KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Just a day after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim welcomed Coldplay with a tweet, a PAS leader is calling for the British rock band’s concert to be cancelled.
PAS central committee member Nasrudin Hassan posted yesterday on Facebook: “Does the government want to nurture a culture of hedonism and perversion in this country?”
He also posted photos of Coldplay’s frontman, Chris Martin, holding up the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) flag at a concert in London.
“I advise (the government) to cancel the concert. It brings no benefit to race, religion or country,” said Nasrudin, a former one-term Temerloh MP.
His post has gone viral followed quickly by furious backlash, with many on social media telling him it’s his choice not to attend the concert but he can’t force his beliefs on others.
A Twitter user posted: “You don’t want to go, don’t go la. Don’t tell us what to do with our lives.”
“This band has sponsored river cleaning for Malaysia but your party has contributed nothing for the last 60 years,” said a Facebook user, referring to Coldplay’s sponsorship of a watercraft in 2019 which was placed in the Klang River to remove plastic trash from rivers.
“That’s right, let’s ban all companies named rainbow or pelangi, next let’s ban all rainbow-coloured buildings and finally, let’s ban looking at a rainbow,” said another Facebook user.
Much to the joy of all concert-goers in Malaysia, Coldplay had recently announced that their first concert in Malaysia will be held on November 22 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
The concert, which is a dream come true for Malaysian Coldplay fans, is part of the band’s highly anticipated return to Asia with its record-breaking Music of the Spheres world tour.
