Justin Timberlake's Tour U-turn Over Jessica Biel

Pop star Justin Timberlake has backed down from banning girlfriend Jessica Biel on tour - the pair met up in Amsterdam and Stockholm this week.

The SexyBack hitmaker was forced to send the The Illusionist actress back to the U.S. recently because he finds it difficult to focus on his work when he is with her.

He said, "She truly insisted that she came with me on tour. I don't know how to say no to a pretty face. But it wasn't really a good idea. This time I'm putting the machine before everything else."

"Jessica met up with me in Manchester, England, but for Paris (France), I told her categorically no. This tour is very important to me. I'm doing it really seriously so there's no question of playing sweethearts."

However, it seems the singer's had a change of heart because Biel, 25, arrived in Amsterdam, Holland, on Sunday evening and flew with him to Stockholm, Sweden, for a show yesterday.

Elias Karroum, owner of a Lebanese restaurant they dined at in the city, tells People.com, "They seemed like an ordinary couple in love. They were very sweet."