k,Terrible news for any Birmingham Beliebers out there (now there's a sentence), Justin Bieber has announced that he'll be pulling out of this year's Fusion Festival.
The pop tearaway was confirmed to headline the event, performing alongside the likes of Rudimental, McBusted, Tinie Tempah, Labyrinth and many more at the end of this month, however he's now added that he can't appear due to an 'unforeseen issue'.
He took to Twitter to apologise to and console UK fans:
UK beliebers I'm going to make this up to you soon. pic.twitter.com/YHp7NYGdsv
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) August 4, 2015
He's also fearful of the UK press's reaction:
And now the Uk press will start to tear me apart. Comes with the job. Love u guys regardless and I will make this up to you.
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) August 4, 2015
I do want to thank the prince's trust for their understanding and I don't take moving any show lightly. I will see u soon UK
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) August 4, 2015
He also added that there's new material on the way:
Back to the studio. Need to finish this album. Might have a name
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) August 5, 2015
Making music
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) August 5, 2015
A spokesman from the event said: :Fusion Festival are incredibly disappointed to hear of Justin Bieber's withdrawal from the event. We are working hard to secure another exciting act for the festival and will hopefully have some news shortly.
"We will also announce details of how you can apply for a refund should you require one, please stay tuned to our social media channels for further announcements soon."
Fusion Festival takes palce at Cofton Park in Birmingham from 28-30 August. For tickets and more information, visit here.
In other cancellation news, Bjork today cancelled a great deal of her European shows.