LOOK: Justin Bieber reaches out to poor Indian kids

Before performing for his fans in Mumbai, India, Justin Bieber showed generosity for youngsters who couldn’t afford to buy tickets for his concert.

In a video posted on an Instagram fan page, the 23-year-old Canadian pop star shook hands with impoverished children inside a bus and said, “You guys good?”

In another clip that surfaced on social media sites, Bieber was sighted humbly playing a game of kickball with locals. But his charity work did not conclude there—Bieber reportedly handed free VIP tickets to 100 Indian children for his one-night gig on Wednesday, according to the Hindustan Times.

Bieber also set up a lounge and pampered the children with food and beverages.

Another video of Justin Bieber playing football with kids in Mumbai, India yesterday. (May 10) pic.twitter.com/GieSxmzepr

    — JustinBieberCrew.com (@JBCrewdotcom) May 10, 2017

Since his highly anticipated “Purpose” world tour kicked off in 2016, Bieber conducted gigs in Japan, United Arab Emirates, South Africa and key cities in Europe and the US.

Starting his career with song covers uploaded on YouTube, Bieber shot to fame with the popular tracks “Baby,” “Love Yourself,” “What Do You Mean?” and “One Less Lonely Girl.”  Gianna Francesca Catolico /ra

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Justin Bieber drops mic, walks out at UK gig

This year is indeed an “annoying” time for Justin Bieber and his “Beliebers.”

Bieber stormed out of the stage in a Sunday concert in Manchester, England, after asking fans to “shut up” and not scream during gaps in his songs.

“I appreciate all the support, I appreciate the love, I appreciate the kind things. But the screaming in these breaks has got to stop. Please, and thank you,” the “Sorry” singer, 22, warned his vivacious audience, according to BBC.

“I don’t think it’s necessary when I’m trying to say something and you guys are screaming,” he concluded with an epic mic drop, which was filmed by several Beliebers.

As expected, his mid-concert tantrum didn’t stop the cheerful crowd’s screaming, which was replaced with emphatic boos later on.

 

 The moment @justinbieber dropped-mic and stormed offstage in #Manchester pic.twitter.com/xAY0GQUMRV

 

— Capital Liverpool (@capliverpool) October 24, 2016

Justin bieber Manchester the mic was dropped pic.twitter.com/WRx89ySCLp

 — cara marie (@caramhx) October 23, 2016

After several minutes, Bieber resumed his gig and explained his actions. “I feel like I wanna connect with you. The point of the no screaming thing is that when I’m looking at you in the eyes you know that we’re actually having a moment and having a connection,” he elaborated.

Realizing that he could not simmer down his English fans, he went through with his concert. “We’re just going to do the music. Obviously, Manchester just can’t handle it, so let’s do the music.”

Bieber has been exhibiting lukewarm relations with his global fanbase during his “Purpose” world tour this year. In his recent show in Birmingham and during the first night in Manchester, he pleaded with the audiences to stay silent and listen to him. Also, he received backlash from his fans due to his vulgar words, chiefly when he hit Norwegian fans with his “You suck” comment.  Gianna Francesca Catolico/rga

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Justin Bieber Takes Down His Instagram After Feud with Selena Gomez

This happens after Justin and ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez had a war of words in the comments section. Justin told his fans to stop attacking his rumored new girlfriend Sofia Richie, and Selena told him to stop posting photos and getting mad at his fans.

“If you can’t handle the hate then stop posting pictures of your girlfriend. It should be special between you two only. Don’t be mad at your fans. They love you. They were there for you before anyone,” Selena writes.

Justin then accused Selena of using him for fame, to which she replied, “Funny how the ones that cheated multiple times are pointing the finger at the ones that were forgiving and supportive, no wonder fans are mad. All love.”

And the rest is history―quite literally.

Although Selena later apologized for the incident on her Snapchat, it might take a while before we hear anything from Justin on social media―unless he decides to tweet something out of nowhere. (Yup, his Twitter’s still there, don’t worry.

[Entertainment Tonight and Telegraph]

Photo courtesy of Salon

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San Francisco demands Justin Bieber remove graffiti

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Justin Bieber launched an aggressive promotional push for his latest album but don't count the city of San Francisco among the Beliebers.

Officials demanded Monday that companies linked to the Canadian singer's campaign clean up ads spray-painted on sidewalks to publicize his album "Purpose."

Graffiti that appeared in busy areas of San Francisco and other cities including New York gave the title and sometimes the album's November 13 release date.

Yet after more than a month that included rain, the ads remain visible with Bieber's entourage apparently using real spray-paint rather than chalk.

