Over the past week, Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been busy annoying audiences in the UK, with his musical performances coming in second as a priority.
From being an innocent-faced teen prodigy, he's somehow managed to negotiate a route from spoiled brat, to releasing club bangers that Huarache wearing, shuffling coke heads can't help but bounce to, before eventually returning to being a spoiled brat.
Late last week Biebs took to Manchester's Northern Quarter after a concert to blow off steam and release the stress of having to perform to thousands of screaming fans. Apparently, the 22-year-old singer couldn't hack the fact that people were genuinely excited to see him perform.
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On separate occasions, once in Birmingham and twice in Manchester, Bieber has attempted to address the crowd in between songs - presumably to say some boohockey bullshit that no Tom, Dick and Harry cares about. This was outlined by the fact that every time he tried to speak, Beliebers drowned out his dulcet Candian tones by screaming in admiration, adoration and excitement.
Justin Bieber walks off stage at the
Weird, isn't? Fans paying a lot of money to see someone perform, but as soon as they pay that artist the validation that they crave, they get told they're rude.
I'm not sure what crowds in the US are like - maybe they do want to hear about how Justin's daddy wouldn't buy him a red and yellow Little Tikes Cozy Coupé when he was five and it was a really hard time - but those kind of stories aren't really what people have paid 60 odd quid to hear. Just play 'Love Yourself' and 'Sorry' so everyone can get to the boozer, kid.
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Basically, Justin, if you can't hack the fact that you're massively popular on these shores, to the point where people being excited by your presence is something you label as 'rude', then don't come back to UK shores.
Concerts would be unbelievably terrible if, in between songs, complete silence was the protocol. Technically those people there are paying his wages. Without them you are nothing, Justin. If they want to scream, they can scream. Heck, if they want to crowd surf and get there bare arse out in some kind of weird attempt to tell you they love you, they can do that - it's frowned upon, but they can.
It's so odd that the thing that should spur the singer on is the one thing he's trying to diminish from his shows. Revel in it. Back in the 90s, during an acoustic segment called Better Than Goin' To Church, Noel Gallagher didn't need to sing one word of 'Wonderwall', simply because the crowd was loud enough to sing it for him. Why Bieber can't take people showing him love is anyone's guess. Take it and use it as a positive.
If you don't fancy the big, loud crowds Justin, who obviously don't want to hear about your 'troubles' while touring, you can always go back to doing YouTube videos.
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