My name’s Ally and these are my Bieber Experiences. Before I discovered Justin in late 2009, I genuinely felt alone and lost. I’ve always found it hard to make friends, and and I used to just sit alone in my room and cry a lot of the time. But Justin gave me hope, and something to smile about, with his beautiful voice, radiating personality, and his motto to always believe in yourself. Like me, Justin has also been mocked for the fact that he looks young for his age, so instantly I could relate to him. Being a belieber also helped me make a whole load of amazing friends and finally not feel so lonely. I even met my best friend because of Justin. He made me feel as if I was worth something, and gave me something positive to live for, which is why he means the entire world and beyond to me.

N.B. I wrote each of these experiences individually at the time that they happened (e.g. I wrote the 2011 ones IN 2011) which is why my "typing style" may have changed, haha.

1) March 16th 2011

On 15th November 2010, I arrived home to see that Justin had FINALLY released his first UK tour dates, and he was coming to my city, London! I looked for tickets and found some in the 4th row. However, they were VIP tickets, and cost 300 pounds EACH. So we didn’t get them. After hours of crying and stress, we eventually found some tickets for 14th March 2011. They were in the lower tier, and I sobbed at the prospect of finally being able to see him on the My World Tour!

Two months later, in January, I was sick at home, and randomly surfing the internet. It was a couple of days after my 16th birthday, and I typed in “Justin Bieber tickets” on google. I didn’t expect anything under 1000 pounds to come up, but then I found a website where they were selling tickets for the other London date, at160 pounds each. And these just weren’t any seats. They were FRONT ROW! I ran to my mum and begged her if we could buy them, and SHE SAID YES! Now, I spent the rest of january and february being unable to sleep with excitement! I was going to see him so close up that I would be able to make EYE CONTACT with him! So we saw him on the 14th and the concert was AMAZING. I sobbed, screamed, and sang along from start to finish. Two days later… it was the big day! 

We arrived at the arena at 7:20, only a few minutes before the support act was meant to come on, because we had had a disaster journey. I started freaking out, because our seats were SO close, and I would be able to see HIS FACE, JUSTIN DREW BIEBER’S FACE! However I was stressed and flustered from all the running from the station, so during the opening act I went to get some water.Then while we were queueing, I got a text from my sister saying “WE JUST SAW JADEN AND PATTIE!”

I left the queue and RAN back to my seats! We saw that right next to our seats, there was a VIP cornered off area. Jaden was sitting there, with Ashley Benson and Ryan. I started to FREAK OUT! Just before Willow came out, SCOOTER, KENNY AND DAN came out! We briefly spoke to Scooter, or rather we yelled to him “WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE JUSTIN”, And he smiled at us! I also had a long conversation with a technical guy. When I asked him if he knew Justin, he said “Oh yes. He’s quite the prankster. I once pranked him back by going onstage during one less lonely girl”! Remember the One less lonely boy? Yeah, that was him! I also got a photo with Ashley Benson :)

Willow was incredible, and we could see Jaden dancing and singing along the whole time! It was so cute. Then they brought up the countdown. This was it. 10, 9, 8….1! I screamed and cried and jumped up and down. And then he appeared right before me. I could see his face! His hair! his eyes! He was actually REAL! It was a dream come true!

Justin performed Love Me absolutely incredibly, he has SO MUCH CHARISMA, and he looked beyond gorgeous, I couldn’t believe that it was really him! And as he was walking up and down the stage introducing himself after Love me, he approached us and said “I can see a lot of beautiful girls in london tonight”, It probably is something he says at every show, but we liked to pretend it was for us. Then after the opening few songs, including Runway love with the, as i like to call it “sexy chair dance”, came the acoustic set. He sounded like an angel. After Never let you go, Justin’s heart stopped right in the middle of the arena, and he paused for about a minute, and stared around in awe, at all us screaming, adoring fans. it was amazing.