Dennis Herrera, who holds the elected position of city attorney, said that the guerrilla marketing campaign "illegally exploits" San Francisco streets and could cause dangerous distractions to pedestrians.

Herrera posted pictures of the persistent graffiti on his official website with a line taken from one of the album's songs: "It's too late now to say sorry."

The graffiti "irresponsibly tells our youth that like-minded lawlessness and contempt for public property are condoned and encouraged by its beneficiaries -- including Mr. Bieber and the record labels that produce and promote him," he said in a letter to Bieber's Def Jam label and its distributor, conglomerate Universal.

Mohammed Nuru, the city's public works director, said that San Francisco sidewalks were "not canvasses for corporate advertising."

"Yet these guerrilla marketers believe they are above the law when it comes to blighting our city and we will take a strong stand against them," he said in a statement.

San Francisco authorities asked for cooperation to clean up the graffiti, threatening if this were not the case to pursue legal action that could cost Bieber's label and distributor up to $2,500 per graffiti site.

The famously left-leaning city has previously forced other corporations including IBM and NBC Universal to pay the costs of clean-up, according to Herrera's office.

There was no immediate response from Bieber, Def Jam or Universal.

"Purpose" is the first album in three years for Bieber, after a period in which he became better known for off-stage legal issues including a vandalism charge for throwing eggs at a neighbor's house in an upscale part of the Los Angeles area.

With the aggressive advertising and Bieber's new tropical house sound, "Purpose" opened at number one in the United States and numerous other countries but was quickly eclipsed on the top of the charts by Adele's blockbuster "25." — Agence France-Presse

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Justin Bieber storms UK charts to equal John Lennon's 1981 feat

Justin Bieber stormed the British singles charts on Friday with three singles from his new album in the top five, a feat no other artist has managed since John Lennon, posthumously, in 1981.

The Canadian singer's singles "Sorry", "Love yourself" and "What do you mean" took first, third and fifth place. "Sorry" pushed Adele's "Hello" slipped to second place from the top spot it had occupied for three weeks.

Lennon's "Imagine" was top, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" was third and "(Just Like) Starting Over" fifth in January 1981, the month after he was shot dead in New York.
Bieber's songs all come from his album "Purpose" which sold 90,000 copies this week. Every track from it charted inside the top 100 singles.

But it was narrowly beaten to top position in the album chart by four-piece boy band One Direction's "Made in the A.M." which is now the fastest-selling album of 2015.
Notching up over 93,000 sales, this is the group's fourth UK No. 1 having previously scored the top place in 2012 with "Take Me Home," in 2013 with "Midnight Memories" and in 2014 with "Four".

Both Bieber's "Purpose" and One Direction's "Made in the A.M." broke the record for most-streamed album in the first week of release on online streaming platform Spotify.
"Purpose" set a new record with 205 million global streams while "Made in the A.M." was streamed 106 million times, both outpacing the previous record holder, The Weeknd's "Beauty Behind The Madness," which garnered 90 million global streams in September.

The third most popular album was Elvis Presley's "If I Can Dream," produced nearly 40 years after his death. This collection of Elvis classics featuring orchestral reworkings by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra had been number one for two weeks running.
Jeff Lynne's ELO was fourth with new entry "Alone In The Universe". The group's other album "All Over The World – The Very Best Of" re-entered at number 28.

Fifth place was taken by Little Mix’s "Get Weird", slipping down from last week's second place. -- Reuters

Justin Bieber says he is dropping ‘arrogant’ and ‘conceited’ attitude

LOS ANGELES - Pop star Justin Bieber said he was leaving behind his "arrogant" and "conceited" attitude after bad behavior in the past year damaged his image while he makes the transition from teen idol to adult performer.

The 20-year-old "Boyfriend" singer said in a video posted on his Facebook page late on Wednesday that he was "afraid of what people are thinking about me right now."

Bieber's image was hurt by incidents involving careless driving, pelting a neighbor's home with eggs and an alleged assault following an altercation with a photographer.

"I didn't want to come off arrogant or conceited or basically how I've been acting in the past year, year and a half," the Canadian singer said. "I'm not who I was pretending to be."

Bieber has not had a US top 10 hit since 2012 and last released a new music album in 2013. He has gotten more attention lately for his off-stage behavior, including that of his entourage, than his music.

The singer said a nervous appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres television show earlier on Wednesday prompted his video.

His recent ad campaign for Calvin Klein underwear has been widely mocked and he will subject himself to a "roast" by comedians next month on US television.

Bieber, who shot to prominence as a teenage heartthrob discovered on YouTube, called his behavior a "cover up" of his emotional state.

