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I can not believe I’m writing this, it still shocks me. On January 16, 2013 one of my many dreams came true. I have waited four years for this to happen and it finally did! This is my first time ever going to one of Justin’s shows and it was my first time meeting him too. So this experience was pretty amazing to me. When I found out Justin was coming to Birmingham, Alabama again I was determined to go to this concert. I started begging my mom to buy me tickets, but she said no. The only way I could go was if I won them. In the summer of 2012 all I did was enter any contest to go to one of his shows. I am pretty sure I entered about 300 of them. One day I was on my way to cheer at a football game and I get this phone call from a number. I answered it and I had a good feeling. They told me I was a finalist in the ‘Dance for Bieber’ contest . If I went to Birmingham on Sunday and danced to a random song on the Kinect against 10 other people, we could win tickets and backstage passes! On that Sunday we all went to Birmingham. They said that Madison (my older sister could sign up too). After everyone danced, they called out the scores… and MADISON WON! We were going to meet Justin Bieber! I just broke out into tears! I could not believe this was going to happen. Two months later and it was finally January 16, 2013! We went by the tour busses in hopes of seeing just a glance of Justin but we didn’t. We then went in line for the meet & greet and they took us inside. They told us we had to be in a group of 6 people so we got these little girls to come in with us. We waited for 2 hours and then some guy stuck his arm out and we seen an owl tattoo and it was JUSTIN BIEBER! They opened the curtain for the group to go in and I seem him for the first time. I couldn’t believe this wasn’t a picture. The lady said, “It’s your turn,” so I walked in and I wasn’t crying anymore. He looked at me and said, “Hey you girls are so pretty,” and I lost it. I started crying because I couldn’t believe this was happening. I kinda blacked out and fell on my sister but then I came to and he motioned us to come to him. I went to him and gave him a hug and he told me with a giggle, “Don’t cry it’s okay,” which made me cry even more. We took our picture and he turned towards me and I said, “Justin, can I have a hug?” Then he replied with a smile, “Of course you can sweetheart.” I remember thinking HOW AM I STILL LIVING? I felt someone tap my should and I realized I was the last one in my group still in there and I said, “Bye Justin I love you!” The last thing he said was, “Bye beautiful!” and it was over. It may have been only a minute but it was the best minute of my entire life! I am the girl next to Justin on the left. I hope this gives you hope that one day you will meet Justin because I never thought I would meet him and I finally did! If you just keep trying it will happen one day! I promise you! See more here: I can not believe I’m writing this, it still shocks me. On…
I’m going to have to start of with the cliché line… I honestly never thought I’d get the chance to write one of these! I didn’t even think I was ever going to be able to see Justin live! I’m from Northern Ireland and when tour dates came out, there were none for where I live so I tried to get tickets for Dublin but they all sold out. Then I saw that the Emerald Package was left for the 2nd night. I bought 2 tickets, 3 nights at The Gibson Hotel and train tickets to Dublin. On 16 th February, my cousin (who didn’t know we had tickets) and I went to Dublin and saw security at our hotel entrance. Turns out we were in the same hotel as Scrappy and a few others – sadly we didn’t see them. We actually needed wristbands to get in our hotel because so many people were sneaking in! I told my cousin about the tickets and her reaction was priceless. That night we walked to the shop and on our way there, we saw DJ Tay James! It happened so fast and then we tweeted him when we got back to the room, and he followed my cousin. The next morning we heard everyone screaming and I ran to the window. We saw everyone gather around the back exit, we knew it had to be Justin. Then at 4:17 p.m. my iPod beeped saying I had an email. The first thing I saw was, “Congratulations Liza!” My heart just stopped. I completely freaked out and started jumping around and crying. I just screamed, “We’re meeting him!” I think we cried for about an hour and called our family. Then on 18 th February, we woke up incredibly early as we couldn’t sleep and after nearly 4 hours of hair and makeup and about 7 outfit changes each, we finally left went to go to the arena. When we were walking around, we saw Alfredo walk past but he was on the other side of the street and we needed to be in the M&G line so we couldn’t say hey! Eventually we got into the building, and got our wristbands. Justin was late and we were waiting until about 7 p.m. until the meet and greet actually started. During this time though, Kenny, Nick, some of the dancers and Dan came out. I have