Jokowi won’t get free Deep Purple concert ticket, says mayor son


Deep Purple will be performing in Surakarta on Friday. - AFP file pic

SURAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The mayor of Surakarta, a city in Indonesia, said on Tuesday (March 7) that local organisers of a concert by British rock band Deep Purple will not provide free tickets for President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo.

The latter, a native of Surakarta in Central Java, is known to be a big fan of the group.

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