They forced Gwen Stefani to incubate up her world-famous belly, drove Beyonc� and Christina Aguilera to neighboring shores to keep off a dogfight, and rang up fines against the Pussycat Dolls for flouting decency rules during a 2006 concert.
Now Malaysia's Islamic opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, is trying to ban Avril Lavigne from playacting a show in the Malaysian das Kapital of Kuala Lumpur after deeming the singer's stage moves "likewise sexy." According to The Associated Press, the youth wing of the party said on Monday (August 18) that the skate rat turned glam-pop singer's August 29 show would promote the wrong values ahead of Malaysia's independence day on August 31.
"It is considered too sexy for us. ... It's not good for viewers in Malaysia," party official Kamarulzaman Mohamed aforementioned. "We don't want our people, our teenagers, influenced by their performance. We want sporty artists, artists that ar good role models." Kamarulzaman sent protest letters to the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry and Kuala Lumpur's mayor last week, calling for the concert to be canceled.
A Culture Ministry official said the government has not signed off on the concert yet and that department officials ar slated to meet on Tuesday to discuss the promoter's application. The promoter denied that Lavigne's usher would feature any "disconfirming elements" and was surefooted the license would be approved.
It might, however, want the once frumpy, now couture-loving isaac Merrit Singer to change up her look, though, as Malaysia requires all performers to be covered from chest to knees and avoid clothes that feature obscene or drug-related images, according to the AP. A rule that might be more taxing for the hyper Lavigne is the one that bans jumping, shouting, fondling and petting onstage.
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