to say, Dan Kanter is probably the nicest man ever. He spent over an hour going along the whole meet and greet queue and stopping and having a conversation with everyone. Finally we got to the front of the line and we were put into our group. I honestly have no idea how I was so calm. I went to give him a hug but one of the security guards pulled me across and into Justin’s other side really roughly. Justin still pulled me into him and gave me a kind of side hug. As we were waiting for the picture to be taken, I was constantly muttering, “Oh my gosh oh my gosh” under my breath. After the pic was taken, I turned and talked to him and said, “Thank you for everything” and told him I loved him. Seriously, the way he looks at you when you talk to him, it’s like he’s staring right inside you and listening to every word you say. When we walked out and the guy cut our wristbands off, that’s when it finally hit me what had happened. I just burst into uncontrollable tears and my cousin was the same! Because we were so late we had to go straight to the show and we had to walk from the top of the tiers right to the bottom because we were in the first row! I can honestly say it was the best night of my life. After watching so many videos on YouTube, I thought I knew what to expect but it’s nothing like being there in real life and experiencing it, I truly don’t have enough words to explain how amazing the whole thing was. It was just totally incredible! -Liza (@omgitsliza/@JustBieberIRL) My cousin’s reaction to the tickets! More: I’m going to have to start of with the cliché line……
My name is Kayleigh and I never thought in a million years I would meet my idol, but it happened on January 20th. I saw loads of people entering the BieberFever competitions so I decided to try it out. I took everything I had that related to Justin and I photographed it all. Once I had finished that I put it into a collage and emailed my entry and just hoped for the best. The instructions said that if you won, you would be emailed 24 hours before the concert you are attending. I was attending the 27th February show in Birmingham. On the 26th, I was in school talking to my friends about how I was going to see Justin in concert tomorrow and we started talking about what it would be like if I met him. It had me thinking. Would I keep calm? Or would I freak out? When I got home, we were getting ready for the train up to Birmingham in the morning so I had to take my baby brother down my grandmothers house so she could babysit him for the night. As I was talking to my cousin, I heard my iPod going off and when I checked it, it was an e-mail from BieberFever congratulating me about winning meet & greets! I didn’t know what to do with myself. I fell to my knees and started crying my eyes out. My nan ran over to me with tissues asking me why I was crying so I showed her the e-mail and she was so happy for me. I rung my mother and told her everything and she then ended up crying for me, even my sister was crying! For the whole night, all I could do was cry because I NEVER thought I’d be meeting my idol, my inspiration, my everything. The next day, the train for Birmingham was at 11:30 a.m. so we had to sit on the train for 3 hours. I thought I’d never get there in time. It was really rushed once we got to the hotel and I quickly changed. When I picked the meet and greet bands up, I started shaking because this was really happening. We waited for another hour or so because Justin was late. Kenny walked passed us to pick up some people from the queue, and all I could do was fangirl. Then later on, Nick Demoura came out to talk to us. I just couldn’t believe it! We also saw Dan Kanter, but couldn’t have a photo with him because he was in a rush. Then the meet and greet started. My friend and I were near the back of the queue. As we were lining up outside the curtains getting ready to go in, a man lifted up the curtain and I saw Justin getting ready for us to walk in. He licked his lips then looked at me and I froze. I couldn’t move my body at all! The man was telling me to walk in but I just couldn’t move. My friend had to push me in! My heart started beating 100 miles per hour and I was shaking so much. Because they were rushing, the security guards placed us by Justin so we could get the picture done quickly. When it was taken the guard tried pushing us out but I turned around and looked at Justin. My friend asked him for a hug but the security guard said no and Justin then said, “Sorry, we’re running late.” When I left the meet and greet, I was shaking so bad and I started crying. I cried for an hour straight. We went to find out seats in the arena and found that we were close to the stage! Everything went so perfect, I couldn’t have asked for a better night. I’m blessed that I got to meet Justin and I hope that it will happen again soon. My mother is so happy that I met him and she’s even considering buying me meet & greets for the next time he comes to Birmingham. All I have to say is, NEVER give up on your dreams because dreams DO come true. I never thought I’d ever get to meet him but I did. Everyone else’s time will come soon. -@kaaylroberts View post: My name is Kayleigh and I never thought in a million years I…
