Justin Bieber was attacked onstage by a crazed fan in Dubai last night [Sunday], sparking fresh concerns for his safety.
The unsuspecting twiggy popstar was ambushed from behind by the male midway through a piano performance.
In a video uploaded to YouTube, the attacker is seen storming the stage and grabbing Bieber sending the piano crashing over as the pair tussle to the ground.
The 19-year-old singer freed himself and fled to the other side of the stage as security lunged at the potentially dangerous stage stormer.
The singer was shaken by the incident but avoided more drama by keeping things professional, ahem, and continued singing his poptastic tune Believe for his better behaved die-hard fans.
In a message posted on his Twitter account today, he told his fans: "Dubai. Nothing stops the show."
A witness tweeted: “Whoa. Crazy fan tackled @justinbieber and knocked the piano down the stage. Mayhem.”
Bieber's guitarist added: "It wasn't a prank. Someone ran on stage during Believe and the piano got knocked off its platform. Everyone is fine. No need to worry!"
Thomas Ovesen COO at Done Events confirmed to The National: "A young fan desperate to meet his idol did make his way on stage, but was immediately removed and Justin professionally continued with his show.
"As far as we know no further action has been taken against the youth."
In the previous show a day earlier, the Canadian singing foetus left fans furious - again - after rocking up TWO HOURS late - again.
Only this time, it wasn’t in London, it was at a desert venue in Dubai and in sweltering 30C heat.
When he finally made it on stage at 10pm on Saturday, two hours after the official start time, he disappeared after one song to “take a break” and change his outfit before finishing the show at a curfew-breaking 11.40pm.
Workshy, much?
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The Beebs, 19, was booed as the audience waited from 5pm to get a glimpse of the singer at the Sevens Stadium for his Believe world tour.
And then many parents had to leave the show early as Sunday is the start of the school week in the United Arab Emirates.
My source tells me: “Many people in the crowd were really annoyed to be kept waiting all that time.
“Parents had forked out a lot of money for tickets, which started at around £60, and the venue is way out in the desert – and then, who wants to have to tell their kids that they must leave halfway through the gig?
“Justin knows his fan base is young and he should respect this and make allowances for it as he is certainly making a lot of money off them.”
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And hell hath no fury like a parent scorned, as mums and dads took to Twitter to brand Justin “a toerag” (LOLz – such a parents’ cuss) and let him know that he’d let the kids down, he’d let the country down but, most of all, he’d let himself down.
Mum Eileen Wallis says: “You really can’t keep thousands of people – including a significant percentage of kids – waiting for two hours on a school night. Not cool. After 30 years of concert-going, this is also the first time I have seen an artist leave the stage after just one song.”
And there was yet more dramz for teenager Beebs in Dubai – legal drinking age 21.
Although he’d been allowed into Movida nightclub on Friday despite being under-age, he risked arrest by trying to order booze there.
When he was turned away from the bar, he decided instead to get his kicks by “surfing” on the roof of an SUV while it was being driven.
Cool, bro.
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