JAKARTA, Indonesia (June 14) - Good Charlotte has canceled an upcoming Indonesian concert because of terrorism fears, concert promoters said Tuesday.
The pop-punk rockers had been scheduled to play in Jakarta later this month. They canceled the performance because the United States and other countries have warned recently that terrorists were poised to launch more bombings in the world's most populous Muslim nation, promoters Java Musikindo said in a statement.
Foreign rock and pop bands are choosing to play in Indonesia, where the economy is growing fast after several years of stagnation. However, last-minute cancellations due to terror fears are common.
Al-Qaida-linked militants have struck three times at Western targets in Indonesia the last three years. The deadliest attack was the Oct. 12, 2002, bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
I'm sorry, but I can't help but find this story slightly hilarious. . .I mean, I can just picture all of the top Al-Qaida leaders sitting around a big table in their secret lair going "Hmm, how will we cripple those evil Americans next? . . .Yes! We shall kill Good Charlotte!! ::evil laugher::"
It also doesn't help that I just recently saw Team America: World Police, so the whole "Dirka Dirka Jihad!" thing is stuck in my head.
Well, anyway. . .I thought you might want to know
The pop-punk rockers had been scheduled to play in Jakarta later this month. They canceled the performance because the United States and other countries have warned recently that terrorists were poised to launch more bombings in the world's most populous Muslim nation, promoters Java Musikindo said in a statement.
Foreign rock and pop bands are choosing to play in Indonesia, where the economy is growing fast after several years of stagnation. However, last-minute cancellations due to terror fears are common.
Al-Qaida-linked militants have struck three times at Western targets in Indonesia the last three years. The deadliest attack was the Oct. 12, 2002, bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
I'm sorry, but I can't help but find this story slightly hilarious. . .I mean, I can just picture all of the top Al-Qaida leaders sitting around a big table in their secret lair going "Hmm, how will we cripple those evil Americans next? . . .Yes! We shall kill Good Charlotte!! ::evil laugher::"
It also doesn't help that I just recently saw Team America: World Police, so the whole "Dirka Dirka Jihad!" thing is stuck in my head.
Well, anyway. . .I thought you might want to know
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), but only successful bands get gigs in countries known as exotic, very few bands get to go further than Japan when visiting Asia..and even fewer of them have the kind of budget to play in places like Moscow, Israel, South Africa, South America, etc.
