Manchester’s Lord Mayor has said he was the victim of vile homophobic abuse from two young women outside last night’s Justin Bieber concert.

Carl Austin-Behan, who married his husband Simon in August last year, tweeted Greater Manchester Police twitter account and said he will be reporting the alleged abuse as a hate crime.

He tweeted: “Just met 2 ladies who think it’s right to be homophobic at a Justin Bieber concert calling me a dirty f***** and a dirty gay @GMPCC @gmpolice.”

He told the M.E.N it was the first time he had ever had such abuse aimed at him.

Coun Austin-Behan said: “I am absolutely fuming about it all.

“We were walking past these girls as they were trying to buy tickets from a tout, and they were not happy with the prices the tout was quoting and started making awful comments about being gay.

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“They were saying things like ‘I’m not paying that much to see that little f***** sing.’

“I turned round and said ‘I’m not being funny but you can’t say things like that.’

“Then they turned on me, calling me a batty boy and a f*****.

“They asked if I was gay. I said I was, I told them I had a husband and that I was also Lord Mayor of Manchester.”

The two girls were aged between 16 and 21, according to the Lord Mayor, and did not appear to be drunk.

He said: “This was the first time that I have been in a situation where I have had homophobic abuse, and it was from a couple of young girls outside a Justin Bieber concert.

“It really is unbelievable.

“We were here with friends and it was supposed to be a really fun night out but it has been ruined.

“After I took the photos I just walked away, but I tweeted it to the police and have reported it as a hate crime.”

Police confirmed that the incident has been reported to them and an investigation has been launched.