The wow factor was primarily borne from a set design that could rival Metallica’s arena rigs, albeit with far less pyrotechnics. Yet, during the kickoff of the second North American leg Saturday at San Diego’s Valley View Casino Center –preceding two nights, June 24-25, at L.A.’s Staples Center – there were no signs of the troubled delinquent image so many media outlets have sensationalized so insistently.īieber instead behaved like a courteous – if sometimes provocatively shirtless – young man, turning in a dazzler, another Cirque du Soleil-style extravaganza with a distinctly urban edge, not unlike productions regularly executed by longtime mentor Usher. Those statements have taken on greater, unexpected meaning in the past few months, as the 19-year-old Canadian pop star has stirred up increasing controversy under the limelight: vomiting on stage during his opening gig in Arizona last fall, getting pulled over during a high-speed drive in Dubai, allegedly lashing out verbally at a photographer in London. When Justin Bieber announced his behemoth Believe Tour just over a year ago, he insisted it would be “the biggest show on Earth” and that he had “a lot to prove.”
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