Justin Bieber Channelled Kurt Cobain In Seattle, And Nirvana Fans Overreacted...

16 March 2016, 17:40 | Updated: 17 March 2016, 10:44

The singer donned a checked shirt and wore a Cobain t-shirt in the birthplace of grunge.

Justin Bieber hit the Seattle leg of his Purpose tour last week and used it as a good chance to pay homage to the late Kurt Cobain.

Not only did the pop star - who was born the same year Cobain died - don a collection of grunge-style checked shirts at the KeyArena, but he also wore a t-shirt with the Nirvana frontman's face on it.

A photo posted by ∞ 12.15.14 ∞ (@lovecuhrsee) onMar 16, 2016 at 8:35am PDT

If that wasn't enough, people credited his acoustic performance of his Love Yourself single as being HEAVILY influenced by the late grunge rocker's MTV unplugged performance.

Watch it (if you can take the screaming) below:

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Nirvana fans weren't too pleased. In fact, a few just plain over-reacted to the pop singer's tribute.

See some of their best reactions below:

kurt cobain died once again https://t.co/dYvn3WYFWU
— Mohamed Khaldi (@MohamedKhaldi) March 16, 2016

Your not like them ... but you can pretend #MusicIsDead

Justin Bieber tried to emulate Kurt Cobain at Seattle show https://t.co/ReDZUE8cXv
— Dru Aragonez (@KidQuarters) March 16, 2016

Why why why why whyyyy did anyone let .@justinbieber do this? #JustinBieber #KurtCobain https://t.co/t7aBxJzPmM
— Alice Nicolov (@alicenicolov72) March 15, 2016

It's not the only rocker Bieber's been wearing on tour, however, being filmed here wearing a Marilyn Mansion tee on instagram:

#justinbieber #purposetoursacramento

A video posted by Justin Bieber Fanpage (@justinbieber___94) onMar 16, 2016 at 8:30am PDT

The star has previously worn Nirvana, and Metallica t-shirts - which even led James Hetfield to name Bieber wearing their shirt as one of his Top 10 moments of 2015.