Justin Bieber took a swipe at fans during the first of his three shows in Manchester on Thursday night, scolding them for talking.
The Canadian singer didn't like that the crowd at the Manchester Arena was making a racket and interrupted him before the penultimate song of his performance.
Bieber had begun to explain why his global tour was called the Purpose tour - "because everyone in here has a purpose" - but realised that some fans weren't keen to listen.
His face twitching with annoyance, he told fans: “I just thought I could have a moment to say something. I can cut the b**s*** if you want.
“I’m trying to engage but if you guys don’t want to I’ll play the music.”
Earlier in the night Bieber urged fans to be quiet while he sang two ballads, reports the Manchester Evening News.
He said gently: "Try and stay as quiet as possible. You can scream as much as you want afterwards but while I'm singing try and stay quiet."
Some fans leaped to his defence after the show, with one tweeting: "I'm so sorry, what Manchester did is just not messed up! We love you."
Another said: "Remember when Justin actually liked his job then Manchester ruined it?????"
But Hollyoaks star Nadine Mulkerrin tweeted: "We love your music but you are RUDE!!!!!!!!"
The incident in Manchester follows his concert in Birmingham on Tuesday night, when he stopped midway through his performance to slam “obnoxious fans”.
He told fans to “stop screaming” and urged them to keep quiet during his songs.
Bieber told fans in Birmingham: “Guys, can you do me a favour? Can you guys just relax for like two seconds? I’m like two feet away from you, I can hear you.
“I appreciate it, I appreciate all the love, it’s amazing, but can you show it in a different way? Screaming is just so obnoxious.
“Scream after the songs? Enjoy the songs, then scream, screaming is awesome. Screaming is fun.”
Many fans in the West Midlands gig said they did not take issue with the Canadian’s comment, although some complained that he was being disrespectful to those who had paid to see him.
Mancunian Bieber fan Amanda Boland, 26, who travelled to the Birmingham gig, told the Birmingham Mail: “I really felt as though Justin was disrespectful to his fans.
“Not so much us, more so the young girls who queued for a long time to be at the front.”
In Manchester, fans had given the former child singer a rapturous welcome as he appeared on stage in a perspex box scrawling the title of the opening song Mark My Words.
Fans of the 22-year-old singer, known as Beliebers, camped out since 5pm on Wednesday, a full 24 hours before Thursday's gig, in a bid to get to see their idol up close.
