Bieber wows fans in Dubai
SINGER BROUGHT HIS WORLD TOUR IN SUPPORT OF HIS FOURTH ALBUM
Pop star Justin Bieber performs at Dubai’s Autism Rocks Arena last night. The singer brought his Purpose World Tour to Dubai, four years after his last concert in the city. Bieber arrived on stage to screaming fans, kicking off the show with ‘Mark My Words’.
Pop star Justin Bieber returned to the UAE yesterday night at Dubai’s Autism Rocks Arena four years after his last performance in the city. The singer brought his Purpose World Tour, for which he’s been on the road for more than a year, in support of his fourth album of the same name.
Bieber arrived on stage a few minutes after 8pm to screaming
fans, performing Mark My Words from his Purpose album’, immediately followed by Where Are You Now, also from the
same album.
Organisers had promised a ‘matured’ star ahead of the performance. Bieber notoriously turned up more than two hours late for his two consecutive Dubai concerts in 2013.
“[He] has matured as an artist and a person, and has shown up on time for all his shows recently,” Thomas Ovesen, the CEO of 117 Live, told Gulf News
tabloid! earlier.
The 23-year-old continues to have a devoted fan base around the world and in the Middle East.
The Dubai concert’s most expensive tickets, Fanzone and VIP tickets priced at Dh995 sold out weeks before the concert. So did Dh4,800 Ultimate Backstage Experience tickets.
Yesterday, fans started arriving as early as 12.30pm for the show. Doors opened at 4pm and the first opening act, Canadian rap duo Deen Squad, took the stage. They were followed by Saudi singer and X Factor Arabia winner Hamza Hawsawi.