Rising pop star Rihanna canceled her concert in Jakarta for the second time on Tuesday following news of a violent row with her boyfriend.
"We regretfully announce that the concert has been canceled for the second time," the spokesperson for the Jakarta concert sponsor-promoter, Anita Avianty, said as quoted by
tempointeraktif.com.
Anita said the cancellation came after an incident that happened last week between Rihanna and boyfriend, singer Chris Brown.
The Associated Press reported earlier that on a night in which Brown was supposed to deliver a prime-time Grammy performance, he was instead being processed in a Los Angeles police station on a charge connected to an alleged assault on a woman reports have identified as his girlfriend Rihanna, the 20-year-old pop princess.
Brown was booked on a suspicion of making a criminal threat after he and an unidentified woman had an argument that escalated into a fight in a ritzy Los Angeles neighborhood, according to police; Rihanna and Brown pulled out of the Grammys hours before the Sunday telecast.
Anita said the cancellation was beyond the promoter's control. However, she said, all paying customers would get a full refund plus Rp 200,000 worth of phone credit each from the main sponsor, GSM telecommunication service provider Axis.
Customers would also be given priority sales offer for a ticket to see the life performance of Jazon Mraz at the Axis Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival on March 7.
"Ticket refunds will be distributed from on Feb. 11 at all outlets that previously sold the tickets," she said.