Next was OLLG, and the girl was crying, and seemed deserving, although of course I was jealous lol. This song mean a lot to me, because it was the first song of Justin’s which I ever heard. Just before Never Say Never, as he was about to turn to go backstage and get ready to perform, Jaden ran up to us 3 and high fived my sister! Then at the end of NSN, I managed to catch Dan’s guitar pick! Just as i thought this night couldn;t get ANY Better, it did. During Legaci’s performance, I spotted Pattie going into the audience. I have so much love for her after seeing NSN, and this was my chance. I RAN up to her, and crying, I hugged her! She seemed surprised, but hugged me back. Then she had a short conversation with us. She asked us if we were enjoying the concert, to which we replied “Best night of our lives!”. Then my sister said to her “You must be very proud of justin”. She had to go back to the crew, but before she went, she spotted our poster and offered to give it to Justin for us!

The rest of the night was just pure magic. Justin’s vocals during That should be me were just flawless, and I lost all my energy jumping up and down to Eenie Meenie, his cover of Walk this way, and Somebody to love, but it was totally worth it! Justin pointed the mic at the audience and said “LONDON is an eenie meenie miney mo lover”, which was adorable!

Then it was Down to Earth. My favourite song of Justin’s. It always has been, and always will be. He played the piano and sang with such passion, and tears streamed down my face. i was so incredibly proud of him, and so happy that I was able to see him, so close, and hear his incredible music in person. Scooter tapped my sister on the shoulder at the beginning of the song, and said “Get out your cellphone, look up”, and we could see the lights of everybody’s phones like stars in the sky! Before Justin sang Baby, he teased us by saying, “You guys want BABY? And kept singing other songs with the word baby in it, like Baby one more time and rock a bye baby.

“Oh you want MY SONG BABY? Ok let’s do this”. I was crying and hysterical for the whole of Baby, because I couldn’t believe that it was almost over. I knew that I will never have an experience that amazing again. During the last few notes “I am goneeee”. I turned around to face my mum. With tears streaming down my face, I said “Thank you for allowing me to have this amazing experience”.

2), November 13th 2011

In October 2011, ITV, the UK’s largest entertainment channel, announced that they would be filming a TV special with JUSTIN BIEBER, and that 250 lucky people would win tickets, as long as they submitted an essay on why they were “Justin Bieber’s biggest fan”. I spent a week working on mine, but because over 20,000 people had entered I thought that I had no chance of winning. When my mum rang me to tell me that I HAD WON, I cried for days non stop with shock! So on 13th November, it was the big day! We arrived at the ITV studios 6 hours early to try and meet Justin, but he has already gone in. Shortly after we arrived, they let the first 100 beliebers in the queue go in early so that he could film Drummer Boy, because Tinie Tempah, who he was due to sing it with Justin, had to go up to Scotland for a concert at the time of the main show. I managed to secure a spot right in the front at the middle, which was literally touching distance from Justin.

When Justin appeared he looked flawless, and I was in shock at knowing that my idol was right in front of me! He’s a lot shorter and skinnier in real life! Also he’s very pale, and his eyes are the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen! As soon as he came onstage he ran around and TOUCHED THE HANDS of everyone in the front row, including MINE! Then he sung Drummer Boy, and we were all cheering and screaming! But after the performance he started talking about the rules and how we couldnt scream and shout etc, because then he couldnt hear himself singing. As he was strolling round the stage he came and stood right in front of me, so i said to him, “hey justin”. Then he moved forward, so that he was literally an inch away from me, pointed at me, looked me in the eyes and said “hey you, don’t speak while im speaking” and then grinned cheekily. I could barely even think straight. JUSTIN DREW BIEBER had just acknowledged my existence for 10 seconds and about 5 minutes before he had touched my hand. After Drummer Boy was filmed again, Justin SPRINTED off stage, and we waited outside for another 4 hours before the main concert. I wasn’t at the front for the main show, but I was still close and I didn’t care, because Justin put on an absolutely stunning performance, with THIS being the highlight. Because it was a TV recording, some of the songs were filmed more than once, and Justin joked around with us onstage in between songs! It felt so intimate!

