Justin Bieber recording musical journals on tour
Justin Bieber is documenting his worldwide Believe Tour by writing and recording a new song in every city he visits.
The Boyfriend hitmaker embarked on his global trek last September (12) and has already played concerts in New York, Los Angeles and London, ahead of scheduled stops in the Middle East and Africa in May (13).
Now his manager Scooter Braun has revealed the 19-year-old singer
is keeping busy during his down time by creating new tracks
inspired by his travels.
Braun tells MTV News, "Well, I don't ever disclose what our plans
are, but I will say this: he's been writing one to two songs a day
for the entire tour and he actually labels them by the city he
writes them in.
"We started calling it his 'music journal' and we're talking about
what should come next musically. And I think creatively he just
wants to share all his thoughts through music."
During his April (13) stop in Norway, Bieber had fans talking when
he was photographed with his on/off girlfriend Selena Gomez - and
Braun teases, "The Oslo song, you'll have to see. Norway was an
incredibly inspirational place. So you'll have to see."
Bieber previously described his music journals in a series of posts
on Twitter.com, revealing he wants the songs to tell the real story
behind his tumultuous world tour, writing, "Thinking about putting
out my music journals from the road... Music journals = let the
music do the talking."
The star's tour has been fraught with drama including a
hospitalisation and a fight with a photographer in London in March
(13), and a police raid on his tour bus in Sweden on Wednesday
(25Apr13) allegedly turned up a stash of drugs.