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Bieber recovers for final performance in London
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Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs at the 02 Arena in east London. A spokeswoman for Bieber said Thursday that the 19-year-old pop star was given oxygen and took a 20-minute reprieve after fainting backstage. Bieber finished his London concerts and moves on to Portugal tonight.
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"Ahhhhh! Rough morning. Trying to feel better for this show tonight but let the paps get the best of me," the singer posted on Twitter soon after the altercation with the photographer, which took place as he got into a car. The scuffle was captured on video by Channel 5 News and widely broadcast by Britain's media.
LONDON — It's been a rough week for Justin Bieber: Getting booed for being late, struggling to breathe mid-performance and fainting backstage and then getting caught on camera clashing with paparazzi.
But the 19-year-old pop sensation appeared to have recovered Friday for his final concert in London, singing and dancing to thousands of adoring fans at the O2 Arena.
"Sometimes when people r shoving cameras in your face all day and yelling the worst thing possible at u..well I'm human. Rough week," he wrote on Twitter.
Earlier Friday, the star made headline when he got into an altercation with insult-hurling paparazzi. He lashed out at a photographer with a stream of expletives and was restrained by minders.
The clash came just hours after Bieber said he was "getting better" following breathing problems he suffered during the previous night's concert. The star took a short break to go backstage, where he was given oxygen. He had to be briefly hospitalized for a check-up.
A spokesman for the O2 Arena said Bieber was treated backstage during Thursday's concert after becoming short of breath, but recovered and finished his set.
"He was treated by our team of
A spokeswoman for Bieber said he was feeling "a little under the weather." She demanded anonymity to discuss the star's condition.
medics and after further examination they didn't find anything more serious or worrying."
Bieber later posted a shirtless photo of himself in a hospital bed, saying he was getting better and listening to Janis Joplin. Before that on Twitter he thanked "everyone pulling me thou tonight."
Video footage from the concert shows Bieber appearing to fade during a performance of his up-tempo hit, "Beauty and a Beat." He slows down, puts a hand to his
"Best fans in the world," he wrote. "Figuring out what happened. Thanks for the love."
The AP spoke to 18-year-old journalism student Prithvi Panda, who shot the footage, to confirm its authenticity.
"When he started 'Beauty and a Beat' you could see he was struggling," said Pandya, who was near the front of the crowd. "He took lots of drinks of water, that seemed unusual, and he was really sweaty, swaitec a helluva lot.
"Toward the end of it, he went backstage. We didn't see him fainting. They brought on dancers to entertain, and I knew something was wrong at that point."
the crowd that the singer was feeling "very low of breath" but would come back to finish the show.
Jazz Chappell, a 20-year-old concertgoer who brought her younger sister and her friend to the show, said that In the nearly 30 minutes he was offstage, some fans started to leave. Once his manager announced what had happened, Chappell said many fans in the audience were gasping and crying, while others kept cheering for him to return.
Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, appeared onstage and told
"I thought, 'Give the guy a break. He just fainted. He's not a performing horse. Let him rest a second," Chappell said.
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One Direction brings pop-up shop to U.S.
From left; Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles of British band One Direction seen arriving at the BRIT Awards 2013.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. The boy-band phenomenon One Direction is coming to the Mall of America for six weeks.
But the fab five won't be there in the flesh. A pop-up store offering all manner of swag branded with the likenesses of the British singers opens on March 16, selling posters, calendars, T-shirts and a chance to win prizes including coveted tickets to their summer tour.
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But the armies of young fans (and their parents) that the store is expected to bring to the mall may serve as a shot in the arm to brick-and-mortar stores as they fight to combat online competition and remain a destination.
It's part of the latest push to build the buzz and bottom lines of the English-Irish pop stars, whose meteoric rise has become a $50 million business enterprise.
"The real winner is not just the band but also the Mall of America," said Michael Brown, a retail analyst with global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. "As more people shop online, they're putting in a shop that could draw hundreds or thousands of people to the mall who might not have come out to shop."
"We put together an exclusive line just for the store," Stone said. "The concept is basically taking a concert retail operation: out of that venue and moving it into a retail store."
The first store launched almost on a lark in Sydney, Australia, for a couple of weekends last year, and more than 2,500 young fans showed up for the opening. The pop-up concept has since spread to New Zealand, Sweden, Spain and Canada, with a couple of stores finally heading to London.
The five-member band of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan are cheekily referred to as part of a new "British Invasion."
bands and iPhone covers. The most popular items are life-size cutouts of the band members, which sell for $35. Also popular: an adult "onesie," a zip-up jump-suit that sells for $100.
The temporary store, which will be called 1D World, is the third to open in the United States and one of 20 expected to open by the end of the band's tour in August, said William Stone, the U.S. project manager for the 1D World stores.
After competing on the British TV singing show "X Factor" in 2010, One Direction catapulted onto the music scene. Their voices and charisma (and great hair) won the hearts of teenage girls everywhere. The band has more than 13.7 million Facebook fans and 10.4 million followers on Twitter.
The Mall of America store will be heavy on accessories, with 120 items including rings, wrist
One Direction goes beyond most celebrity retail endeavors. They've got duvet covers, dolls, even a toothbrush that plays their hit, "One Thing," to encourage kids to brush longer through the two minutes of music. British catalog giant Argos signed One Direction to launch a line of silver bracelets and necklaces in its spring-summer issue.
"Years ago, there were record stores and CD stores that could move the intellectual properties," Brown said. "With everything being digital, more artists and more acts are going to have to find creative venues to bring their brand to the market."
The store opening comes in advance of a sold-out show on July 18 at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis, where scalpers are selling tickets for hundreds of dollars.
The pop-up store is emerging as a new merchandising channel for the music industry.
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