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Bieber crush makes international headlines

Here's a wrap up of how the world reported the Bieber mayhem, from the US all the way to Tajikistan.

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Teenage crushes are supposed to be harmless fun, but yesterday’s Sunrise concert for Justin Bieber gave it renewed meaning after police cancelled the open air free concert.

The incident has now attracted overseas press.

MTV dubbed it a stampede saying: Justin Bieber has done it again. The Canadian teen who has caused shopping-mall stampedes in New York and Paris in the past set off a dangerous crowd surge in Sydney, Australia, on Monday (April 26) when fans just couldn’t wait for his scheduled mini-set on the Sunrise morning show. Producers were forced to cut short his appearance to avoid further injuries to the hysterical crowd.

NY Times said: With his floppy bowl haircut and adorable lisp, the teenage pop star Justin Bieber may not seem like a dangerous figure. But make no mistake: his public appearances can be battlegrounds. On Monday the Australian police shut down a free performance that Mr. Bieber, 16, was to give in Sydney as his fans began injuring one another at the crowded concert site, Agence France-Presse reported.

Other headlines ran as follows:

NY Daily News: Justin Bieber’s first Australian concert canceled after fans rush stage and ten girls faint.

USA Today: Justin Bieber fever gets too hot in Australia.

NY Mag: Justin Bieber Inciting Riots Internationally Now

Billboard: Australian Police Pull Plug on Justin Bieber

Channel News Asia: Justin Bieber’s Australia concert pulled over safety fears

and even Tajikistan News: Justin Bieber concert becomes dangerous in Australia

Perez Hilton theorised: Parents also place the blame on the organizers, for not doing more crowd control and for all around being poorly organized. No, we think the fault lies with the erratic hormones of 4,000 tweens. There is only so much the police can do to contain Bieber Fever! Next time, they should get The National Guard involved! (ummmmm, just one problem Mr Hilton….)

Meanwhile police indeed criticised a lack of parental responsibility, while Seven’s Adam Boland said extra security had to be called in overnight “basically to babysit” the unaccompanied minors.

When guards tried to move into position, requiring the earliest arrivals to step back from their prime position, chaos ensued.

“We just wanted them to take five steps back so the security could get in place but they refused,” Boland said.

Source: Daily Telegraph

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  2. Watching the Seven organizes this morning it sounds like they did everything right and like the police said it was the unsupervised and uncooperative young girls that were to blame for the dangerous situation, not following their directions. Where were the parents?

    BTW did anyone see how long it took them to clear the square after Bieber left the studio?

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