I’ve loved Justin from the very start and have supported him the whole way. My first ever concert was when Justin Bieber came to Ireland in 2011 and my 2nd concert was when he was in London the next week. I was lucky enough to get two tickets to his concert in London and have a VIP ticket to see him during his sound check. At the sound check, he was asking questions to fans and during this time I was holding up my camera. He must of thought I was holding up my hand up to answer so he looked at me and said, “Do you know the answer?” I was in shock that Justin Bieber spoke to me. I replied saying, “Sorry no..I’m sorry,” and he said “No problem,” and gave me a smile. For months after that I didn’t stop smiling and being happy. When Justin’s tickets came out for Ireland I was on the computer trying to get tickets and I did… but I had a massive surprise on Christmas morning. I opened a envelope to reveal a meet and greet ticket. So I had 2 tickets for his concert on the 17th and one for the 18th. In my town there is a place where women and their children stay if they were abused by their husbands so I decided to make a little girl’s (who would have never got to go to his concert) dream come true and I gave her my spare tickets. It felt great knowing that the little girl and her mum were at his concert, singing along to all his amazing songs. I was nervous about going to the concert by myself but was still super excited to see my idol. When I got to the venue I met loads of friendly people and I didn’t feel so scared anymore. We went in, got our wristbands and a bag with loads of cool Justin Bieber stuff including a signed record sleeve of Believe. One of the crew members came out with tank tops and gloves belonging to Justin for a raffle. With my luck I doubted I would win anything but I was so lucky to win a signed poster of Justin from a pervious concert. It is now in a frame hanging in my room. Also the girl beside me won his shoe and I got a picture with it. Justin was late but was so sweet and didn’t want his fans waiting too long. He asked his dancers and musicians to come out to us and take pictures. That was amazing. I got picture with Dan Karter and his autograph. Then as soon as I walked behind the black curtain I saw Justin. I couldn’t believe it. It was actually him. He didn’t look real because he was so perfect. I slowly walked up to him with a massive smile on my face. He smiled at me and said, “Hi.” I was so amazed that I just looked at him and gave him another massive smile. He put his hand on my shoulder. He was wearing a cap and I was a good height because I fitted under it. He nozzled his head against mine and we got the picture taken. It was all happening so quickly. After I meet him and got my wristband taken off, I broke down crying realizing how fortunate and lucky I was to meet Justin Bieber. I rang my friend crying with joy and told her. I walked to my seat in row 5 which is really close to the stage. The concert was amazing. He performed so well and it was just amazing. I loved it when he sang ‘Be Alright’ because I go to a boarding school, so when I’m ever homesick I listen to that song and well, everything is alright. The 18th of February was/is/will be the best day of life. If anyone does read this I hope you have your own amazing Bieber experience like I did. -Sarah Ann See the rest here: I’ve loved Justin from the very start and have supported…
My name is Laura, I’m 15 years old and I’ve been a belieber since 2009. I’ve seen Justin live when he came to Brazil in 2011 but the tickets sold out in about 2 minutes and all I got was a ticket in the worst section. Instead of a sweet 16, in Brazil we celebrate sweet 15, and those girls spent A LOT of money on their parties. Two months before my birthday, my parents asked my what I wanted as a present. I told them I wanted Justin, and I was kinda kidding. One week later my parents came to me and said, “Laura, I’m really sorry that meet & greet is sold out, but we got you floor seats.” I was like, “What are you guys saying?” Then they told me I was flying to Miami to see my idol in concert. I swear God I’ve never cried as much as I did when they told me that. I was in shock! I started my countdown and I would have to wait another 147 days. The day of the concert I woke up 7am, I just couldn’t sleep. I walked to the American Airlines Arena, which was near the hotel I was staying at. I saw the Believe tour buses and my heart was racing like hell. I stayed there and a security came to us and said the Believe 3D movie was being filmed that day. I went crazy. I met 4 other Brazilian girls, which I became friends with and we had the best time ever before the concert. My friend just won fake M&G wristbands and they didn’t let us go meet Justin. We also tried to sneak in but we failed. We met Jon Chu, and he filmed us for the movie and also filmed our Brazilian flag. We met Ryan