Terror alerts scare US rockers
2005-06-14 09:28
Jakarta - US rock band Good Charlotte has cancelled an upcoming Indonesian concert because of terrorism fears, concert promoters said on Tuesday.
The Maryland-bred outfit, scheduled to play the capital Jakarta later this month, cancelled because of a series of recent warnings from the United States and other countries that terrorists were poised to launch more bombings in the world's most populous Muslim nation, according to a statement from the promoters, Java Musikindo.
Foreign rock and pop bands are increasingly choosing to play in Indonesia, whose economy is now growing fast after several years of stagnation. Last-minute cancellations due to terror fears are common, however.
Al-Qaeda linked militants have struck three times at Western targets in Indonesia the last three years.
The deadliest attack was the October 12, 2002, bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
- AP