"There was a lot of feelings going on in there, just being young and growing up in this business is hard, growing up in general is hard," he said.

The singer is currently serving two years' probation in Los Angeles after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor vandalism charge for throwing eggs at a neighbor's home a year ago.

The incident was the first in a string of legal problems for the former teen idol. He was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Miami Beach in January 2014. He later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless driving.

Bieber was also charged with assault and dangerous driving in Ontario, Canada, last August. The case is still pending. —Reuters

Justin Bieber hearing set for May in Canada

OTTAWA - The next hearing on Canadian pop star Justin Bieber's assault charge for striking a limousine driver on the back of the head was set for May 12, court officials said Monday.

The troubled celeb was not in court for the routine pretrial hearing, nor were the throngs of teenage girls that showed up last month hoping for a glimpse of their idol.

Instead, Bieber was represented by his lawyer and the proceedings wrapped up very quickly after prosecutors provided additional disclosures in the case.

The actual trial date has yet to be set.

Toronto police have accused Bieber of hitting a limousine driver "several times" over the back of the head. The car had picked him and five others up from a nightclub in the city in the early hours of December 30. — Agence France-Presse

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Justin Bieber police video may be released, minus genitalia —judge

MIAMI - A judge on Tuesday ruled that video images of a partially-clad Justin Bieber while the pop singer was in police custody in Florida can be released, but only after blocking out his genitals.

The video clips included Bieber providing a urine sample for a drug test following his arrest by police in Miami Beach in January on a charge of driving under the influence.

Lawyers for Bieber, who turned 20 on March 1, had argued that the police surveillance video showing him urinating was inappropriate and should be withheld to protect the Canadian singer's privacy.

"The Court finds that there exists a right to privacy as it relates to the exposure and dissemination of the Defendant's genitalia," Miami-Dade County Court Judge William Altfield said in a written ruling.

In a court hearing on the order, Altfield said that despite the public's right to full disclosure, "Bieber has not lost his expectation of dignity."

He said that while people in police custody have less expectation of privacy, they "are not like animals in a zoo to be filmed and photographed at will by the public or media."

The judge noted that what was at stake was the public access to evidence in court cases, not the media's First Amendment right to free speech under the US Constitution.

"We want to issue our thanks to the court for spending so much time analyzing this issue ... and finding that even Mr Bieber has a right to privacy," said the singer's Miami attorney, Roy Black.

Bieber was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after Miami Beach police say they caught him drag racing on Jan. 23. Bieber pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Besides a small amount of alcohol, he had marijuana and prescription medication for anxiety in his system at the time of his arrest, according to prosecutors.

After Bieber's arrest, lawyers for the Miami Herald, CBS, the Associated Press and other media filed motions demanding all the video be released under Florida's broad public records law.

Reuters is not a party to the case.

Under Florida law, all evidence including photos and videos became public record once they are handed to the defense.

Three of the clips were to be released immediately without being altered while two others would be withheld until technicians can obscure Bieber's genitals, the judge ruled.

"Some type of technological technique will be used to shade or blacken out that area which would depict the objectionable images," he added.

Even though none of the clips clearly show Bieber urinating, in one clip the partition fails to fully block the camera view after he completed giving the sample, "thereby revealing an image of the Defendant's genitalia" according to the ruling. A second clip was also deemed "possibly revealing" of Bieber's private parts, the judge said.

Last week, prosecutors released to the media several hours of video surveillance footage of Bieber while he was in police custody, showing him being frisked, chatting with police, and doing push-ups in a holding cell. But clips of him giving the urine sample were withheld for review by the judge.

The pop star's private life has taken a seemingly tumultuous turn in the past year. Last month he was charged with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto.

The case is State of Florida v Justin Drew Bieber, B14-2900. —Reuters

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Bieber bodyguard charged with snatching camera at Georgia arcade

One of pop singer Justin Bieber's bodyguards has been arrested and charged with stealing a photographer's $10,000 camera outside an arcade in an Atlanta suburb, police said on Wednesday.

The 32-year-old guard, Hugo Hesny, was outside a children's play center and party business called the Funhouse late on Tuesday when he warned a photographer that he was too close to the teenage entertainer, the Sandy Springs Police Department said in a statement.

"A confrontation ensued and the photographer attempted to leave the location, but at some point, the security guard caught up and took the camera," the police statement said.

The incident was the latest in a string of legal problems involving 19-year-old Bieber, who last month was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after Miami Beach police say they caught him drag racing. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Local authorities on Wednesday released to the media several hours of video surveillance footage of Bieber while he was in police custody, but clips of him giving a urine sample were withheld for review by a judge.