3), September 12th 2012 

On 30th August, it was announced that Justin would be doing a Just Getting Started book signing in London, so without a second thought we purchased the tickets! Fast forward to September 12th, and the big day had arrived. After 3 years, we were finally about to be meeting our idol! We arrived at the Venue at about 6pm, and queued for about 2 hours. We had wanted to arrive later so that we could get more time with Justin. As I was about to enter the booth on the stage where Justin was, my heart was racing at a billion miles per hour. “Stay calm, breathe, this is your chance. The moment you’ve been waiting for, don’t mess it up”, I told myself. Then I saw Justin, sitting at the signing table, looking absolutely gorgeous. However good he looks in photos, let me tell you, he is a thousand times more perfect in real life. I started to freak out and yelped “IT’S REALLY HIM! HE’S SO FLAWLESS”! Then I saw Kenny and just ran over to him and hugged him. “Go and meet Justin”! He smiled at me.

My sister met Justin first, and I just stood next to her, staring in awe. Their converation went a little like this:

Her: Hey Justin, I can’t believe I’m meeting you!

Justin: Aww, thank you!

Her: This is for you *hands him her card*

Justin was absolutely adorable then and got a little confused “Do you want me to sign this”

Her: No, it’s for you!

Then she had to leave and it was my turn. The big moment. Only 5 words came out of my mouth, but those words summed up exactly how I feel about Justin!

“I love you so much!” I said, as he signed my book. I tried to hold back the tears! Justin then looked at me with those chocolate brown eyes, and gave me his adorable million dollars smile “Aw I love you too”

Those words were all that I had ever wanted to hear. My idol loved me. He had looked at me and spoken to me and smiled at me! I tried to say thank you but was too star struck to speak, so I reached out and patted his hand instead! It felt so soft and warm! As I did that, Justin gave me a surpised but cheeky wink. The rules had been that we couldn’t touch him but I had done so anyway. Then I left the room and grabbed my sister, and we both sobbed and jumped up and down with happiness! We couldn’t believe that we had spoken to Justin and that he had said he loved us. I am so so grateful for the experience and it still hasn’t kicked in that it really happened, even though it was over 2 months ago. I never thought in a billion years that I’d ever meet Justin, and I used to lie in bed at night crying over how I would never be one of the lucky girls who got to talk to him. But I kept persevering, and now it has happened. Never lose hope! :)

4) February 23rd 2013

On 23rd February 2013 I met Justin for the second time. I found out that he was doing another book signing, and went onto ticketmaster right away to purchase tickets! I got to the venue for Justin’s book signing at around 4 p.m., and my two friends and I chased Justin’s car, but we couldn’t see him going in because there were too many people. Then we entered the building and went straight to the bathroom to write a birthday card for Justin. We finally joined the queue and we were probably the fifth people from the back. Whilst we queued, they were playing ‘Believe’ and the three of us were the only ones who were screaming, jumping, singing along and dancing the entire time. When we got close to the door of the room where Justin was, Kenny came out and I yelled, “YOU’RE SO MEECHY.” We entered the room. and I felt sick. I felt as if I was about to pass out. I couldn’t breathe. My absolute everything was in there and I was seconds away from meeting him. I didn’t see Justin immediately because I’m short but then I saw the flawless creature. He was so gorgeous, photos do not do him justice, as I stated in my other experiences. I started sobbing and I yelled, “JUSTIN YOU’RE SO FLAWLESS.” The line moved and soon my best friend and I were right in front of him. My best friend said to him, “Justin you’re the reason why we’re best friends,” and he smiled at her and said, “Aww thank you so much.” Then he turned to me and goes, “Aww really?” I was DYING BECAUSE JUSTIN FREAKING BIEBER JUST SPOKE TO ME. I managed to get out the words, “Yes! Can I please have a hug?” and he said, “I’m sorry, but I’m not allowed” he said, and looked kind of sad, but then he reached out and fist bumped me, and winked! His hand was so freaking soft and his wink was identical to the one he did on his SNL Valentine’s skit. As I walked out I yelled, “I love you so much, see you in 9 days!” I collapsed on the floor sobbing. We all grabbed each other and cried because it was so surreal. It was the best experience of my entire life and my brain still hasn’t processed that it happened. I don’t think it’ll ever sink in. The best part of it was that Justin seemed GENUINELY happy at the signing. No fake smiles. All real. He’s the sweetest person ever. Every fan was greeted with a smile.

