Disappointing Hong Kong Welcome for Justin Bieber.

I bet this was one of Bieber’s most disappointing times. You know all the hyped that happened when he was in Malaysia? It was like the whole world singing to his tunes. Not forgetting my colleague. Could Bieber Fever be dying out at last? It would seem so for the good people of Hong Kong. Mop-haired teen idol Justin Bieber, who usually draws legions of screaming fan-girls at his sold-out concerts got a hugely disappointing greeting when he arrived in the city last week. Just seven fans showed up at the Hong Kong airport to greet the Biebs, the Sunday Morning Post reported, calling it an ’embarrassingly low-key reception’. According to the paper, there were ‘three times’ more bodyguards than female fans at the airport with the 17-year-old pop sensation ‘looking grumpy and walking straight past the small group of fans as they yelled out his name’. But some fans defended the Canadian-born singer, saying his gloomy demeanour was due to him falling ill before arriving in the southern Chinese city. In contrast to the icy reception at the airport, Bieber’s concert on Friday there – one of the last shows in his My World tour – still saw a 13,500-seat stadium almost packed to capacity. The pop sensation soared to stardom after videos of his performances were posted on YouTube, with his album My World 2.0 hitting the top of the US charts. So, whats happening with Bieber in Hong Kong? Is he losing out to the Asian singers in Hong Kong? Or is it just the welcome at the airport for Bieber? Source: Straits Times
Published May 15 2011