In the latest run-in with law enforcement, Bieber's guard put the camera into a Cadillac Escalade, which police said they stopped as its driver entered a house in the area rented by the Canadian singer.

The guard and the driver were arrested and charged with felony theft, but charges were later dropped against the driver after it was determined he did not know about the camera snatching, police said.

Hesny admitted to police that he took the camera but said he only meant to delete pictures from it, not keep it, according to a police report.

Police said they recovered the camera, as well as a small amount of marijuana and "small pipes commonly used to smoke marijuana" from inside the Escalade.

"Due to the small amount, no charges were filed related to the marijuana," police said.

Bieber, whose private life has taken a tumultuous turn in the past year, also was charged last month with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December. -- Reuters

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L.A. County cops raid Justin Bieber's home, arrest man for drugs

LOS ANGELES - A police search of teen pop star Justin Bieber's California home on Tuesday in a vandalism case linked to the singer, resulted in the arrest of a man after drugs were found in the house, the Los Angeles County Sheriff said.

Detectives raided Bieber's home at about 8 a.m. after the "Boyfriend" singer was accused of pelting his neighbor's home with eggs in an incident on Jan. 9.

Bieber, 19, was detained at his Calabasas home, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles while a dozen deputies searched for evidence.

"He has not been arrested nor has been exonerated," Sheriff's Lt. David Thompson said at a news conference in nearby Malibu following the search.

"We were looking at things that would put him or anything else at the scene," Thompson said, adding that Bieber's attorneys were not present during the search and the singer was not questioned.

It was the latest in a string of incidents that have overshadowed Bieber's music career in the last year as the Canadian star who shot to fame at age 15 transitions to adulthood.

Bieber's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The sheriff's department said the investigation sought to collect any evidence in the alleged egg attack on the singer's home video surveillance and other possible leads.

A unnamed person in Bieber's home at the time of the search was arrested for narcotics possession when deputies found cocaine in plain view, Thompson said.

NOT 'A MESSAGE'

Celebrity news website TMZ.com identified the man as aspiring 20-year-old rapper Lil Za, who is often photographed with Bieber. The website published photos and video of Lil Za, whose real name Xavier Smith, handcuffed and being led to a deputy's car.

The rapper is being held on $20,000 bond, according to country records.

The vandalism case is being treated as a felony because it caused $20,000 in damages according to the homeowner, the sheriff's department said.

"We didn't do this search warrant to send a message, that's not what we do," Thompson said. "This has nothing to do with him being a celebrity. This is a felony crime."

Thompson said the cost of damages was high because the exterior of Bieber's neighbor's home was made of imported wood and brick.

It is not known what triggered the alleged incident between Bieber and his neighbor, but the Canadian-born pop star has had several publicized run-ins with neighbors.

Last year, Bieber was accused of speeding through the neighborhood in a Ferrari sports car and also spitting on his neighbor during a confrontation over parties at the singer's home. Prosecutors did not bring charges against Bieber in either case.  — Reuters

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Justin Bieber concert in Portugal canceled

LONDON - Canadian singer Justin Bieber has canceled one of two planned concerts in Portugal this week, the venue in Lisbon said on its website on Monday.

A source close to the singer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the cancellation was not linked to Bieber's collapse on-stage in London last week, which forced the teen sensation to take a 20-minute break for oxygen and later to visit a hospital.

"Due to unforeseen circumstances, Justin Bieber was forced to cancel the second performance in Portugal, March 12," a statement said on the website of the Pavilhao Atlantico.

"The Canadian singer is eager to play for the Portuguese fans on March 11," it added. Ticket holders for the canceled gig were entitled to a refund if they claimed it within a month.

The Bieber source did not give a reason for the cancellation, but local media in Portugal reported that tickets sales for the March 12 gig, which was added to his itinerary in February, were lower than organizers had hoped.

Bieber described his visit to London as a "rough week."

As well as the collapse, the 19-year-old was caught on film in an expletive-filled altercation with a photographer, showed up nearly two hours late for a show leading to widespread anger and was labelled a "pop brat" by a leading tabloid.

Discovered on YouTube in 2008, Bieber has built an online following of tens of millions of fans and is one of the pop world's biggest stars. In February, he became the youngest artist to land five chart-topping albums in the key U.S. market. — Reuters

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Justin Bieber's untimely death in a car crash is just a Facebook hoax

Fans of singer Justin Bieber were warned this week against a new variant of an old scam circulating on social networking site Facebook.

