At Shea Stadium they were piped through the baseball PA system and only had their 100 watt, full-stack speaker cabinets as their arsenal. Stacking multiple cabinets and custom PA/monitor systems were still a few years away.
Posted on 10/24/2016 8:59:21 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Justin Bieber stormed off stage during his concert in Manchester, England, on Sunday night when the audience failed to listen to his talking between songs.
The 22-year-old singer was performing to a packed out audience at the Manchester Arena, marking the last of three concerts in the city as part of his Purpose World Tour.
Things turned awkward when the audience started booing as he tried to speak to them, and a clearly frustrated Justin dropped his microphone and stormed off stage.
According to reports, the incident occurred at around 10pm, and Justin was absent from the stage for around two minutes before returning.
At that point, the Love Yourself singer attempted to explain his actions to the crowd, telling them: “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.
“So it’s not that I’m being an a------ it simply me just wanting to have a moment. Manchester you guys are awesome. But then there has to be ...”
Realizing that his fans were still screaming, Justin concluded: “I’m just going to quit the talking alright. I’m not going to talk the rest of the night.
“We’re just going to do the music. Obviously Manchester just can’t handle it so let’s do the music.”
Several fans took to social media to confirm that Justin didn’t speak for the rest of the concert, concentrating entirely on his musical performances.
The controversy on Sunday came just days after Justin once again hit headlines when he asked the crowd at his concert in the city on Thursday night to stop talking.
Before performing his penultimate song of the evening, Justin told his screaming fans that he had called his tour the Purpose World Tour “because everyone in here has a purpose”, but stopped when he realised the audience were chatting and not listening to him.
“I just thought I could have a moment to say something. I can cut the bulls--- if you want,” he said at that point. “I’m trying to engage but if you guys don’t want to I’ll play the music.”
According to the Manchester Evening News, Justin’s face “twitched with annoyance” as he made the request.
But, once again, his remarks didn’t go down very well with the crowd, who quickly started booing.
I aam glad to say i can not name one Beiber song. Don’t know much about him other than he seems to gets in the news for other than his singing quite a bit.
He pulled a Hillary?
Ya don’t suppose anyone in the audience was drunk, do ya? :)
Manchester. Here’s how Dylan handled it in 1966:
When the crowd heckled him in-between songs, he started an incomprehensible rap into the microphone, so the crowd quieted down to hear what he was saying, and then he said, “If only you wouldn’t clap so hard.”
Self important little twit
[Video is there if you care to look.]
Thanks, that’s way too often not the case.
“Money for Nothing” gets stuck in my head every time I hear about this wanker.
They didn’t pay money to hear this self-centered nitwit lecture, they paid him to be the song and dance monkey he is.
There is absolutely zero chance I would ever be at a concert featuring this guy. I don’t know who’s worse: he or his fans.
“We’re just going to do the music. Obviously Manchester just can’t handle it so let’s do the music.”
GOOD PLAN, SMART BOY! The audience paid to hear music and singing, not your nonsensical blathering.
So ... did he go to his ‘safe place’?
Bieber on meltdown!
Apparently he did almost the same thing in Liverpool a few days earlier...:^)
From the local paper - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/justin-bieber-branded-brat-after-12070863
And did the same thing in Birmingham at an earlier concert - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/justin-bieber-spotted-liverpool-after-12051691
Just too bad for the audience. They missed one heck of a discourse on theoretical physics.
Maybe the English crowd couldn’t understand Justin’s Canadian accent.
At Shea Stadium they were piped through the baseball PA system and only had their 100 watt, full-stack speaker cabinets as their arsenal. Stacking multiple cabinets and custom PA/monitor systems were still a few years away.
Good point, but you’d think people would say “Shut up, stop screaming” and why didn’t the Beatles just simply stop playing until they were quite, that would have really sucked if you wanted to hear them.
Another headline said he “walked off”; I assumed that meant he didn’t finish the concert. Not that I cared enough to read the rest of that article.
WKRP was one of my all-time favorites!
The screaming was a mass hysteria thing. My older siblings attended a beatles concert. The screamed because everyone else was screaming.
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