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Dita Alangkara / AP
Muslim men shout slogans during a rally against U.S. pop singer Lady Gaga outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday.
Lady Gaga has canceled a sell-out concert in Indonesia amid security fears following threats from Muslim hardliners over her provocative outfits, it is reported.
Questions were raised about the ‘Born This Way Ball’ in Jakarta after the extremist Islamic Defenders Front predicted violence if it went ahead, calling the singer a “devil’s messenger” who wears only a “bra and panties” on stage, according to an Agence France-Presse report published by Al-Arabiya.
Concert promotion lawyer Minola Sebayang confirmed Sunday that the June 3 show had been canceled, The Associated Press reported.
Lady Gaga refused permit for Indonesia show following religious protests
He said: "With threats if the concert goes ahead, Lady Gaga's side is calling off the concert. This is not only about Lady Gaga's security, but extends to those who will be watching her."
Indonesia is a secular nation, but with a population of 240 million has more Muslims than any other country in the world.
Pat Roque / AP
American pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga waves to the crowd upon her arrival in Manila, Philippines, earlier this month.
The Jakarta show would have been the biggest performance on Lady Gaga's Asian tour, and more than 50,000 tickets had been sold, the BBC reported.
Promoters said they would offer refunds.
According to music news site NME.com, the singer’s tour kicked off in controversy in April after authorities in Seoul, South Korea implemented a strict adults only policy at her show, banning anyone under the age of 18 from attending her first tour date.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I never seen Muslims to condemn violence with the passion they condemn one little Lady Gaga- girl.
Girl, you scared the sh...t out of them, keep your paws up.
The religion of peace threatens violence again. What a surprise!
I am not a fan of muslim extremism, but in this case it serves her right. She is nothing more than a whore. You would not want that kind of image to be portrayed of America. We are much better than that. She is nothing but slime.
Wow, Bimbo...I guess you actually know her, then?
Seems to me she probably does more for her fellow man than you probably do.
You seem to be of her type. I cannot stand slime.
bluepanther20 you are right she does more for her fellow man while I do more for my fellow men.
Bimbo, your the type of person that does not need to represent America. You sit up here and judge a woman you don't know because of the way she acts and call her a "whore". Yeah, cause that's nice of you.
I may not like Lady Gaga's music or her image that she portrays of herself, but there was something I was taught growing up that I try to follow till this day, "don't Judge a book by it's cover." Because if I were to judge a book by it's cover, then I would have to say that by just your screen name alone, you'd be right up there with Ms. Gaga in being a whore, seeing as "bimbo" is just another name for one.
Despite Indonesia being having an Islamic majority, it still is a secular country, which means there are more than muslims in that country. Seeing as Gaga sold out for that show, I'm guessing that most of her fans where not muslim and the ones who were, did not share the same views as the extremists protesting the event.
Really???
Wow, maybe the first good thing to come from muslims...
She should have told the turds to screw off.
Common sense says that it would offend the majority of the country if Gaga performed. She's a bit over the edge even to American youth. If sex has to be a message, then talent can be thrown out the window.
Lady Gaga excrement's more talent every morning than you will ever have!
Gaga began playing the piano at the age of 4, went on to write her first piano ballad at 13, and started to perform at open mike nights by the age of 14
Wow, love the tolerance of anti-muslims....Lady Gaga....is everything that is against islam an by extension christians......she should not be allowed to perform
While I am not a fan of Lady Gaga, to protest a show in such a manner is pretty dam low. If you don't like it, don't by a ticket, but don't get mad and stop me if I want to. I just don't understand why some people have to be such haters that they cant let anyone else enjoy something they don't enjoy themselves. There is such a long history of some group or another protesting some form of entertainment because they don't like it therefore no one else should either. It is so silly and sad at the same time.
Exactly, but I guess most Americans couldn't care less who gets hurt, Americans want to have it their way.
If there's a chance of violence being brought upon innocents, why continue with it.
So, you're saying private industry pensions, military pensions, firefighter, police, ems pensions, something is wrong with people who receive these?
I thought maybe she could go there and during her concert she could simulate a fake stoning . Get buried to her waste during her concert and they could all throw styrofoam rocks at her .Also she could have been dressed in a goat outfit .
I KNEW that meat outfit would come back to bite her. LOL!
As usual, and as always, Gaga is thinking about her fans and she did not want to take any chances and put them in any position that would get them hurt. You ROCK Stephanie!
She sold 50000 tickets and STILL canceled that show to protect her fans. Do you realize the coin she stood to make and still canceled the show? Amazing woman. And she does NOT just wear a bra and panties while onstage. Sometimes she wears pantyhose with the bra and panties. Get it straight, will ya you so called hardliners?
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I dont care for muslim extremism (right extreme) and Lady gaga's extremism (left extreme) either. Moderate is where we should be. I agree Lady gaga is vulgar and should not be encouraged. It is time somebody told her off and that time has come. As a superpower we ought to cultivate an image of proper moral values. Lady Gaga trys to sell sex which only weakens our standing in the world. It is a shame a bunch of lowly muslim extremists have to show her, her place. People with her kind of agenda should have their passports confiscated. She is not the kind of representative we need to spread or share our American values.
lol, your name says it all.
the problem I'm having with hole thing is the concert was sold out. I guess somebody wanted to go. the next best thing lets set off a bomb. which is worse? I think the violence thing is way worse.