Security vendor Sophos said the scam attracts attention by claiming Bieber died in a car crash, and offering "details" of the incident.

"Past bogus death reports have involved the likes of deaths of Adam Ant, Jim Carrey, Christian Slater, Vanilla Ice, Tom Cruise amongst many others," it said.

  

It also cited a similar scam earlier this year, where a "Global Associated" story that Pet Shop Boys star Neil Tennant also died in a car crash.

Sophos said some websites merely allow anyone to "automagically" generate a fake news story about a death in a car crash.

Simply changing the link changes the name of the victim, it said.

"Before you know it, Internet users are unwittingly forwarding the message without checking their facts, and the tasteless website is earning itself some cash from all of the new traffic seeing its adverts," it said.

Yet, it said careless Facebook users are re-sharing this bogus story of Bieber's death.

This not just keeps the hoax alive but also helps drive traffic "to a website that thinks it is clever to play such sick pranks," it added. — TJD, GMA News

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Justin Bieber grows up, gets even on 'Believe'

LOS ANGELES - Canadian pop star Justin Bieber makes his highly anticipated return with new album "Believe," revealing an edgier, grown-up side to the young star who has gained a worldwide fan base with innocent love songs and baby-faced charms.

"Believe," out on Tuesday, serves as Bieber's highly anticipated sequel to his debut album "My World 2.0," and has had critics buzzing on whether the teen who first found fame on YouTube is a short-lived phenomenon or a long-term staple in the music industry.

Bieber, 18, has become one of the world's biggest stars, with more than 23 million followers on Twitter and 44 million fans on Facebook, after being discovered at the age of 13.

The singer has grown up in the public eye in the last two years, dating 19-year-old Disney Channel star Selena Gomez, who is referenced in the album's electro-dance track "Beauty and the Beat."

But fame has also brought its downside and the track "Maria" addresses Bieber's most adult scandal to date. Last November, Bieber was hit with allegations from 20-year-old Mariah Yeater who claimed that the singer had fathered a child with her after a brief alleged encounter backstage.

Bieber, who vehemently denied the claims and watched Yeater's lawsuit fall apart, sings "She was schemin'...she was draggin' my name through the dirt," before hitting the chorus with "That ain't my baby, that ain't my girl."

The album's producer Mike Posner, who has his own solo career with hits such as "Please Don't Go," worked with Bieber on the debut single, "Boyfriend".

The result is a slow tempo beat with Bieber softly rapping "If I was your boyfriend, I'd never let you go, I can take you places you ain't never been before." The song, released in March, peaked on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 2.

Older but still young

While "Boyfriend" reveals an older Bieber in a more intimate setting, Posner said "Believe" wasn't meant to show Bieber all grown up just yet.

"I wanted to make songs that were reflective of who Justin was when I met him in the studio, not when he was 13. We're not trying to grow him up too much because he's not 25, he's 18, but he's a young man that's living life and having fun, and the music reflects that," Posner told Reuters.

Moving away from pop, Bieber fuses electronic dance music with R&B throughout "Believe," specifically in tracks such as the club-friendly "All Around The World," which sees Bieber team up with rapper Ludacris. and "As Long As You Love Me" featuring another rapper, Big Sean.

The singer embraces R&B influences in songs such as the romantic "Catching Feelings," "Right Here" featuring fellow Canadian star Drake, and the Motown-inspired upbeat track "Die In Your Arms."

But there are still some throwbacks to the style that made Bieber famous, such as "Fall," a guitar-based love song, and the pop-driven inspirational title track "Believe."

Bieber's journey to the top has fascinated critics, as the singer has found stardom by harnessing the power of the Internet instead of the Disney or Nickelodeon TV platforms that launched stars such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and the Jonas Brothers.

By the age of 16, Bieber had a chart hit with 2010's "My World 2.0," that spurned the single "Baby", followed by 2011's 3D film "Never Say Never," that documented Bieber's journey to pop culture icon and grossed $98 million at the worldwide box office.

New York Times music writer Jon Caramanica drew similarities between Bieber and Timberlake - the former member of N'Sync who broke out of the boy band mold a decade ago with "Justified" and went on to forge a successful solo career.

Caramanica wrote that Bieber "doesn't have Mr. Timberlake's backbone, or his experience, or his raw talent for that matter." He suggested that the young singer is instead finding inspiration in "perhaps the biggest and most conflicted teen star of all time, Michael Jackson."

While Posner understands the comparisons, he said Bieber wants to establish his own credibility.

"I know Justin doesn't want to copy anyone or follow anyone's footsteps. He's very intent on having his own career and carving his own path," he said. — Reuters

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