SINGAPORE: Last month’s Watain concert was cancelled at the last minute after many Christians offered feedback following its initial approval, ...
MHA was informed of the application and after considering it, told IMDA that it objected to the concert.
"My officers and I took into account the reaction of the Christian community ... and the broader security implications of that reaction, both in the medium and longer term," he added.Mr Shanmugam acknowledged that the reality of the matter “turned out to be different” from the initial assessment. “So he knows that his music attracts fanatics with extreme ideas,” said Mr Shanmugam. “He is aware of the lawnessness, violence, crime, madness that can follow.”
Mr Danielsson was also reported to have said that he had “always been encouraging music to take a physical form”, citing the church burnings in Norway in the early 1990s. “To me it’s the very natural consequences of rock and roll, in the end, being the Devil’s music,” he said.Mr Shanmugam said he recognised that some Singaporeans disagree with the Government.
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