5) March 4th 2013

In July, when the UK Believe Tour tickets were released, I found out that you could buy  M&G tickets, so I was determined to get some! FINALLY I had a chance to meet my idol (this was before I knew that I would meet him at the signing). Unfortunately, the M&Gs were put on sale unexpectedly when I was at school, and I was completely crushed. However, I persuaded my parents to buy me M&Gs from a resale site as my 18th birthday present. I was in complete and utter shock, knowing that I would finally be able to meet and thank my hero in person. I had to keep the M&G a secret though, because technically you aren't supposed to buy them from secondary sites, so if people found out, I could have potentially been stopped from meeting him by the arena. I wasn't even sure if we'd be able to get past the check in because we didn't have the ID of the person who bought the tickets from ticketmaster, but we kept our fingers crossed!

After 8 months of counting down, 4th March finally arrived, and I was shaking and crying with excitement! When I arrived at the arena, we were able to check in with no problem, much to my relief! I met Dan in the M&G line and he was so friendly, and we had a conversation about Justin's Mexico concert last year and I told him it was an honour to meet him. Then it was my turn to meet Justin! Because it was my 3rd time meeting him but first time at a meet and greet) I told myself to try and not freak out until after. I ran over next to him , with the creepiest, most over eager expression on my face haha, and just said "JUSTINNN can I have a hug?" and he pulled me towards him for a side hug. I felt so safe and secure, and he rubbed my shoulder. My sister then came in and he put his arms round our waists for the picture and I kind of leaned my head on his shoulder. As we left, I told him how much I love him and he gave me a sweet smile. I sobbed nonstop for about an hour and couldn't even walk properly afterwards. What surprised me about the M&G was the fact that the security weren't agressive at all and it wasn't as rushed as people say. Also, Justin wasn't that short in person, he actually seemed tall-ish to me! He's so skinny yet muscular. Anyways, fast forward to the concert! When Justin first appeared onstage I was too mesmerised to scream or cry, I just stood there with my hand covering my mouth. Was I really here, finally experiencing the Believe Tour or was I dreaming? My seats were incredible and I could see every detail on his face including his sweat, sexy haha. The vocals were amazing, and his dancing, especially during LMLYD, was the most sexy thing that I have ever witnessed. He has grown and improved so much as a performer, from when I saw him on the My World tour. The My World medley was one of the most special parts because it brought back SO many memories! It was great to see Jaden come onstage with Justin for Never Say Never, because I also saw them perform it together in 2011, and JADEN had grown so much too! I sobbed like a baby during the "I just wanna be me" video. He went fully shirtless at the end, and let me say, not even photos can do that six pack of his justice. The entire show is just pure magic. Just for the record, he was not 3 hours late, it was 40 minutes, and I would have stayed until 4am if necessary lol. Unfortunately, he couldn't sing the acoustic songs or Believe due to time constraints, so I was even more excited to finally hear them on Thursday and Friday!

