Lady Gaga suing insurance company over axed gig

Lady Gaga is suing her insurance company for not paying out on terrorism policies after Islamic extremists' threats led to axing her concert.

The legal action has arisen after the singer pulled out last June from a sold-out show in the Indonesian capital, which the hardline Islamic Defenders Front vowed to disrupt because it claimed the concert amounted to “satanic worship”.

Both the management company and tour promoters of the Born This Way singer are suing Lloyd's of London for refusing to honour the "terrorism policies" in the gig contract.

The scheduled show had sold more than 50,000 tickets but was scrapped after Indonesian police said they could not guarantee her safety.

A statement from the terrorist cell said Gaga: "wears only panties and a bra when she sings and she stated she is the envoy of the devil's child."

According to reports Gaga's management company Atom Factory, and her tour partners, Live Nation LG Tours and Mermaid Touring are seeking at least $150,000 damages. They say they paid "substantial premiums" to get cover for the shows but have not been reimbursed. The legally-worded insurance policy says the singer should be protected from losses if the concert was cancelled due to "the sole and direct result of terrorism and/or sabotage or threat thereof".

However Lloyd's will contest the action in a California court and dispute the nature of the so-called threat.