CMU reports:
With the US government warning its citizens away from Southeast Asia because of a 'terror threat', Limp Bizkit yesterday cancelled a whole chunk of their world tour including all the Southeast Asian dates.
The tours promoter¸ Michael Hosking, was quoted in the Straits Times newspaper as saying: "The band wishes to extend their deepest apologies to their fans in Southeast Asia and promise to return once security for their fans can be assured."
The fears will relate to those warnings that there is an increased risk of possible terror attacks in that part of the world by the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, who are blamed for the October 2002 attacks in Bali.
The news will come as a blow to Southeast Asian authorities who claim the
warnings are uncalled for and that high profile reactions to those warnings - such as Limp Bizkit's decision to cancel their dates - has a detrimental effect on the region's major life line - the tourism industry.
Article comments
1 - sallie
The statement should have read: Fred Durst is a wuss and prefers to hang out in Hollywood with fellow wuss Pauly Shore.
I doubt these dates would have been cancelled if they were sold out. It might have more to do with slow ticket sales than fear of terrorism.
2 - Craig Lyndall
How will these countries be able to live without the lyrical enlightenment that is a Limp Bizkit show? I mean, any band that enters the stage through a 30 foot high toilet is out to save the world. If Limp doesn't play in Asia the terrorists win.
3 - mike
I think "Limp Bizkit" is an apt description of the sales performance of their most recent album.
4 - Craig Lyndall
Well, "Results May Vary" when your album bites my ass.