Lady Gaga performs during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square December 31, 2011 in New York. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo: DON EMMERT/2012 AFP
Lady Gaga was forced to pull the plug on a planned Sunday performance in Jakarta, Indonesia after the often violent Islamic Defenders Front called her a “messenger of the devil†and claimed to have purchased tickets to the show in order to “wreak havoc†from within the 52,000-seat stadium venue. Authorities responded by denying the tour the necessary permits, which they vowed to continue withholding unless Gaga “toned down†her act. This being Gaga, she of course refused — but not without sending a compassionate tweet to Indonesia’s little monsters.