Adam Lambert Makes Changes to His Malaysian Glam Nation Show Amidst Local Protests

Adam Lambert Makes Changes to His Malaysian Glam Nation Show Amidst Local Protests.  Adam Lambert Makes Changes to His Malaysian Glam Nation Show Amidst Local Protests October 11th, 2010 | Author: mj
Adam Lambert is currently on tour in South East Asia. Today, he’s in Hong Kong getting ready for a show in the Chinese city. But when Glam Nation rolls into Malaysia for a show on Thursday, there will be a few changes made to his set.? Adam released a statement via twitter today:
“While I don’t believe that my glamnation tour is in any way offensive, I have agreed to make a few minor adjustments out of respect for the Malaysian government. Looking forward to a fun show.
Does my show “promote the gay lifestyle”? It promotes living ANY lifestyle that includes the freedom to seek love and intimacy. Gay, straight, bi, young or old. It’s all inclusive.
Plus, what’s THE gay lifestyle? There isn’t just one. There are so many different kinds of gay people. We have a variety of different lifestyles. There’s not only one lifestyle lived by straight folks. Generalizing…. “
The decision to adjust his set was made amidst complaints from The Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) Malaysia’s Islamist opposition party, who demanded today that authorities cancel Adam’s concert.
The conservative group say Adam is promoting “gay culture” in the mainly Muslim country.
“Adam Lambert’s shows… are outrageous, with lewd dancing and a gay performance that includes kissing male dancers, this is not good for people in our country,” said PAS Youth leader Nasrudin Hasan. Homosexual sex is illegal in Malaysia.
The PAS has also threatened to call “as many of its members and supporters” to protest if the concert goes ahead on Thursday, according to a party official.
Adam was probably planning to tone down his act anyway. An official from Malaysia’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry was reported saying that Adam had signed a contract agreeing to follow certain guidelines on performances. Foreign performers are often required to tone down their acts to keep within local cultural norms.
He won’t have to change much, I don’t think. No kissing Tommy, and he’ll have to keep those hips in check. He might have to leave “Fever” and the song’s male pronouns out of the set.
172 Responses to “Adam Lambert Makes Changes to His Malaysian Glam Nation Show Amidst Local Protests” Older Entries ? TLKC: 10/12/2010 at 10:16 am mrsdarcy? Love your name.
mrsdarcy: 10/12/2010 at 10:16 am
Cheers Maura73
Adam can wear a hijab some other time. He probably would look gracious in it.
Oh Happy Birthday MJ!
TLKC: 10/12/2010 at 10:20 am

mrsdarcy:
10/12/2010 at 10:16 am
Oh Happy Birthday MJ!

Ditto! Hope we don’t give you too hard a time today.
mrsdarcy: 10/12/2010 at 10:23 am
TLKC, you can probably guess my first name if you are familiar with P & P/ Jane Austen Novel.
I will be celebrating my golden year very soon, so you see, I can be that conservative, but never the less, I also enjoy life.
my birthdate? coincidentally it’s the same date as when Kris Allen released LLWD!!
Sorry MJ must out of topic.
Maura73: 10/12/2010 at 10:34 am
@mrsdarcy, I love, adore, worship Jane Austen Charles Dickens and Henry Fielding, too Love your name! Love LLWD, too, and AWM. TT–that one I could have lived without
Adam fan w/an open mind for good music.
mrsdarcy: 10/12/2010 at 10:35 am
LLWD Video for that matter!
I have tosay good night
(This blooming Click to edit and Request deletion is on, can someone tell me how to get rid of it, if you please!)
TLKC: 10/12/2010 at 10:39 am
mrsdarcy:
The “Click to edit and request deletion” will appear under all your posts but will be seen by you only.
P.S. to Maura -I’m an English major so guess what? Me, too. You forgot Thackeray.
ETA: If anyone is tuning in – the debate over the east-west cultural divide has given way to a celebration of 19th century England. To return to the “struggle” click on “older entries”.
mrsdarcy: 10/12/2010 at 10:42 am
Thanks a lot TLKC!
I rekon should try Henry Feilding!
Now, I really must go to bed, I need my beauty rest!! nite.
Maura73: 10/12/2010 at 10:47 am
@TLKC, I like Vanity Fair, but…Austen, Dickens, Fielding are, like, bedtime, dentist’s waiting room reading for me. Once I start, I can’t stop, get drawn into their worlds, get mesmerized. I’ve read Bleak House four times lol. I’ve only read Vanity Fair by Thackeray, and I enjoyed it, but I can’t see pulling it out when I’m bored. Same with George Eliot and Trollope. They’re intellectually fascinating, but not viscerally so (imo)…dunno if that made sense.
I also enjoyed the Hunger Games lol. Trying to bring this extraordinarily off topic post to Adam.
Sorry, MJ, or whoever’s modding this thread.
…and, yeah. Malaysia. Adam. I’m sure Austen is popular in Malaysia :/
jlurksacto: 10/12/2010 at 10:57 am

