Shades of Elvis and the Beetles.
 Associated press

Sat Nov 21, 1:49 pm ET
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.

Girls and adults in the Friday crowd of nearly 3,000 started pushing and shoving as they waited for the 15-year-old to show at a clothing store at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City.

Bieber's appearance was still two hours away when things got out of hand. Five people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries.

"People started screaming, 'Justin!' And they ran forward and the ropes collapsed," said 13-year-old Aimee Macchi. She said she was knocked to the floor in the rush. "Everyone was pushing. There was no room to breathe."

Police arrested a vice president from Bieber's record label, Island Def Jam Records, saying he wasn't cooperating with attempts to disperse the crowd.

James Roppo, 44, of Hoboken, N.J., was charged with a series of misdemeanors, including endangering the welfare of children and obstructing governmental administration.

"We asked for his help in getting the crowd to go away by sending out a Twitter message," said Nassau County Police Det. Lt. Kevin Smith. "By not cooperating with us, we feel he put lives in danger and the public at risk."

Island Records, which released the Canadian teen's first album, "My World," this week, apologized to fans in a written statement.

Some kids and their parents had camped out before dawn for the 4 p.m. event.

Bieber never made it into the building.

"They are not allowing me to come into the mall," he said in a message sent to fans through Twitter, the social networking service. He wrote that police had threatened to arrest him if he didn't leave.

Bieber came to the attention of the music industry when he began posting videos of himself singing on YouTube in 2007.

I've been to that mall before...I'm not the least bit surprised.

In Christ,
KP

Instrumental Music....some people who proclaim Christ think you are destined for hell if you use an instrument while worshiping God...but only in a corporate setting.

In Christ,
KP

Sorry about that.  I assumed too much.  So much for that lousy attempt at humor.   Could also mean   Instant Messaging.      Ignorant Morons.    Indifferent Minds.    Ingrown Molars.   Inconsiderate Moms.   Insufficient Malls.

Them  Biebers boys
we had one of them bieber boys live out here to .
his name was Festus Bieber
And he SAID he was going to  throw one of them IM  concerts .
but his mom the-------- Im  of the group said he could only play the radio and had a hard time doing that!
 reception so bad at times ya no.
any way
both teen girls from the area showed up at the country store . The sheriff had to call out his extra deputie
to disperse the teen crowd that time to.

and we the tax payers end up paying through the nose for all these teen groups and their shanaigans.