Published 15:40 IST, May 24th 2022

When Justin Bieber left Indians fuming with his 'bad lip-sync' during 2017 Mumbai concert

After Justin Bieber announced his concert in India, netizens couldn't help but recall his last visit to the country which turned out to be a lip-sync disaster.

Reported by: Princia Hendriques
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Canadian singer Justin Bieber is all set to bring his Justice World Tour to India. singer who is kwn for his hits like Baby, Where Are You, Company and more anunced a concert in New Delhi on October 18, 2022. His tour will entail travelling to 30 countries and around 125 shows from May 2022 to March 2023. 

Apart from India, young singer will tour Scandinavia for shows in August, followed by South America, South Africa and more. excitement of fans since anuncement has been through roof with people across country urging singer to hold a concert in various or cities. One, in particular, Mumbai where singer did t have a kind response to his performance in 2017. 

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Justin Bieber's bad lip-sync Mumbai concert

On May 10, 2017, Justin Bieber held his first concert in India for his 'Purpose' tour at  DY Patil Stadium. Despite hefty ticket price, over 40,000 people reportedly attended concert. Judging by netizens' reactions on Twitter, concertgoers did have a memorable experience but t in a good way. 

While singer maintained his charismatic persona on st, concertgoers were less than pleased to quickly figure out that young singer was lip-synching. ir r grew as y complained about how Bieber was t even wholeheartedly attempting to lip-sync. Many also criticised singer for full performance as tickets were as expensive as Rs 75, 000. 

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Hours after concert, many took to social media to voice ir dismay as floodgates of memes and complaints opened on micro-blogging site. One fan had written, ''Came down from Goa just to see @justinbieber play his songs off YouTube. Couldn't even get lip sync right #JustinBieberIndia,'' while ar tweeted, ''@justinbieber lip sync all his songs on st. What a way to cheat your fans. And what a waste of so much money. #JustinBieberIndia.''

After Bieber anunced his concert in New Delhi, which will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JLN Stadium) with ticket pricing from Rs 4,000 onwards, fans couldn't help but recall his previous concert. However, a few remained optimistic that singer would t repeat same mistake. 

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15:40 IST, May 24th 2022