Young R&B singer Rihanna cancelled a concert she was
scheduled to perform in
Rihanna is currently on her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour and the
gig scheduled for
Dive Poernomo, a spokeswoman for Showmaster Live, the event
organizer, said Rihanna changed her mind while still in neighboring
The three had been involved in nightclub bombings which
killed some 200 persons in 2002. There was a threat of attacks after their
executions. There have been no major bomb attacks in
Poernomo said the event organizer hoped to hold another concert in January.
Rihanna, whose “Umbrella” single has probably been seared into the circumvolutions of most of the planet’s population since its release last year, is currently in the midst of a world tour in support of her “Good Girl Gone Bad” album.
The tour kicked off in September in
“Umbrella” won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 50th annual Grammy Awards and was also nominated in the Record of the Year and Song of the Year categories. It features rap mogul Jay-Z.
Rihanna’s album has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. Her supporting acts so far on the tour have been Akon, Ciara, David Jordan and Chris Brown.