Lady Gaga apologizes for canceled Indonesia concert

Lady Gaga waves to fans as she leaves the airport following her arrival in Bangkok on May 23, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) JAKARTA, Indonesia - Lady Gaga told fans she was "devastated" over having to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following threats by Islamic hard-liners, who called her a "devil worshipper."

"We had to cancel the concert in Indonesia," she tweeted on Sunday. "I'm so very sorry to the fans & just as devastated as you if not more. You are everything to me."

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Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian show after threats

"I will try to put together something special for you," she added. "My love for Indonesia has only grown. #GagaSendsLoveToJakarta and all its people."

In another tweet, the 26-year-old pop star wrote, "There is nothing Holy about hatred."

The Islamic Defenders Front said the singer's sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt youth. They vowed to turn out at the airport by the thousands if Lady Gaga arrived. Others said they bought tickets so they could wreak havoc from inside the 52,000-seat stadium in the capital, Jakarta.

Police responded by denying the necessary permits over concerns about security. Then, after public outcry, they said they'd reconsider - but only if Lady Gaga agreed to tone down her act.

Instead, she pulled the plug on what was supposed to be the biggest stop on her Asian tour.

Michael Rusli, head of concert promoter Big Daddy, promised fans full refunds. But that provided little consolation to people like 25-year-old Johnny Purba.

"This only shows to the world how weak security forces are in this country, how police are afraid of a bunch of hard-liners," he told the Associated Press.

"Gaga's two-hour show will not hurt Indonesian Muslims. For God's sake, she is not a terrorist!"

Hard-liners, however, were ecstatic.

"This is a victory for Indonesian Muslims," said Salim Alatas, one of the leaders of the Islamic Defenders Front. "Thanks to God for protecting us from a kind of devil."

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[Transatlantique]

Muslims practice male genital mutilation, euphemistically termed "circumcision," and they are complaining about Lady Gaga? What a bunch of hypocritical, sexually frustrated morons. Their children should be taken away to be protected from the religious nonsense of their parents. "Circumcision" isn't even mention once in the Koran, and they are too stupid to know this.

[slownewsday_6000]

Attention room - the above "slownewsday_50000" is from my jealous imposter, who wishes to be me.

He's a bible-thumper who doesn't find ANY problem with bearing false witness, ironically!

[smittyc]

I see a John Lennon moment.

[themanfrombrum]

Good on Indonesia!

[Molly-Pchr]

I'm sure they're all just beside themselves.

[Jaylah54]

I almost wish we could ban her here.

[Transatlantique]

"Almost wish?" Is everything you do half a$$ed? Oh, come on. What's keeping you from going all the way with your wish? Shouldn't you wish for something better like an end to hunger, or homelessness? If you don't like Gaga, why waste your wish on her? Maybe you are envious the her wishes came true and your's obviously haven't.

[smartasss1]

I like lady Gaga. She's weird but very entertaining. I don't know why they are afraid of a singer. I am more afraid of Christian and Muslim extremists.

[Bojax39]

"This is a victory for Indonesian Muslims," said Salim Alatas, one of the leaders of the Islamic Defenders Front. "Thanks to God for protecting us from a kind of devil."

Yeah, but who will protect the rest of us from YOUR kind of devil, Alatas?

[barbaram99]

I am not a fan of Gada's..She said something that makes sense when she said *There is nothing Holy about hatred.* In the USA we do have freedom of religion to worship as we see fit..Some nations do not allow one to believe as they see fit..This is 21 Century ..
The terrorists are the ones that stopped the show from taken place there..
Ye ban something --it don't work..Ye can't force others to belive as ye do..The witch hurt has never really ended..

[Philly-Jimi]

Religion strikes again with a giant stroke of stupidity. They don't understand the very moment you ban something or someone it the best way to make that thing stronger or more appealing to the youth they are trying to protect.

The moderate Muslims also lose by bending to the will of the hard-liners, AGAIN! If you stand up to the fanatics and they are insane if they believe a semi-talented American pop-star is the devil. If don't have any issues with an individual family deciding that a pop act doesn't represent the values they want their child to learn but for a hard-line religious group to veto the entire populations choice in this manner is sad.

I don't think American's value how wonderful the first Amendment is in where is shields us from having to bend our knees to other people's religious so called values or insanities. Freedom of religion also is freedom from other people's religion.

[hypnotoad72]

It's also HOW one tells the message... Lady Gaga is to delivering messages as hammer and chisel is to fixing a wristwatch.