Coldplay singer Chris Martin has responded after a Malaysian MP called for the band's upcoming concert in the Asian country to be cancelled.
In a radio interview Chris Martin said "Anyone who is not happy that we're coming, we're so sorry."Coldplay is yet to even play a concert in Malaysia, but the band's scheduled performance in the country later this year has seen frontman Chris Martin apologising.Soon after the band announced a world tour, which would for the first time take in Malaysia, an opposition member of the country's parliament called for the concert to be cancelled.
A HRW report released in 2022 said "Government officials have fostered a hostile climate in which LGBT and gender diverse people face discrimination and punishment because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,"Nga Kor Ming told local media the concert would be good for economic growth. “If they don’t like Coldplay... my suggestion for them is simple, don’t buy the tickets, and close their eyes. If Michael Jackson was allowed to perform back then in Stadium Merdeka, why shouldn’t Coldplay be allowed to perform?”
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