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Justin Bieber Trampolined And Ate A Sno Cone In Chicago This Weekend

By Mae Rice in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 25, 2016 2:04PM

Justin Bieber spent this past weekend in the Chicago area, performing two shows at Rosemont's Allstate Arena as part of his Purpose World Tour. Both shows, according to the Tribune, were sold out—not too shabby, given that the arena has a capacity of 18,500 and is closer to O'Hare than it is to Chicago proper.

During the shows, Bieber busted some sweet moves to "What Do You Mean?":

He also jumped on a giant trampoline-slash-net, because honestly, why not:

He loved performing in Chicago (well, Rosemont, but we're not going to nitpick with JB):

And he explored Chicago proper, too, it seems. The hivemind that is Twitter alleges he did several extremely normal things in Chicago (none involving a pet monkey or drag-racing). He supposedly visited one of our Apple stores:

He also appears to have communed with nature:

His Instagram shows him doing something similar (and making fun of his brambly hairdo):

When your hair blends into the branches

A photo posted by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on

Bieber also appears to have purchased a sno cone in Chicago (flavor: red):

The moral of this story is that Justin Bieber was in the area, put on some sold-out shows, and made Chicagoans extremely happy. There has been a lot of bad news in Chicago lately, but this is at worst medium news. I mean, this is just really nice:

Thanks Justin.