Nice attack: Rihanna cancels concert as entertainment figures mourn

Singer Rihanna has cancelled a concert in Nice in the wake of the Bastille Day attack that left at least 84 dead.

The pop star wrote on Instagram that her gig on Friday at the city’s Allianz Stadium “would not be going ahead as planned… due to the tragic events”.

The Nice Jazz Festival, due to start on Saturday, has also been cancelled.

Many figures from the entertainment world have expressed shock at the news, with Simon Cowellamong those sending “thoughts and prayers to all affected”.

Rihanna, currently in Europe with her Anti tour, was in Nice at the time of the attack but was said to be “safe” by her representative.

The makers of the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey also said that everyone working on the film had been accounted for and was “safe and sound”.

Producer Dana Brunetti circulated the statement on Facebook, saying it was “another sad day for France and the world”.

The film, entitled Fifty Shades Darker, had been filming on location in the south of France.

Boy George tweeted that his “heart breaks for France”, while Cyndi Lauper said she was “so sad for the people of Nice”.

Comedian Amy Schumer, actress Mia Farrow and TV personality Kim Kardashian West are among others to express their sympathies.

At least 84 people were killed when a lorry ploughed through a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice on Thursday evening.

The driver drove 2km down the city’s Promenade des Anglais at about 23:00 local time, before being shot dead by police.

Youssou N’Dour, Melody Gardot and Britain’s Laura Mvula were among those who had been scheduled to appear at Nice’s Jazz Festival.

The event was to have run from Saturday to Wednesday but has now been cancelled, as have some of the city’s other Bastille celebrations this weekend.

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