6) March 7th 2013

Back in February, I had entered the bieberfever best collection contest, not knowing that I would be meeting Justin on the 4th but I assumed that I wouldn't win, so kind of forget about it. Then on the evening of the 6th i got the email telling me I had won! I felt really selfish for meeting him again, but the wristbands were saved at the box office under my name so there was nothing I could do. My sister couldn't come with me due to exams, so I went alone. I tried offering the spare wristbands to random people at the arena but people thought I was trying to scam the. Unlike Monday's M&G, which was held in a private entrance to the arena, we were taken backstage to the O2's Indigo club. When we lined up, a woman came over to tell us to get into groups of 6. Then I had an idea. I had still had my M&G lanyard from Monday (which only people who bought their meet and greets get) so I put it on. As the woman came over to me, she said "You're in the wrong line" and literally pulled me into the line of people who bought m&gs. I couldn't believe it, instead of worrying about whether I'd be next to him, I was getting an INDIVIDUAL photo. As we waited to meet him, I became really good friends with the two girls in front of me, and we freaked out together! They won Justin's t shirt in the raffle and let me touch it and take a photo with it. Then the line started to move, I watched them meet him and I couldn't breathe. He was wearing a black tanktop and snapback. As we started moving my heart was  beating so loudly that I could almost hear it. This time, I knew that I HAD TO get a proper hug. I ran to his side, and I calmly (I HOPE) said "may I please have a hug?". Of course”, he smiled, and  he hugged me. It was the moment I had been waiting for since 2009. I was finally holding my entire world in my arms! Then we took the picture. In the photo, I’m standing like 2 feet away from Justin, but that’s just because I wasn’t at all ready when they took it. Afterwards. I tapped his shoulder said “Thank you Justin,  I love you". The security tried to push me out but Justin looked into my eyes and said “no thank YOU”. I walked away with the biggest smile on my face. Three two words just about completed my life. After meeting him, we had access to a VIP entrance and went to our seats. I gave my VIP bag with the signed CD in it to the two girls next to me because I already had one from Monday, and they both cried, it was adorable. My sister met up with me after Cody's performance. Our seats were in row 27 on the floor, but we saw that the entire second row was empty, so we just went and sat there! I can't even begin to describe how amazing the view was and how surreal it felt. Before the show started, I heard screaming right near my block, so I ran over. SCOOTER FREAKING BRAUN WAS STANDING IN A CLOSED OFF AREA! I waved at him and screamed "I love you Scooter"! So the concert started off even better than Monday. There were no time constraints and Justin seemed so cheerful, having banter with the crowd and his band, and smiling. Then, after SDLTL (I THINK), he said to Dan "I think we gotta slow it down a little" and began to attach his harness. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, I WAS FINALLY GOING TO HEAR THE ACOUSTIC SET. He lifted up his shirt and everyone screamed "You like safety?" he winked? Omg. So then he got up into the crane and started singing Be Alright. My favourite song on the whole album. I had waited since December 2011, that day he sung it at MuchMusic, to hear it live. It was so so beautiful and I couldn't stop crying. After Be Alright, he sung Fall, where his vocals were note perfect. After that, much to everybody's surprise, Dan started to play the opening chords to Yellow Raincoat! This is NOT real life, I thought! Justin's crane started to lower, and he tried singing, but his mic wasn't working. He looked extremely frustrated and angry, and had an expression on his face which I have only seen once, with the pap incident in May last year, and he threw his mic into the crowd. Once he was back onstage, he sung Yellow Raincoat. It was so so flawless, but you could really feel the pain and emotion in his voice. Justin has gone through a lot in 2013, and I feel as if he poured everything which he was feeling into that performance. Annoyingly, most people didn't know the words tho. The rest of the show continued fine, Justin seemed happy, up until the start of BAAB. He kind of leaned forwards on the top tier of the stage, and said "bro there's no oxygen in here, I can't breathe". I was panicking, but he started singing anyways. During the rap, Justin started to look really unwell. He was panting, and then suddenly he kind of doubled over and limped forwards towards backstage, where a dancer helped him dizzily walk. I was absolutely terrified, as we sat there for 15 minutes with no idea what was going on. Scooter then came onstage with Jaden and told us that Justin had been having a rough time in London, and that he had trouble breathing all day. He was currently backstage with a specialist for his lungs, but he would be coming back onstage, he just wouldn't be jumping around as much. At this point I was hysterically sobbing to the point that random people were coming up to me and assuring me that he would be okay. But I'm glad that I was actually there when it happened and didn't have to find out from twitter and deal with rumours. Justin came onstage about 3 minutes after Scooter's announcement, and I just kept crying how much I loved him and how I hoped he was okay. He didn't seem 100% but he said "do you guys still love me?" which was the most adorable moment. However, we walked right past me as he went back onto the main stage from the catwalk to sing Believe, and I saw such sadness on his face :( I still can't believe that he came out and finished the show. He's such a trouper. First the broken foot, then performing with a concussion in Paris, throwing up onstage, and now this. He really does put his health above us. This concert was the best out of the 3 which I attended, and it showed me what a true artist Justin is. How much he really does care for and respect his fans. But I do worry for his health sometimes.

