Dua Lipa has been forced to cancel a tour date in Indonesia after “unforeseen safety and logistical issues” with the stage were found, organisers said.
The New Rules singer said she was “heartbroken” over not being able to perform at the Indonesia Arena in Jakarta on Saturday evening.
“I am here in your amazing country and ready to perform, but I am gutted to share that it has been determined that it is not safe for the performance to carry on due to safety issues with the staging,” she wrote on X.
“I was so looking forward to this night, and it truly pains me that we cannot perform for you all, especially after such a long time since my last performance in Jakarta.
“I love you all and truly can’t wait to be back together in the same room with you singing and dancing our hearts out as soon as possible.”
In a joint statement on Lipa’s website, organisers TEM Presents and PK Entertainment said the cancellation was “due to unforeseen safety and logistical issues”.
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They said the team had made “diligent efforts to resolve critical production issues related to the stage structure provided by Mata Elang Productions” but it was “not safe for the performance to carry on”.
“This very difficult decision to cancel was made with the utmost care and consideration for the safety of both the audiences and artist,” it said, apologising to the fans affected.
Lipa, 29, won a Brit Award for best pop act earlier this year and has achieved two number one albums with her two latest records Future Nostalgia and Radical Optimism.
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Gary Lineker will step down as host of Match Of The Day at the end of the season, the BBC has confirmed.
The 63-year-old will continue to host coverage of the FA Cup in 2025/26 and the World Cup in 2026, the broadcaster announced.
Lineker will continue with the MOTD Top Ten podcast while his The Rest Is Football podcast, which features BBC pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, will now be hosted on BBC Sounds.
The former England footballer said: “I’m delighted to continue my long association with BBC Sport and would like to thank all those who made this happen.”
Alex Kay-Jelski, director of BBC Sport, said: “Gary is a world-class presenter, and we’re delighted that he’ll lead our coverage of the next World Cup and continue to lead our live coverage of the FA Cup.
“After 25 seasons Gary is stepping down from MOTD. We want to thank him for everything he has done for the show, which continues to attract millions of viewers each week.
“He’ll be hugely missed on the show but we’re so happy he is staying with the BBC to present live football.”
Lineker has hosted the Premier League highlights show since 1999, after his predecessor Des Lynam moved to ITV.
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He is the co-founder of Goalhanger Podcasts, which produces popular shows such as The Rest Is History, The Rest Is Politics and The Rest Is Entertainment, as well as his own football podcast.
The company, founded in 2014, claims to be the UK’s largest independent podcast firm and said in September its podcasts had been downloaded more than 380 million times so far this year.
Lineker has been the BBC’s highest-paid star in recent years for his work on shows including Match Of The Day and Sports Personality Of The Year, as well as coverage of major tournaments including World Cups and European Championships.
It is unclear who will take over from Lineker on Match Of The Day.
Former Tottenham Hotspur footballer Jermaine Jenas had at one point been considered to be his natural successor but he was sacked from the BBC in August over claims of inappropriate behaviour.
Lineker enjoyed a successful career as a striker, winning 80 caps for England, before moving into broadcasting.
No one under the age of 25 knows Match of the Day without Gary Lineker.
A TV era is ending with the Saturday night hot seat being vacated when the Premier League season ends in May, Sky News has been told.
The arrival of a new director of BBC Sport made this decision increasingly inevitable as Alex Kay-Jelski is said to be shaking up how sport is covered on air and online.
Few could have anticipated Lineker – the England scoring sensation – reinventing himself as a broadcasting institution, and becoming the heir to Des Lynam from 1999.
Few certainly could have anticipated his longevity on BBC One and the longevity of the football highlights format – with clips of games available online long before MOTD’s post-10pm kick-off.
There is no doubting how accomplished Lineker has become in the challenging live TV environment.
But off-air conduct became a growing source of friction between the BBC hierarchy and its highest earner.
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Choosing to use his social media platform to dish out political views demonstrated a social conscience.
But those posts – critical of the Conservatives and pro-Palestinian – sent out to millions of followers seemed to conflict with social media policies at an organisation that sees itself as a bastion of political neutrality.
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Ultimately they sparked one of the biggest political furores in BBC history when a comparison of the Tory government’s asylum policy with 1930s Germany led to him being taken off air last year.
And BBC colleagues walked out in solidarity.
He didn’t want to back down and scored a victory, allowing him to express views on issues as long as it did not cross into campaigning.
But his views on football also caused concern with criticism of the England team going beyond anything he would say on the BBC.
The expletive used about Three Lions performances at Euro 2024 came on his own The Rest Is Football podcast, generating weeks of coverage promoting the sideline.
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But the sideline has developed into a huge commercial success with podcasts from Goalhanger dominating the listening chart from politics to history and entertainment, beyond his own football shows.
The BBC could continue to buy in Goalhanger podcasts after Lineker presents his last World Cup for them in 2026.
And soon a new generation might only know Lineker, not as the striker or BBC presenter, but as the podcasting millionaire.
Megan Fox has revealed she is pregnant as she posted a daring photo of her appearing to be naked and covered in what looked like black paint.
Cradling her baby bump, the 38-year-old Hollywood actress and mother-of-three knelt on the floor and stared into the camera, with the caption “Nothing is ever really lost. Welcome back”.
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A second image in the Instagram post showed her hand holding a pregnancy test that read “YES+”.
Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actress Fox shares three children, Noah, Bodhi and Journey, with her ex-husband, actor Brian Austin Green.
The pair filed for divorce in 2020, the same year that the US star began her relationship with rapper Machine Gun Kelly, real name Colson Baker.
Although she did not specifically reveal the father of her unborn child, Fox tagged 34-year-old Kelly in the post.
The caption “Nothing is ever really lost. Welcome back” may be a reference to a previous miscarriage.
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It remains to be seen whether Fox will publicly discuss the baby’s father.