Buble cancels show due to terror scare

Buble cancels show due to terror scare

JAKARTA: Due to its perception of a renewed terror threat in the
country, the management of Canadian pop crooner Michael Buble has
decided to call off the singer's one-date concert in Jakarta,
originally slated for Oct. 16.

The show's local promoter Nepathya said in a statement made
available to The Jakarta Post on Monday that Buble's management
was concerned at worsening security conditions in the country
after the Oct. 1 Bali bombings that killed 23 people and injured
dozens of others.

Nepathya said it failed to convince the artist and his
management about the possibility of going ahead with the concert
here despite the terror scare.

"We have done our best to persuade Michael Buble and his
management to do a concert here to the point where we asked a
favor from the Canadian Embassy here, but to no avail," Juanita
Rustandi of Nepathya said.

Nepathya said that fans who had purchased tickets for the show
could obtain a refund at designated spots.

In his early 20s, Buble has sung songs that have a semblance
to tunes from Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin and Motown legend Stevie
Wonder.

His strong live performance was highlighted in his debut Come
Fly With Me while his sophomore album It's Time has been a chart-
topper in Canada and shot to No. 1 in the U.S. Jazz chart. -- JP