Limp Bizkit call off tour over terror fears
Rock band Limp Bizkit has cancelled the south-east Asian leg of their world tour over terrorism fears in the region, it was reported today.
“The band wishes to extend their deepest apologies to their fans in south-east Asia and promise to return once security for their fans can be assured,” concert promoter Michael Hosking told Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper.
The newspaper said the American rap-rock band highlighted US State Department warnings of “increased security risks” for the no-show. Hosking told the newspaper that appearances in the Indonesian resort island of Bali, Thailand and the Philippines had also been scrapped.
Western governments have repeatedly warned of possible attacks in the region by the al Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, blamed for the October 2002 attacks in Bali that killed 202 people and the August 5 bombing of Jakarta’s JW Marriott hotel that killed 12.
South-east Asian governments have said the warnings were uncalled for and hurt the region’s vital tourism industry.
Limp Bizkit is the second major act to withdraw from performances in Singapore in a week following Spanish tenor Jose Carreras’ last-minute pullout over finances last Wednesday.
