Justin Bieber may have fans ecstatic over his first album in three years, Purpose, and the announcement of his Purpose World Tour starting March 9, 2016, but they aren't so happy over the huge price for meet-and-greet VIP tickets they will have to pay to meet their idol.
There are two VIP packages Bieber is offering for his upcoming tour. One is "The Ultimate #Purpose Experience" which for $2000 you get a selfie with the "Sorry" singer himself, a backstage tour, a seat in the barricaded section closest to the stage and an official tour plaque.
The other VIP option is "The 'I'll Show You' VIP #Purpose Experience," which at the price of $925 is a significantly cheaper option, yet still quite expensive. This option includes a picture with Bieber but in a group, early entrance into the venue, access to the pre-show hospitality lounge, a premium merchandise package and a digital download of his Purpose album.
While the experience fans will get sounds incredible and Beliebers would do anything for their idol, many of Bieber's fans are still quite young and are finding these prices to be pretty outrageous, MTV UK reports. Many of his fans include teens whose parents are probably not throwing them $2000 whenever they need it and young adults working minimum wage.
The steep VIP package prices have long time Beliebers starting the #justiceforbrokebelibers movement, which is basically superfans on Twitter complaining about the prices and the lack of the experience it really offers.
When you've been a Belieber since 2009 but you can't afford to meet your idol #justiceforbrokeliebers pic.twitter.com/nBHZ2zkYNk
— FOLLOW BACK OR UNF (@TRbelieberboy) November 16, 2015
For $2000, my picture better look like this #justiceforbrokeliebers pic.twitter.com/jCW4JIydHD — JJ. (@KidrauhIsMyHero) November 16, 2015
With all the money Bieber has, does it really make sense for him to be charging that much? He has said he wants it to be all about the music, but this creates the question of is it really? For someone who wants to be treated like a normal human being this seems to be a bit outrageous of a price to ask his fans.
