Mumbai will get to see Justin Bieber in action on May 10

Justin Bieber, the 22-year-old Canadian singer, will be seen in action in Mumbai on May 10 - it will be as part of the Asia leg of his world tour. His performance would be in the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. He will also perform in Tel Aviv and Dubai as a part of the Asia leg of his ‘Purpose World Tour’ which has already covered the USA, Canada and Japan.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 15 February 2017.

The show would be an extraordinarily epic show and one that has not been seen in India in recent times. Bieber is currently performing in Mexico and will travel across South America, Australia and New Zealand before proceeding to Asia, Africa and Europe.
It is revealed that negotiations for bringing the Purpose Tour to India had been going on for six months. In this tour, he has experimented with different exploratory electronic sounds. The tickets will be priced Rs 4,000 upwards and will be available from February 22.


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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 7 November 2016.

Lady Gaga was the night's second biggest winner - she took home best female and best look at Sunday's Rotterdam show.
Justin Bieber lost out to 20-year-old Shawn Memdes for best male but his 2015 track Sorry trumped Adele's Hello to win best song.
In spite of being nominated for three awards, including best female, Adele left empty handed. The biggest surprise was, of course, Beyonce - she lost out in all five categories that she was nominated in.
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This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 25 October 2016.

This incident was the latest in a string of embarrassing outbursts from the singer since the start of his UK tour. It seems last week he told Manchester concert-goers to be quiet while he sung ballads. Moreover, he called concert-goers 'obnoxious' during a performance at Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena.
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