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Justin Bieber’s ‘Emotional’ Tribute To ‘Precious’ Avalanna Routh

Dory Larrabee — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:46:20 +0000

Justin paid tribute to ‘precious’ Avalanna Routh at his Sept. 29 concert with a touching photo montage of ‘Mrs. Bieber’ during his song ‘One Less Lonely Girl.’ Justin’s Musical Director Dan Kanter told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY about the heartfelt dedication!

Justin Bieber‘s Sept. 29 concert in Glendale, Arizona was the first date on his anticipated Believe tour, but the most emotional moment came when he celebrated his fan, Avalanna ‘Mrs. Bieber’ Routh, who tragically lost her battle with cancer on Sept. 26 at the age of six.

Justin’s Musical Director and Guitarist Dan Kanter tells HollywoodLife.com that Justin, 18, dedicated his song “One Less Lonely Girl” to Avalanna at the show.

“Justin dedicated “One Less Lonely Girl” to Avalanna [on Sept. 29]. There was a touching picture montage during the song and instead of choosing a “lonely girl” as he usual does, Justin placed flowers on a empty seat. It was very emotional for all of us. She was precious.”

Watch the tribute below:

Justin’s director Alfredo Flores tweeted, “That was the best OLLG we’ve ever had :’(” after the show, and Dan retweeted the sentiment.

Justin tweeted about Avalanna twice over the weekend, saying: ”Big day today. Tonight is for my angel. #mrsbieber,” on Sept. 29, before the show.

After the concert, Justin tweeted, “Goodnight Avalanna. Tonight was for u. I love u.”

Justin shared his grief with fans on twitter when he first heard about Avalanna’s passing.

“Just got the worst news ever. one of the greatest spirits i have ever known is gone. please pray for her family and for her,” he wrote, adding “please show respect to her and her family. say a prayer for her and for them. i miss her.”

Justin is so sweet! It’s easy to see how much he loved Avalanna.

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– Dory Larrabee

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Justin Bieber Rehearses With His Guitarist & Their Acoustic Guitars For His South American Tour!

Hollywood Life Staff — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:05:05 +0000

Justin wants to sound amazing for his fans and reveals that he spent all of Sept. 26 practicing: ‘Rehearsals all day for the tour!’

Justin Bieber and his band are quite busy getting ready to travel down to South America for the next dates of his My World Tour. He and his Music Director/Guitarist Dan Kanter practiced on their acoustic guitars on Sept. 26 during rehearsal time!

“rehearsals all day for the tour,” Justin revealed on Sept. 26. “feels good to be back with the crew. #myworldtoursouthamerica”

And Dan seemed just as happy to be reunited with the Biebs. “JB and I rehearsing the acoustic set on our sweet @GibsonGuitarCA acoustics,” Dan shared along with a pic of them rehearsing.

BFFs — are you excited for Justin to be heading down to South America?

- Lindsey DiMattina

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Justin Bieber Announces His World Tour Is Canceled! Oh No!

Hollywood Life Staff — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:34:13 +0000

Justin Bieber tweets his heartfelt regrets to all of his fans — on April Fools’ Day!

The Biebs had hearts stopping around the world with his April 1 tweet!

The boy who loves pranks told his fans: “sorry to all of the people that were planning on coming to the world tour it has been canceled.”

Justin’s been performing in Europe and his tour is scheduled to take him to the Mideast, Asia and Australia this month and next.

Now before the world stops spinning, just remember how Justin pranked fans last month.

He tweeted this fake message after getting hold of his guitarist Dan Kanter‘s phone: “Hey guys, just wanted to inform all of the fans first that I have resigned from working with Justin and I will be deleting my twitter soon.”

“Got pranked by JB,” Dan tweeted when he finally got his phone back

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Justin Bieber Pranks His Fans On Twitter! Has He Finally Gone Too Far?

Hollywood Life Staff — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:43:50 +0000

We know Justin has a history of adorable pranks, but when Justin pretended to fire his guitarist, he sent fans into a frenzy!

Let this be a lesson to Justin Bieber: NEVER mess with your fans. Justin got a hold of guitarist Dan Kanter‘s cell phone on March 8 and tweeted: “Hey guys, just wanted to inform all of the fans first that I have resigned from working with Justin and I will be deleting my twitter soon.”

As if that tweet alone didn’t freak out Justin fan’s enough, it was quickly followed by this tweet from the Biebs himself: “you will be missed @dankanter. but what you did was horrible. you will never be forgiven.”

But just as fans were beginning their online revolt, Justin’s director/editor friend Alfredo Flores tweeted this: “I saw Justin tweet that from your phone. Everyone FALSE ALARM! LOL *as Dan fights Justin for his phone back*”

“Got pranked by JB,” Dan tweeted when he finally got his phone back. “Guess I should cancel those auditions for @davematthewsbnd @phish @metallica and @bobdylan.. and get #REVENGE”