Teen Star Justin Bieber To Perform At NY School

First Published: January 6, 2010 8:52 AM EST Credit: Getty Images

LIDO BEACH, N.Y. -- Caption Justin Bieber thrills the crowd on NBC’s the ‘Today’ at Rockefeller Center on October 12, 2009 in New York CityA successful canned food drive has won students at a New York middle school a concert by teen pop sensation Justin Bieber.

Officials at Long Beach Middle School in Lido Beach say the 15-year-old Canadian singer will perform at the school sometime in February. They say the Long Island school will be locked down for the student-only concert.

The school bested 149 other New York metropolitan area schools in a November food drive by collecting more than 27,000 pounds of food.

In November, police shut down an event featuring Bieber signing copies of his debut album, “My World” at a Long Island mall. A crowd of 3,000 young girls and adults began pushing and shoving, sending five people to hospitals with minor injuries.

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