Justin Bieber's arrival at Hong Kong airport last week was anticlimactic. Only seven fans showed up to greet him, instead of the frenzied crushes we've grown used to. In fact, bodyguards outnumbered fans three to one. His handlers said it was because he arrived during school hours.
It was a different story though when it came to the concert on Friday night. The fans were there and they were crazy for him.
DJ Tay James got the night started by hyping up the crowd. Above him, on the big screen, was a countdown clock, which started from 15 minutes. When the 10-second countdown began, everyone was on their feet. Bieber burst on stage wearing a white and silver hoodie with matching pants, singing Love Me. If he was still sick from his tour of the Philippines, he did a great job of hiding it.
At one point, he took a girl from the audience up on stage with him. She sat on a chair and Bieber handed her a bouquet of flowers while he sang One Less Lonely Girl to her. He sang most of the favourites that everyone expected - songs such as One Time, Eenie Meenie (Sean Kingston didn't make the trip), That Should Be Me and, of course, Baby as the encore.
Bieber's generosity was also on display. He gave plenty of opportunity to back-up singers, Legaci, and his dancers had time to show off their break-dance moves.
Two Young Post readers met the Bieb in person, hours before the show...
Wow... that's the first word that comes to mind when I think about the concert, writes Katie Wu Chek-lum, 14, from Hong Kong International School. His dancing, his singing, his whole performance was amazing. His guitarist and his back-up singers blew me out of the water as well. I think it was a great idea for him to have a girl on stage with him for One Less Lonely Girl. I'm sure it was that girl's dream to be up there. His entrance was mind-blowing, my ears still hurt from all the screaming. So does my throat, from all the screaming I did.