About a week ago, Justin Bieber made waves and headlines after he decided to walk off stage midway through a concert in Manchester, England. Now he's seeking to explain himself. The Biebs posted, then deleted a note to fans on Twitter. He later delivered the same speech live at his show Sunday night in Glasgow, Scotland. Per the Hollywood Reporter:
People tend to want to shut you down. What I mean by that is ... people try to twist things, some people don't want to listen," he wrote in a note posted to Twitter. "But I simply feel like, if I didn't use this platform to say how I truly feel, and if I didn't use this platform to be the man that I know I am, and speak from what's in my heart, then I'm doing myself injustice, and I'm not doing anybody in this audience any justice.
There's going to be times where I say the wrong thing, because I'm human. But I don't pretend to be perfect and I hope to God that, you know, I don't say the right thing all the time because if that was the case then I'd be a robot, and I'm just, I'm always going to try and be myself on this stage.
When people try and twist things and say, "Justin's angry at his fans. He doesn't want his fans to scream," that's not at all what I was doing. All I was simply doing was wanting people to listen, to kind of hear me out a little bit. Certain people...certain cities aren't going to want to hear me out, and you know, sometimes it's my job to say, "Hey, I'm not going to try to force anything." I just appreciate you guys tonight, listening to me and understanding and rocking with me. You guys are truly amazing.
At the last of his three shows in Manchester, Bieber was reportedly trying to get through the show, but the sheer amount of screaming overwhelmed the performance to his annoyance. "I appreciate all the support, I appreciate love I appreciate the kind things. But the screaming in these breaks has got to stop. Please and thank you. I don't think it's necessary when I'm trying to say something and you guys are screaming," he said. "I want to say something when you guys are screaming, it's not good," He then turned around and started walking away, dropping his microphone on the ground. The audience's cheers then turned to boos.
The moment @justinbieber stormed off stage in Manchester last night. I've supported him from the start but he really needs a reality check.. pic.twitter.com/QyNBmQcBa9
— Ynez Taylor-Wood (@ynezanara) October 24, 2016
Bieber takes the stage tonight in Glasgow before moving on to Ireland next week.
![This is Justin Bieber walking off stage at his Manchester Purpose Tour show.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 203 115"%3E%3C/svg%3E)