Politicians and Catholic Groups Wanted to Stop Lady Gaga Concert

For some people, the sudden protests from politicians to stop the concert of Lady Gaga is a publicity stunt for the upcoming election. Some of them even wanted a court order to successfully ban the concert. There are also religious groups that went on protest last Friday. They were urging Filipinos not to watch Lady Gaga's concert on May 21 and 22. They said the songs of the pop icon is blasphemous. This is aside from the usual stage production which involves some form of nudity and lewd conducts.

The local government of Pasay City where the concert will be held already informed the organizers, Ovation Productions, to tone down their concert to avoid any problems. Representatives from the LGU will monitor the concert to ensure they will not violate any laws. "We reminded the producers of Lady Gaga's concert that the show and the event as a whole shall not exhibit any nudity or lewd conduct which may be offensive to morals and good customs," Mayor Calixto told the AFP in an interview. "Although we respect artistic and musical expressions, I won't allow anyone or any group to provide acts which may be questionable in (any) way," he added.

Members of catholic groups will also monitor the concert and will send people to watch the concert to take possible evidences of lewd performances by Lady Gaga. Former representative and Pastor Benny Abante told the media that the production company should tone down their concert. "She should not sing songs that could offend our spiritual senses or wear bikinis in front of the crowd," he added.

 

Meanwhile, Ovation Productions, the promoter of Lady Gaga's concert in the Philippines, told a local media that people have the freedom to express themselves artistically. "Those who oppose what Lady Gaga is doing are not being forced to watch the concert," he said.

Indonesia and South Korea were some of the Asian countries who successfully ban or enforce strict rules on Lady Gaga's concert. Indonesia refused to issue permit for the said concert while South Korea ban the sale of tickets to citizens under 18 years old.

Let's see what will happen in the Lady Gaga Concert. Who can stop the concert of Lady Gaga?