Bieber gets clean-up request after painting Australia hotel wall

Justin Bieber has been asked to clean up his mess by the mayor of the Gold Coast in Australia after the Canadian pop star spraypainted the wall of a hotel during his “Believe” tour.
The abstract graffiti was painted in the tennis
court area of the QT Hotel on the Gold Coast, 80
km (50 miles) southeast of Brisbane, and posted
on Bieber’s Instagram page, where it has
attracted more than 545,000 “likes”.
The images are of a one-eyed blob with teeth in
bright pink, various monsters in splashes of
color, Pac-Man ghosts and a take on Spongebob
Squarepants with crosses as eyes.
“This eyesore has no place in the city,” a
spokesman for Mayor Tom Tate told Reuters. “If
that’s the example Justin wants to set, it’s really
unfortunate. But at the end of the day it’ll get
cleaned up, whether or not he decides to.”
The mayor’s office sent a “graffiti removal kit” to Bieber at the hotel but the singer had already
left for Sydney for his concerts on Friday and
Saturday.
The mayor also sent a tweet directly to Bieber
saying “Glad you had a great time on Australia’s
#goldcoast. Hope to see you back soon to clean
up your mess. Make me a #belieber”.
He has yet to hear back from Bieber, who spray
painted a wall at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro earlier
this month. The local council has ordered the QT Hotel to paint over the graffiti but the hotel defended d pop star’s actions. “The piece of artwork will be left for fans to enjoy,” it told Reuters in an email. “We believe it is a wonderful addition to the colorful Gold Coast arts scene.” Melissa Victor, a publicist for Bieber at Universal Music Group in New York, declined to comment.