Justin Bieber’s Longtime Guitarist Dan Kanter Reveals He’s Not On The ‘Purpose Tour

Justin Bieber’s Longtime Guitarist Dan Kanter Reveals He’s Not On The ‘Purpose Tour//

Justin Bieber’s longtime guitarist and musical director Dan Kanter, has announced he will not be in the lineup on the Purpose World Tour, //
which kicks off on March 9 in Seattle, Washington. Kanter, a formally trained Canadian multi-instrumentalist,//
has played alongside Bieber since the start of the then teen singer’s professional career in 2008. //
Amid weeks of rumors about Kanter’s involvement on the Purpose World Tour, Dan shared a slew of tweets on Sunday confirming the news.//
“Thx to everyone for asking. It’s true I won’t be on this tour. JB, the team, & I will always be family & support each other. //
It’s all love,” the father-of-one began. He added, “I’m so happy for JB’s deserved success, and proud of all the work we did in the last year//
to promote Purpose and get this tour ready. I wish him and all of Team Bieber the best of luck on the road,” Kanter continued. //
“I’m excited about the future and what’s coming next in my career. Can’t wait to share it. Stay tuned!!”//
Dan ended his tweet spree with a message for Beliebers. He wrote, “Beliebers are the best!!! I LOVE you guys! A new guitarist,//
Julian Michael, has replaced Kanter on the tour. About three weeks ago, Michael posted an Instagram picture with Justin//
and expressed gratitude about his new position in his caption. Some fans have since posted welcome messages for Michael.//
The Purpose Tour band’s new music director is bassist Brian Jamal Harvey. He announced his role on Sunday via Instagram.//
Kanter isn’t the only long-termer who won’t be touring with Bieber. Stage manager James Stassen, //
let fans know he is not joining the 64-date trek early Monday morning in three tweets. Looking back, a scroll through Scrappy’s Twitter reveals//
he stopped tweeting and retweeting about Purpose rehearsals in the first week of February. Dan, //
Scrappy and Justin backstage during the Believe Tour. Kanter shared his last specifically rehearsal-related tweet in the same week,//
but he did tweet effusively about Justin’s Brits performance, for which he accompanied by the singer-songwriter James Bay.//
Fast forward to March 1. “Scrappy” responded cryptically to a fan’s excited tweet about the upcoming Denver tour stop, replying, //
“not quite.” Stassen changed his Twitter bio the same day from an icon of the Biebs to a cartoon pic of a dog. //
He also removed a description of himself as Bieber’s stage manager. On Saturday, March 2, multiple Bieber fan Instagram //
and Twitter accounts shared posts on Scrappy and Kanter’s non-participation in the Purpose Tour before both men officially revealed the news.//
According to LinkedIn, Chris Gratton is the extensively experienced new production manager.//
He had the same role on Ariana Grande’s Honeymoon Tour between 2014-15. Before that, //
he handled Kanye West’s Yeezus Tour and did the same for The Smashing Pumpkins from 2006-2013.//
Other star names on Gratton’s resume include P Diddy, R Kelly, Guns N’ Roses, Kelly Clarkson, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park,//
Tracy Chapman, P.J. Harvey, and more. Once the word was out, some Bieber fans took to Twitter and Instagram to post messages to Kanter //
and “Scrappy” over the weekend. For fans who have followed the “Sorry” singer’s career since his “Baby” days, //
they are attached to team members. Their messages range from hyper-emotional, to philosophically pragmatic, and bemused. //
Meanwhile, in the real world, band and production changes are completely commonplace in the music industry. //
Reasons can be anything from a decision to update the musical and sound direction, costs and logistics, personal chemistry,//
or a choice to inject fresh blood into an artist’s live performances. On Sunday, Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, //
ramped up excitement for the tour in videos. One was filmed at the Purpose Tour rehearsal in the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon.//
The team has been there since Thursday. Another showed Braun larking around backstage. Everyone has now arrived in Seattle ahead of opening night.//
Kanter and Scrappy will evidently missed by many. But the show goes on and may now be even better than fans could have hoped for.//

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