Let’s learn more about the Coldplay Malaysia Disput. In order to complete their globe tour and conduct their concerts in as many nations as they could, Coldplay attempted to perform in Malaysia. Everything was said up until a Malaysian minister announced that it would be postponed for an unknown reason.
Since this was Coldplay’s first performance in Malaysia, its supporters are also really happy about it. The British rock band Coldplay was scheduled to perform in Malaysia for the first time in November but one of the leaders of the country’s political parties, the Islamist Party Parti Islam Se Malaysia, has decided to scrap the event. However, the minister in charge of criticising the cancellation is Nga Kor Ming, who is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP).
On May 10, Mr. Nasrudin Hassan, a member of the same party’s working committee, said on Facebook that they would be cancelling this event and that many locals and band fans will be upset with them for their choice. You may learn more about the primary cause of this cancellation and how it will impact the band and their fans in this post.
Coldplay Malaysia Controversy
Chris Martin, the band’s lead vocalist, was pictured on a Facebook post clutching a rainbow flag—a symbol of support for the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender community—while giving a performance at a concert in London’s Wembley Stadium.
The person who caused the cancellation, Mr. Nasrudin, questioned the government, asking if they wanted to bring in those who support this kind of community and whether their concert would benefit the nation’s religion and race or if they wanted to foster a culture of perversion and hedonism.
If the PAS don’t like Coldplay or don’t share their ideologies, then they should not purchase concert tickets, but prohibiting them from performing in the country is a completely useless thing, and Coldplay fans should not be prevented from attending their concert, Mr. Nga has told the local media. He was also quoted saying Free Malaysia Today when he attended the event in Putrajaya.
The chairman of the Shah Alam DAP, Shakir Ameer, also responded to Mr. Nasrudin’s assertion that they were staging an absurd protest as a quick publicity gimmick. Shah Alam is the state capital of Selangor.
He claims that if he adheres to the PAS’s logic, then the radio, television, internet, and any other form of social media, particularly tik tok, which they heavenly rely on for entertainment, should also be outlawed because they also support these types of activities. If the parties disagree, then they should continue to be included in them, he wrote in a Facebook post.
Additionally, he said that the concert will help their nation’s economy. He asserts that a performance put on by a famous international performer like Coldplay—whose fan base is so sizable—will be a landmark musical occasion.
The country can anticipate an increase in the number of tourists from different parts of the world, especially from the southern parts of Asia, as Malaysia is only the second venue in Asia where Coldplay will perform their concert; the other venue is Jakarta, Indonesia. The local vendors are the traders who will make a living from them by setting up their shops close to the event venue.
Fahmi Fadzil, the minister of communications and digital, has retweeted news on Coldplay-related initiatives, including a song performed in favour of Palestine and a river cleanup campaign in Malaysia.
Coldplay will conclude their Music Of The Spheres World Tour on November 22 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur with their first-ever performance in Malaysia.
