Justin Bieber Australia Concert Cancelled After Fan Riot Leaves 10 Teens Injured
For God’s Sake — He’s Just A Kid That Can Sing!
Bieber Fever has caused another Tween Frenzy.
Police in Sydney, Australia sparked a near riot on Monday after they shut down a concert by Canadian teen singing sensation Justin Bieber over crowd safety fears just hours before the free event was due to start.
The 16-year-old had been scheduled to sing three songs — behind bulletproof glass mind you — in front of the Overseas Passenger Terminal on Channel 7′s Sunrise program in what would have been his only Australian public performance. Chaos nearly ensued when cops pulled the plug on the show after reports of shoving and girls fainting in the audience. The news didn’t sit well with the thousands of Bieber fanatics who had arrived ahead of the show — many of which had been camped out all night.
“Police at the event were concerned for the 4,000 excited people already in attendance with many more anticipated to arrive prior to the start of the performance,” New South Wales police said in a statement. “All those removed from the area have so far suffered only minor injuries and have been treated at the scene.”
Bieber, who later sang one song live on local television, apologized to the fans who had waited to see him perform at his only Australian gig.
“I am so sorry that it got out of control, we don’t want anyone to get hurt. It gets crazy sometimes,” he said.
The “Baby” crooner took to his Twitter page saying: “I love my fans…I love it here in Australia…and I want to sing. I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR…I DONT CANCEL…I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO THE POLICE CANCELING THE SHOW FOR SAFETY REASONS. I love my fans….and I am just as disappointed as everyone else with the news from this morning. I want to sing for my fans.”
He later added, “I’m beyond grateful…that was incredible. Thank u for such an amazing warm welcome Australia…I told you I wouldnt let you down. Thank U!”
In November, a Long Island, New York, mall was the scene of a similar stampede, which led to charges being filed against the singer’s manager, Scott Braun, after he allegedly failed to send a Tweet to Justin’s fans to difuse the situation.
Written by Castina on April 25th, 2010 | Tagged as: Justin Bieber
On April 25th 2010, Joe wrote:
I think your caption is incorrect. It should say "can't" sing.
On August 16th 2010, Anonymous wrote:
Serious this is completly stupid you can’t cancel a show that millions of viewers would enjoy. Justin Bieber wouldn’t get anymore fans or stampedes and riots than any other famous singer or performer. Yes u might indeed say well everyone loves Justin Bieber well also amongst all the lovers there are actually about maybe even more people that hate him. This is stupid serious for this one young boy he has a dream and fans are also a dream u can’t cancel something cause he has 2 many fans it’s like who you cancel a school if there were 2 many student??
Think again maybe??
On August 18th 2010, Bill wrote:
That’s how we do things in Australia. the fun police had identified a group of people with smiles on their faces and immediately set about putting an end to it.
Good on the girls doing what they did and not letting the cops spoil their day. They were lucky they are 12 year old girls, because anyone else in Australia daring to defy the wise police would have copped 50,000 volts.