After Pm S Welcome Message Pas Man Pours Cold Water On Coldplay Gig

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Grammy Award-winning Coldplay will be finally performing in Malaysia this November and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has taken note.
Anwar re-tweeted Coldplay's announcement of its Music of the Sphere tour and wrote: "Welcome to Kuala Lumpur!"
He also uploaded a video clip where he acknowledged Coldplay's environmentalist and climate crisis agenda.
"Let us work together, protect the environment and keep the world safe," said Anwar.
However, PAS central committee member Nasrudin Hassan did not share the same enthusiasm when he responded to Anwar's tweet by calling for the event's cancellation.
"Cancel the performance... It brings no benefit to the country and the rakyat," wrote Nasrudin.
Elaborating on the matter on his Facebook page, Nasrudin shared photographs of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin holding up a rainbow flag at a concert in London, England.
"Is the government trying to spread hedonism and deviant culture in this country?" he asked.
Coldplay will be performing at Stadium Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 22. The event is organised by Live Nation and sponsored by DHL and CIMB.
Chris MartinMartin has been known to regularly display the rainbow flag - often regarded as a symbol of LGBT rights - during concerts.
Apart from Nasurdin, Twitter user @nasr_al_farabi accused Coldplay of being associated with the LGBT community and questioned how the Filming and Performance by Foreign Artistes Agency (Puspal) could approve the concert.
"Even the poster has clear-cut LGBT influence. The police and the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry should investigate and cancel the concert," wrote the Twitter user.
Several Twitter users, however, criticised those who complained about Coldplay but not the English Premier League, which has run campaigns in support of the LGBT community. - Mkini

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