Prince of Pop Justin Bieber sent fans into a frenzy when he revealed he would be playing at London's O2 Arena for four nights this month. However 'Beliebers' were extremely let down when the Canadian singer arrived to his first show last night two hours late.
As thousands of excited fans descended on the Greenwich venue last night, eagerly anticipating the moment they would see their 19 year-old idol in the flesh, they were no less than disgusted when Bieber decided to show up at 10.35pm, a mere 25minutes before his set was due to finish. A large majority of his fans were under the age of 16, so were accompanied by extremely agitated andunsatisfied parents. Many took to Twitter to express their anger at the 'Beauty and the Beat' singer's "disgusting behaviour". Others on the social networking site claimed the singer did not apologise and "what he did last night was really arrogant".
(above: empty seats at the O2 last night)
Because he had such young fans and the event had taken place on a school night, many parents were forced to leave the event early as their children were tired and disappointed. In addition, the last train from the venue was at 12:15am and with pressure to leave from the warnings of Transport For London, a majority of fans missed some, if not all of the show- the set was also cut down by half an hour to conform to time constraints.
Bieber was supported by actor Will Smith's son, 14 year-old Jaden and Carly Rae Jepson followed. The O2 claimed Jepson would be on until 8pm and Justin would appear half an hour later, but he never showed. By 9:30pm, sources claimed that booing began and fans became extremelyrestless. For those who paid more than £60 for a ticket, many are expected to demand refunds.
There was no reason given as to why the star was so late for his performance, and the Official O2 Arena Twitter account simply posted "Justin Bieber is now on stage and apologies for the lateness of his show" at 11:36pm.
This Afternoon he tweeted:
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