7) March 8th 2013

Justin went to hospital after the concert on the 7th but luckily he was fine. However, after he was leaving, on March 8th, some paps swarmed him and yelled disgusting things which NO human should say. It broke me so much to see the hurt and anger in Justin's face as he defended himself, but I'm proud that he did it. I knew that that night we had to be the most supportive crowd ever. I attended the show with my mum and 2 sisters, one of who doesn't like Justin. My mum and youngest sister had lower level seats, but my (belieber) sister and I had managed to get floor seats for a cheap price from Ebay just a week before the show. Because we had the two seats on the edge of the row, we were given wristbands to stand RIGHT next to the catwalk! I could actually touch the stage. Even though he was clearly hurting inside, Justin put on a spectacular show once again. He pointed at me during Eenie Meenie, which was unreal, and stopped RIGHT IN FRONT OF US during "hop up in the bed baby if you wanna snooze" to which I yelled out "JUSTIN YOU'RE SO SEXY" lol. There were also a lot of adorable moments. When Justin introduced his band, he brought out one of his dancers and told us how he had beaten him at ping pong earlier that day. Before the start of OOTG, he disappeared backstage for a couple of seconds, and then ran back "I forgot my jacket guys" aww! At the end of it, he tried to use the selfie camera but it didn't work so he just tossed it across the stage, lol. At another point, he picked up a bra which had fallen onstage and said "do you think this will fit me" and then smirked and tossed it aside. It was so hilarious! After Be Alright, Dan started to play the chords of U Got it Bad whilst Justin walked along the stage talking to us about not giving up on our dreams, but he didn't actually sing it. That's okay though :) He got through BAAB with NO problems and shook his ass during "Buns out weiner", and played an epic drum solo!

He performed ALAYLM semi shirtless right in front of me and I could see all the sweat on his abs, how I managed to cope I have no idea! At the end of it, he was singing the last note acapella, which was one of the most perfect things I have ever heard. Just hearing the entire arena singing along with Justin, it was such a beautiful moment. After Boyfriend, Justin just ran offstage and the lights went back on, without singing Baby. I was upset that my last moment of him was so abruptly ended, but he was so tired and had the worst day ever so I can completely understand it. My mum and my other sister, (who basically hates Justin), came out of the concert full of nothing but praise for him, which was an amazing feeling.

Overral, both myself AND Justin had the most crazy, surreal week. I saw the 3 most incredible concerts of my entire life, and watched him go from a cute tween performer on the MWT, to a sexy, EXTREMELY talented, guy who works the stage and will be around for DECADES to come. I know that 2013 has been rough for Justin, and mentally and physically he is not at his best, but it's just a bad stage. It won't last, I have full faith in that.

I am so grateful for everything which has happened to me over the past 3 years, and it really shows that dreams can come true. It sounds cliche, but you really do have to never say never and believe. Don't give up and take every chance to see/meet Justin when he's in your city. Save the money, it's worth it. I know that after some of his horrible experiences in London, Justin won't be in a rush to come back anytime soon, but I'm okay with that. When I do see him again in 3 or 4 years the wait will be worth it. For now, all I want is to see him smiling again and back to his carefree 2010/11/12 self. And that will definitely have happened by the end of 2013 as long as he is surrounded by the right people, and us, as fans, continue to support him. I'm sure of it :)

I have also seen Justin on 4 other occasions (The Capital FM Summertime Balls in 2010 & 2012, At the concert on March 14th, at the Westfield Mall Christmas light switch on, and they were all also incredible! Thank you so much Justin for making my dreams come true, and giving me some of the best experiences of my life. I can't even think of the right words to express my gratitude.  Three years ago I thought that I would never see him live. A year ago I thought that I would never meet him. Dreams really do come true.