On Tuesday 12th October 2010, @_dashia said:
This to clarify about the Malaysia GNT Concert. Hope this will be RTed.
It’d be happening. If anyone said it’s not happening, please get your fact straight.
Regarding the rules, it applies to every single artist that perform here regardless what sexual orientation of the performer.
About the jumping part, it means no jumping to the audiences as it can get pretty chaotic if he does that. I’ve been to a lot of concerts and we’ve been jumping like crazy and even the artist jump together.
Regarding the stripping part applies more to lady performer although I’ve seen a couple of performers took out their jacket and shirt and just wore their inner shirt. A lot of underground bands performed shirtless. And they’ve came from US and Europe. No problem with that.
No kissing or whatsoever is part of the rules that you need to respect. You wouldn’t want he’d banned right? As a quite conservative country, trust me having Adam performing here is a huge step.
The protestors are just like the WBC Case. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t want Adam to perform just because some party protest about it. What’d you do if it happen at your own area?
And whoever said that Adam shouldn’t perform here, who are you to say otherwise, do you know how much we pay for the ticket? It equals to USD100. And the fans here probably spent as much as you guys there. So please don’t say we are not entitled for Adam to perform here.

Maura73: 10/12/2010 at 10:58 am
@Mrsdarcy re Fielding, start with Joseph Andrews, then Tom Jones, then Amelia. Another fascinating read is Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos. Marie Antoinette loved it
OT. Shutting up. Moving on. SORRY!!!
mrsdarcy: 10/12/2010 at 10:59 am
but have read HELEN FEILDING!
Chiaroscuro: 10/12/2010 at 11:03 am
@_dashia This to clarify about the Malaysia GNT Concert. Hope this will be RTed. It’d be happening. If anyone said it’s (cont) http://tl.gd/6ep0sj
I loved what dashia had to say. FYI she was one of 10 winners from Malaysia who was able to meet Adam in Singapore at the showcase earlier this year.
Adam is going to be perfectly fine. I trust him when he says he will stick to the guidelines, and that his show isn’t going to suffer for it. He is only being singled out by PAS because of his high profile. He’s not even the first to be done so by them, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, even Linkin Park were protested against. One more thing: Adam is NOT going to be ‘made an example of by the government’, quite the presumptuous opinion, to be frank our government here has far more pressing issues to deal with and this concert isn’t even a speck on the horizon as far as they are concerned! This is all being sensationalised. It’s all politics with PAS, they make noise and that’s it, I’m sorry that they are overshadowing what should be a momentous occasion for the fans here.
I was lucky enough to be one of those who got to see Adam in SG. He is a gorgeous human being and we are thrilled, thrilled and overjoyed that other M’sian fans and soon-to-become-fans will have this chance now to see him themselves. I was unprepared for the judgment coming from some quarters regarding Malaysia about this, I won’t lie and say it wasn’t upsetting to read some of the comments coming from twitter and elsewhere from the international fans. Thank you TLKC and Maura73 and others for your posts… I do not think Adam should feel obliged to make a dash for his plane the second his encore his over; he should at least take the time to try a laksa or nasi lemak or two. … but not before the concert please! =p
TLKC: 10/12/2010 at 11:05 am
jlurksacto: Good for @dashia - Adam’s Malaysian fans have a right to be angry. We were angry when ABC banned him. We fought against attempts by the right to demonize him for political gain. We felt that we had a right to see him.
We should all let the Malaysian fans know that we respect their dilemma and wish them a great concert.
CForCrazy: 10/12/2010 at 12:01 pm
Thank you, kidding
Btw…HAPPY BIRTHDAY MJ!
CForCrazy: 10/12/2010 at 12:04 pm
I love the posts done by @miraglambert and @_dashia its really reassuring!
AKGirl: 10/12/2010 at 4:28 pm
I want to thank the Malaysian fans for posting. The dialog has been great. I have realized that some of my fears come from my own ignorance. And as Ellessay said yesterday “unfamiliar territory”. I still have some angst, but I trust that Adam would not put his brother and glamily in any adverse situation. My hope is that the Malaysian fans come away from the concert with their hearts full like so many of us have. Oh, and that we get some great videos…. Happy Birthday MJ!
believeme: 10/12/2010 at 7:05 pm
They were not protested against him because he is gay and Jew. Majorly because of his controversy performances. Did he performed differently from his rehearsal when he performed at VMA(?) If I’m remembered clearly his GMA was cancelled by ABC(?) because they think he is unpredictable.
luvadamlambert: 10/12/2010 at 7:56 pm
I said this in the DWTS thread but i’ll say it here 2 HAPPY BDAY MJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THE AWESOME BLOG AND PUTTING UP WITH SHIIIT ILY AND UR AWESOME HAVE A GREAT BDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
bridgette12: 10/12/2010 at 8:33 pm
I am sure Adam and the rest of the Glam band are going to give a great performance for the Malaysians and then they can get the hell out of Dodge. I can’t wait till they get to New Zealand, they love him and have supported him from the beginning.
turquoisewaters: 10/12/2010 at 9:30 pm
Thanks for the reminder, Maura73:

Take it easy with the cultural superiority, please.

Doesn’t mean I think all countries are doing an equally good job protecting the rights of gays(and other minorities). But maybe MJs is not the place to list a ranking. (Happy BDay, MJ!)
I am hoping for a beautiful (and safe) concert for all Malaysians fans to whom this concert clearly means a lot.
TLKC: 10/12/2010 at 10:09 pm

You’re just dying for American ex-pats, right?

Maura73: Actually, many American ex-pats have contributed a great deal to our country. You can come up here anytime you like. Heck, I’d even sponsor you BUT: who’s going to vote for change if you and everyone who thinks like you moves north of the border?

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