Emotional Justin Bieber gets emotional on stage as he pays tribute to late singer Christina Grimmie

Justin Bieber on stage
Justin Bieber delivered an emotional tribute to Christina Grimmie as he performed in Canada.
The Sorry singer became visibly emotional on stage in Winnipeg on Saturday as he lay on the floor and sang 'Purpose'.

"Grimmie, can you hear me?" he whispered, as he appeared to wipe tears from his eyes.
Christina, 22, was shot dead on Friday while meeting fans after performing at the Plaza Live venue in Orlando, Florida.


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Justin Bieber on stage


Twitter Justin Bieber on stage
Justin Bieber struggled to contain his emotions
Christina had previously toured with Selena Gomez and is said to have grown close to her ex boyfriend Justin during this time.
Christina also expressed a desire to work with the Love Yourself hitmaker.
Asked in 2015 who she would like to join on tour, Christina told Pop Crush : "Someone like Ariana Grande or maybe One Direction, you know, if I had the dream tour.
"Even Justin Bieber. I’d love to open for Bieber it would be awesome, that would definitely be the crowd I would want to play to."


Christina Grimmie
Christina was shot dead as she signed autographs


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Christina on The Voice
Christina was shot three times by Kevin James Loibl, 27, of Florida while signing autographs outside of The Plaza Live in Orlando Florida on Friday night following her performance with Before You Exit.
Loibl then turned the gun on himself after being tackled by her brother Marcus.
Christina was rushed to hospital but died a short time later.
Orlando Sergeant Wanda Miglio said: "This should have been something fun and exciting and for something like this to happen is just a tragedy."


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Fans gather to remember the singer
Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine, who coached Christina on the 2014 US series of The Voice, has offered to pay for her funeral.
Christina's brother Marcus said in a post on Facebook: "I found out this morning, that Adam Levine personally called my mother and said he will pay for the funeral and her plane flight, and I was blown away."


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Christina and Adam Levine on The Voice
Adam was Christina's mentor on the sixth season of The Voice, where she made it to down to the final three hopefuls.
Sharing his sadness following her shock death, he said in a statement on Saturday via Entertainment Tonight: “Christina was a natural. A gifted talent that comes along so rarely. She was taken from us too soon. This is yet another senseless act of extreme violence. I am left stunned and confused how these things can conceivably continue to happen in our world.”

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