Beyonce Bails on Malaysian Concert – again
9:35 am, October 19th, 2009
Beyonce, who cancelled a performance in Malaysia two years ago amidst protests by Islamic groups over her sexually provocative outfits and demeanor, was slated to hit the stage at a Kuala Lumpur stadium on October 25, but once again she will not be performing in the mostly Muslim nation.
Officially, concert organizers are saying the concert is being “postponed,” and was “solely [the] decision of the artist and has nothing to do with other external reasons.”
However, there was a lot of external pressure, especially from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which had voiced its disproval a month ago when it stated, “We are not against entertainment as long as it is within the framework of our culture and our religion… We are against Western sexy performances.”
In the past, Western performers like Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani have covered up their bodies, so as not to offend the nation’s Muslim majority.
Gossip Cop is not holding its breath over a rescheduled concert date.
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