Good, Dan Kanter (Jon filmed us singing “The Dan Kanter Song” to Dan) and Kenny. It was finally time to go inside the arena. When Justin got on stage, I can’t even describe what I was feeling. If you’re a belieber, you just might understand me. When the Believe key started the countdown I started crying and shaking. During ‘Baby,’ Justin noticed me and pointed to my Brazilian flag! The next day I was so depressed and I wanted to go to the second concert but I had no tickets. Fifteen minutes before the concert, I found this amazing guy who works for Stubhub and I bought tickets. Even though they were really bad seats, I was still seeing Justin! He saw that I was truly a belieber and he said, “You know, I got better tickets, so give me those ones you just bought and I’ll give you better ones.” I cant even remember how many times I said thank you to the man. The energy of a Justin Bieber concert is the best ever. I swear every time you go it seems like the first time seeing him. I had the best two days ever. I wouldn’t change nothing and I’m forever grateful to my parents, and also, to God! I know I didn’t get to meet him and this is my biggest dream, but I still believe one day I will. As my idol says: NEVER SAY NEVER… and BELIEVE. -@GonnaGetBieber More here: My name is Laura, I’m 15 years old and I’ve been a belieber…
Our best wishes to out to pop star Anastacia. The singer has been forced to cancel shows in Dubai, along with a handful in Europe, after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in a decade. The 44-year old – who had been scheduled to perform March 30 at the Dubai World Cup and who has gone multi-Platinum overseas – will cancel all appearance and travel until further notice. In 2003, she successfully defeated this same illness. And let’s all hope she can do so again.
We queued up for about 20 minutes to get our VIP wristbands and meet and greet passes. We went inside the arena and were told what could and couldn’t happen while we were meeting Justin. After being taken down these stairs and through all these corridors, we were in a room and could see a huge black curtain. While waiting for a while we were all singing Justin’s songs and speaking to Kenny and Alfredo. Then we heard a door slam behind the black curtain and Justin yelled, “I’M HERE” and that was it – I was on the verge of an emotional breakdown. Then Justin, being the idiot that he is, thought it’d be funny to poke his head through the curtain RIGHT in front of where I was standing. My legs went all wobbly and I was in hysterics. Justin smiled at me and went back behind the curtain. Then the meet and greets started. I stood near the opening and started shaking. Justin yelled, “HEY HOW ARE YOU?” and I kept stuttering and couldn’t get my words out properly. He said, “Aw, come here,” and grabbed me and hugged me. Then I started sobbing. I gave him a letter, which was basically explaining how him and his music had helped me stop self harming. He read it quickly, put it in his pocket and said, “I love you and I am so proud of you,” and by that point I was in bits like screaming/howling at him. He kissed my cheek and said, “Don’t cry, we can’t have a bad picture.” Then we got the picture taken and I accidentally touched his bum oops, it’s peachy by the way. I hugged him and as we were leaving he said, “Everything’s going to be alright-” which was kind of cheesy because it’s his song lyrics but it was sweet. Then we went outside the room and broke down and I nearly threw up. Then we went into the concert and everything was perfect. I am so happy and so grateful that I’ve finally had the chance to thank Justin for saving me and to thank him for everything that he’s done for me. -Emily See the rest here: We queued up for about 20 minutes to get our VIP wristbands and…
Hey guys, I know you want to know what happened with Justin and how I met him last night so here is my Bieber expereince . Early in the morning I woke up and it was the day of Justin’s concert. I wanted to go early to the arena which was planned for ages but for some reason my mum wouldn’t let me. I got ready and she took me for a meal at TGI Fridays in the Traford Centre. I was so scared if I couldn’t see Justin or even get a glimpse of him. I even got him a present just incase I did. After we finished, we went to the arena and stood at the box office for about 20 minutes. The day before (February 20th) it was my birthday and my mum got me closer seats for his concert. We didn’t have them and she said we had to get them from the box office. After we waited this lady came over and asked if I was Shannon. She said, “Right I’ve just spoke to Kenny and he has your tickets, he’s sending someone up here to get you and take you to Justin.” At this point I did not know what to do with myself, my heart stopped beating and I felt like I was going to faint. About 5 minutes later some man came, found us and took us through this door and down a elevator. He had the most amazing accent ever. He was talking to Kenny through a walky-talky and I was like hyperventilating in the