{"id":539578,"date":"2010-04-22T11:14:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T15:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=101711"},"modified":"2010-04-22T11:14:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T15:14:06","slug":"cigarette-sponsor-pulled-from-kelly-clarkson-indonesia-concert-following-smoking-furor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/539578","title":{"rendered":"Cigarette Sponsor Pulled From Kelly Clarkson Indonesia Concert Following Smoking Furor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ex-American Idol<\/em> Kelly Clarkson’s upcoming concert in Indonesia will go down without the sponsorship of an Asian cigarette giant following protests from fans and anti-tobacco groups.<\/p>\n

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In recent days, Kelly’s Facebook page has been flooded with fans begging her to reject the cigarette sponsorship, saying she is sending the wrong message to kids. This as anti-tobacco groups rallied against the singer for using her image to sell products — which kill 200,000 people every year in that nation where more than 60 % of the population smokes.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Kelly penned a statement to fans remarking that she was surprised to learn that billboards announcing her April 29 concert in Jakarta were being heavily promoted along the logo of the popular cigarette L.A. Lights.<\/p>\n

“I think the hardest part of situations like this is getting personally attacked for something I was completely unaware of and being used as some kind of political pawn,”<\/em> Clarkson charged, calling the debacle a “lose-lose situation.”<\/p>\n

Despite her disappointment, the “Breakaway” star — who noted that she is not a smoker and does not advocate it — said it was too late to get out of the deal with tobacco brand and grudgingly stated that the show would go on with controversial sponsorship.<\/p>\n

“I refuse to cancel on my fans,”<\/em> she wrote in a posting on her blog.<\/p>\n

Thanks to some work from her promoters — she won’t have to.<\/p>\n

Promoter Adrie Subono has announced that his company has reached a “final agreement”<\/em> with cigarette company Djarum, the maker of LA Lights, and the sponsorship had been cancelled.<\/p>\n

“There will be no (LA Lights) media promotion at the Kelly Clarkson concert,” he told The Associated Press Thursday.<\/p>\n

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