In keeping with a press release launched by Sag Harbor Police Division on Tuesday, June 18, Timberlake “was noticed working a 2025 BMW southbound on Madison Road, failing to cease at a duly posted cease signal and failing to take care of his lane of journey.”

Following a visitors cease by an officer, the hitmaker was decided to be “working his car in an intoxicated situation” and was “positioned underneath arrest, processed, and held in a single day for morning arraignment.” He was launched later that morning on his personal recognizance.

In keeping with his arrest report obtained by PEOPLE, Timberlake — who was charged with one depend DWI and two citations for working a cease signal and failure to maintain in lane — informed authorities, “I had one martini and I adopted my associates residence.”

A supply informed PEOPLE his arrest occurred the morning of June 18 after he hung out “hanging out with associates” at The American Lodge. “No one was damage,” the insider added.

The next day, lawyer Edward Burke Jr. launched a press release obtained by PEOPLE relating to Timberlake’s arrest, saying, “Mr. Burke appears to be like ahead to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake in opposition to these allegations. He may have rather a lot to say on the applicable time. He’s presently awaiting full discovery from the DA’s workplace.”

Timberlake has been on the highway since April, supporting his sixth studio album All the things I Thought It Was, which he launched on March 15. Earlier than his arrest, the 10-time Grammy winner’s final cease was a sold-out present on the Kaseya Middle in Miami.

After two nights in Chicago, the performer will subsequent carry his tour to Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, with later home dates via July 9. The tour is then scheduled to kick off its European leg at an enviornment in Kraków, Poland, on July 26 — the identical day the “Egocentric” singer is due again in court docket.

PEOPLE discovered that the listening to shall be digital, as Timberlake’s lawyer will attend in his place whereas he continues his dwell exhibits. Regardless of his arrest, a supply stated Timberlake will keep it up along with his tour dates as scheduled.

“It’s enterprise as ordinary for him,” stated the insider. “The tour is continuous as deliberate.”

The weekend earlier than his arrest, Timberlake posted to Instagram to commemorate Father’s Day. 

“I study extra about myself on a regular basis simply since you each selected me to be your Daddy,” the “Sanctified” artist wrote of his two sons, whom he shares with spouse Jessica Biel. “I like you each a lot. Thanks for giving me my greatest objective.”

Simply hours earlier than Timberlake’s arrest, Biel, 42, was photographed on set for her new Prime Video sequence The Higher Sister, filming with costar Elizabeth Banks. A supply informed PEOPLE that Biel was “not completely satisfied” about his arrest, calling it a “distraction.”

“She needed to movie yesterday. She does not like every consideration on the household, particularly not unfavourable,” the insider continued, including that Biel “loves” the “Cry Me a River” star and “will at all times be by his aspect.”