Actually, Bimbo, I would rather she spoke for me than you.
You scare the @!$%# out of me.
bluepanther20 you sound like slime too. Birds of a feather.
ouch, Bimbo..that hurt me...that really, really hurt me...
Sounds like the GOP is running Indonesia now. Yay the moral majority.
Paws up!
stop being anti-islamic.....your bigotry is repulsive
I just don't understand, sold out, but other people are telling orther people that this is bad for them. Now threating violance. which is worse?
For those of you who keep harping on her for having no talent: Do your research nimrods. You don't know what you're talking about, at all.
She sounds like a madonna wannabe . I've heard her crap. I guess it's good if you're 15 .
somedude-506636 can't use 'the googler' lol
Ya, she has great talent in prancing around in a bra and dropping her panties.
Ed , what are you on about ?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam----------They're mental illnesses, folks.
Jews & Christians dont suicided bomb anybody anywhere nor threaten to do so and I'm praying for your salvation Peter :)
lol justino -- anyone volunteering to go to war is a suicide bomber in the making and certainly by desire.
If I cared, I'd want you to recover, but I don't.
justino, neither do Muslims...it's the radicals in the religion...just like the radicals in Christianity...they make the good look bad.
@ Justino, uhhh,, yeah, have you ever heard of Israeli (there Jewish) suicide bombers, Jewish Palestinians bombing the muslim ones? Jews bomb the muslims, the muslims bomb the Jews. You might want to catch up on your world news current events.
As bluepanther20 says, it's the radicals in the religion, all religions have them. Christianity has had it's share of nut jobs as well as Buddhism (which is suppose to be the most peaceful religion in the world, go figure).
It never ceases to amaze me how hopelessly primitive their way of thinking is.
So 1 Billion Muslims are primitive.....such open bigotry in 2012....
Sorry to say both Lady Gaga and muslims are primitive. Lady Gaga needs to be deported to a muslim country and they can take care of her. Dont need the likes of her in America. Can anyone name one developed muslim country? The answer is no, and that is because they are primitive and backward. That said Lady Gaga is also primitve and backward from another angle though.
who cares?
Leave it to religious fanatic morons to deny the rights of people who don't agree with their narrow visions. That includes Christians too.
Leave it to people like to you to create bigotry by saying what kind of government people should have
Wow mark , really tossing around that bigot word , you must be one of them there lefticles ..watchout global warming gonna gitcha
@someone....I know just know if you are from islam or christian you have beliefs which are building blocks of your life and for people who are not citizens of this country from imparting their judgements upon them is a form of bigotry. Additionally, I am amazed about the amount of comments against religion. Maybe they want their kids to be traditional isn't this their right? who is anyone to tell them what they should do....a favorite mantra is to say dont judge before the people actually judge....
lol, who would have guessed Mark is from Texas -- We don't care if you have religion -- just keep it to yourselves. If you want to start preaching/dictating morals to adults we have a major Constitutional Crisis here!
@Ed.....I live in Kuwait.....and nobody was speaking of rights in America.....just the rights the sovereign people of Indonesia have in deciding who comes to their country....wish people like you were not so anti-muslim....
Dont worry about that liberal label because the guy they are gonna naminate for President in their eyes is also a liberal as is 80% of this country. The new GOP top dogs are right wing extremists just like these Muslims who made her cancel this concert. If they can get enough elected this will happen in the US also.
That has nothing to do w/this article.
Go away.
Muslims are not allowed to think for themselves if they were they would realize all they have to do is not go to the show. BTW have you seen how their Belly Dancers dress?
nobody needs muslums anyway
Oh, no! I'm offended! THEN JUST DON'T GO...!!!!! Or is the Indonesian government ordering these people to attend the concert? Why is it that the religious conservatives who find her costumes or songs offensive are so adamantly against her that they feel they have the right to stop anyone who doesn't share those feelings from attending? This "my way or the highway" attitude is sweeping across the world's major religions like wildfire, and turning them all into 12th Century parodies of what they were as recently as 25 years ago. We're all just inches from the world of jihad/crusades/inquisition/star chambers that NONE of us really want to go back to. Everybody needs to step back and keep their religious beliefs to themselves. Nobody has any quarrel with what you believe in the privacy of your own mind. The problem arises when you decide that your private beliefs are SO overwhelmingly perfect that you just HAVE to act in them in open society. THEN you get religious terrorism. Imposing your belief system on people who don't share it IS social and psychological terrorism of the most brutish sort.
They have Zero tolerance yet want us to have 100% tolerance when it comes to them. I say that they go to Hell. This only makes me like Gaga for respecting their wishes. She has more tolerance that they do.
Why even bother entertaining these morans? That's not a different culture over there .......it's a different civilization......(if you can even call it THAT!)
what most Americans (including pop stars) don't seem to understand is that what works here in the USA doesn't always work in other countries. If pop stars want to go on global tours in places like Indonesia then they need to alter their show for "what will work in those countries". Musicians will think it's a form of stifling their freedom of expression, but they fail to see things from the other perspective that it will be perceived as an American saying, "it's my way or the highway".