Plug pulled on 'peace' concert

Plug pulled on 'peace' concert

VIETNAM: An international concert to promote peace and highlight UN antipoverty goals that would have been the biggest musical event ever in Vietnam has been canceled with just 10 days to go, organizers said on Saturday.

Lionel Ritchie, Gloria Gaynor and Peter Yarrow of 1960s group Peter, Paul and Mary were among those set to entertain 45,000 at Vietnam's national stadium on June 22 until organizers said "insurmountable circumstances" had forced them to cancel.

"Obviously this is just terrible," Matt Taylor, U.S.-based producer of the World Peace Music Awards, told Reuters. He declined to give the reason but said the cancellation was not linked to the government, which had given its blessing.

-- Reuters