elevator. When we got out the elevator we were walking past all this equipment and I finally realized that I was backstage. Kenny shouted the man’s name and walked up to us. I was dying, I couldn’t even process it. Not knowing what to do, I held out my hand, he shook it and then asked for a hug. Kenny is like a bear omg. He said, “Hey Shannon, how’s it going? Here’s your tickets, Justin is going to do his meet & greets, then I will bring him round to meet you.” I was so happy, shocked and blessed. I was also scared because I didn’t even know this was not happening to me. Kenny took me into this little room and I waited there for about 30 minutes. I was pacing around because I was so nervous, my heart was pounding but I was forcing myself not to cry. A man opened the door and there was Justin, on his segaway. He rode in as normal and said, “Hey guys!” with a huge grin on his face. I was so shocked, it was unbelievable. I stood so close to Justin. It just wouldn’t process in my head. I gave him a hug and he said, “Shall we get some pictures?” I got my phone out and and he said, “You want selfies?” I FUCKING DIED! He took my phone and we got pictures, after the pictures were taken we started talking. I knew he hadn’t slept all night and he looked so tired. My mum went, “Have you had any sleep” and he said, “No actually I’ve been up all night writing music.” I had seen Alfredo’s tweet from before which said they were writing about lettuce so I asked him if he wrote one about lettuce. He said, “No actually the song was about you.” I was that shocked I just went, “What?!” He said, “The song? I wrote it about you.” I died 34298712 deaths because of what he said, he had the cutest smirk ever on his face it was unbelievable. Justin then asked if I wanted anything signed so I said my phone case and shoe. He asked me what my name was and he couldn’t spell it (it’s Shannon). It was so cute because he was there for like 5 minutes trying to write it. When he signed my shoe, he said, “Omg I love your shoes, Supras are really cool.” I DIED ONCE AGAIN! Before he left I gave him his present and he looked so surprised. He said, “Omg is this for me wow.” I said, “Yes, I know you have been through a lot and it’s just a way to say thank you for everything.” He said, “Thank you so much sweetie come here,” and we hugged again. He jumped back on his segaway and said, “Bye guys I hope you enjoy the show, it was nice meeting you,” and he left. As soon as he left I hugged my mum so hard and cried. I just met the most beautiful, talented, kindest human on this earth. After I calmed down, Kenny came back and handed me a gift bag with merchandise. He then asked for a picture.. well a ‘funny selfie’. He is the sweetest! He then walked up to near the seats and I was telling him how I was tweeting him all day yesterday since it was my birthday. He said, “Oh I’m sorry it’s just I can’t use the internet too much cause the other day my phone bill was $5,000 dollars.” I was like WOW. I then asked him about the clubbing pictures and he was laughing. We spoke about it but I don’t really wanna say anything just incase. Then we high fived, hugged and we went to our seats. I was 10 rows from the front and it was the best experience in the world. Justin is so amazingly talented and he puts so much emotion, compassion and energy into his performances. I was so grateful. I met Justin through my mum and I also suffer with depression and a life threatening condition. She has tried for months and months to make this happen and it wasn’t easy. We worked so hard. She even became really ill because she never slept. There is a lot more to it than that but basically all you need to do is have the dedication and determination. I want to thank you all again for the congrats. Please don’t give up on meeting Justin or even seeing him in concert, it will happen, I promise you. This meant so much to me that words can not describe. He means the world to me and has saved me in so many ways. If you have any questions just ask. Thanks again, love you guys. -@InsideKidrauhl Here is the original post: Hey guys, I know you want to know what happened with Justin and…
For about a month now I have had a plan to work A LOT of overtime in order to buy my 12 year old little sister’s friend a Justin Bieber concert ticket. My sister and I have had our tickets for almost 5 months and her little friend, Danielle, REALLY wanted to go so I decided that, no matter what, I was going to find a way for her to go to this concert with us. I told her I had a surprise for her and that it was “Top Secret” and we teased her for awhile until today (4 days before the concert) and let me tell you, this reaction & the smile on her face at the end of this video made all the long hours, very few days off, and very exhausted nights SO worth it!!! I am so glad I was in the position to make her dream come true! #GiveBack #MakeAChange #PayItForward http://www.youtube.com/v/uJmQT7o94zg?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata See the original post: Justin Bieber Believe Tour Ticket Surprise