Lady Gaga apologizes for cancelled Indonesia show
Jakarta - US pop star Lady Gaga apologized for having to cancel a concert in Indonesia following protests from conservative Muslim groups.
"We had to cancel the concert in Indonesia," Gaga said in a post Sunday night on her official Twitter account, which is followed by nearly 25 million people.
"I'm so very sorry to the fans and just as devastated as you if not more," she said. "You are everything to me." About 50,000 tickets had been sold for the June 3 Jakarta concert at the Bung Karno stadium. The concert promoter said tickets would be refunded.
Indonesian police earlier this month refused to issue a permit for the concert, citing objections from some Muslim groups who decried Gaga's stage show as "pornographic" and incompatible with local values.
The Islamic Defenders' Front, a small group known for sometimes violent protests, had threatened to mobilize to stop the concert.//DPA
