Selfie centered: Justin Bieber poses for snaps with eager female fans as he arrives in Brisbane for next stop on struggling tour

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 16:34 EST, 24 November 2013 | UPDATED: 07:34 EST, 25 November 2013


It turns out Justin Bieber still has some loyal fans in Australia, despite lagging ticket sales for his concert stop Down Under.

As the Boyfriend singer arrived in Brisbane to begin an eight-show stop in Australia on his Believe tour, a small group of teen girls gathered around his car to snap photos.

The embattled pop star, dressed in a black T-shirt and his ubiquitous backwards black ballcap, excitedly posed for the excited young gaggle.

Oh, snJustin Bieber fans shoot selfies with the pop star in Brisbane on Sunday

Oh, snap: A group of Justin Bieber fans shoot selfies with the pop star in Brisbane on Sunday

According to a report on new.com.au, tickets for Bieber's shows in Australia are stuggling for sales, with some ducats being discounted by as much as 50 percent on sites such as eBay.

In the report, a spokesperson for viagogo, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, said that tickets for the Believe Tour have dropped since presales in July, adding that squeaky-clean British Boy Band One Direction is selling 187 percent more tickets than Bieber's shows are.

Recent antics by the pop brat were followed by large drops in sales, according to the spokesman. 

A group of 'Beliebers' get up close and personal with their idol

Auto focus: A group of 'Beliebers' get up close and personal with their idol

After he was seen exiting an alleged Brazilian brothel earlier this month led to a 23 percent drop in sales. And when video of his supposed romp with Tati Neves, rumored to be a Brazilian porn star surfaced on YouTube, there was another 18 percent sales drop.

While recent contrversies are doing the Canadian singer no favors career-wise, Bieber said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter last week that he isn't concerned with his public perception.

'I don't give a f---,' he told the magazine. 'Not 'I don't give a f---' to just be reckless and do whatever, but 'I don't give a f--- what they say ….'

Fans mob Justin Bieber as he arrives in Brisbane

Down under overexposure: Fans mob Justin Bieber as he arrives in Brisbane

However, he does seem starved for attention. On Friday the scrawny singer posted a series of images of himself shirtless and flexing on his Instagram account.

Also on Friday, Bieber released the title and artwork for the eighth single off his Believe Album: Rollercoaster.

And this week the over-sharing teen revealed he gets weekly pep talks from his 'mentor' Will Smith to discuss 'any potential issues, emotional or otherwise.' The young star also said he also receives advice from a range of A-list stars including Oprah Winfrey and Mark Wahlberg.

Bieber and his entourage are snapped through the window of his vehicle in Brisbane

Whisked away: Bieber and his entourage are snapped through the window of his vehicle in Brisbane

Bieber released these shirtless shots on Iinstagram on Friday

Naked truth: Bieber released these shirtless shots on Iinstagram on Friday


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DM, you write about every single thing this boy does. Even if he walked past a tree you'd write about it. Just accept the fact that he's fading away and move on.

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Send him over to IRAQ.....or hand him over to the Taliban for mocking...little toad.

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Had no clue he was coming to Australia until my sister-in-law asked to use my ebay account to sell her daughter's Bieber tickets as my niece no longer wanted to go. Had no clue he was now actually in Australia until I saw this article. One Direction on the other hand... even my 80+ year old neighbour knew they were in town. Massive difference from when Bieber was here last time.

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Thanks Mike, London. That's the best laugh I've had in ages!

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My word, what a BEAST!!!

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As you can see, his only fans are 12-14 yr olds, he said he is the next Micneal Jackson...what a joke....he couldn't even keep up with the Jackson 5

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Had about 6 nine year olds to meet him when he arrived in NZ, and tickets were going for half price on the net. Then he turned up an hour and a half late for his concert, after several kids had already left (past their bedtime) One 9 year old had his dad burn the bleiber T shirt he just bought after the (lip sinc'd) concert. No respect at all for his little fans.Loser

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This kid is such a hero. We need to see more of him!

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I don't doubt it is difficult to transition from kid star to adult but perhaps he should have taken a year or so off and gone and grown up and saved us the Instas and Tweets of him desperately trying to look and act manly

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I love how DM always have a little dig. "On Friday, the scrawny singer...". Going by the pics he's heading for a beef cake title!

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He couldn't gain weight even if he added 4000 extra calories every day.

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