'It is not timely. It's not in the good spirit of our National Day. If we go ahead with the concert, it is contrary to what we are preparing for.' - Mr Shukran Ibrahim, a senior official from the Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry's department that vets all foreign artists
THE SHOW WILL GO ON
'As far as we are concerned, the show is still on.' - A spokesman for the organisers
SINGER SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE
'We don't want our people, our teenagers, influenced by their performance. We want clean artists, artists that are good role models.' - PAS youth official Kamarulzaman Mohamed