Westlife to perform in capital on Thursday amid tight security<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Irish boyband Westlife is scheduled to perform
\nhere on Thursday amid tight security, at the Sumantri
\nBrodjonegoro stadium in Kuningan, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said on
\nTuesday that the deployment of extra police was crucial to
\nprevent any unwanted incidents from occurring at the stadium,
\nwhich can seat 15,000 people.<\/p>\n
About 14,000 concert tickets have been issued by concert
\npromoter, Java Musikindo, with 90 percent of tickets already sold
\nout.<\/p>\n
Some 1,800 security personnel, including police officers, have
\nbeen assigned for the concert, as well as a team of 200
\nparamedics and several ambulances and fire engines, according to
\nArey, a promotion executive of Java Musikindo.<\/p>\n
Anton said Greater Jakarta Police would deploy about 1,100
\npolice officers to provide security at the stadium's inner and
\nouter compounds.<\/p>\n
\"Concert promoters and police will make sure that a second
\ntragedy, like the one which occurred in March, does not happen
\nagain.\"<\/p>\n
Anton was referring to an incident on March 18, when four
\nteenage girls were crushed to death in a stampede as hundreds of
\nfans struggled to meet British boyband,a1, at the Taman Anggrek
\nshopping mall in West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Thursday's show will be the second time Westlife has performed
\nhere. Its first concert was held last year.<\/p>\n
The group comprises vocalists Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Bryan
\nMcFadden, Mark Feehily and Kian Egan from Dublin, all aged
\nbetween 21 and 23.<\/p>\n
Some 6,000 fans turned hysterical at their first concert here,
\nwhen dozens fainted and had to be given first-aid.<\/p>\n
The group is here to promote their latest album, Coast To
\nCoast, released early this year.<\/p>\n
Only a number of festival tickets are still available for
\nThursday's concert, which begins at 3 p.m. and will be opened by
\nsinger Christian Wunderlich from Germany.<\/p>\n
\"The tribune tickets, which were priced at Rp 350,000
\n(US$31.8) and Rp 200,000, are sold out,\" Arey told The Jakarta
\nPost over the phone on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Prices vary for Festival tickets at Rp 200,000, Rp 150,000,
\nand Rp 125,000.<\/p>\n
Last year, tickets were available for Rp 125,000 each.<\/p>\n
Another Irish band, The Corrs, was scheduled to perform here
\nlast February but the event was put off until next October as
\nvocalist Andrea had an ear infection.<\/p>\n
Rock band Deep Purple also had to cancel their concert here,
\nscheduled for March, for security reasons. (hdn\/ylt)<\/p>",
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