Kamarulzaman Mohamed, a party youth official, told The Associated Press on Monday that Lavigne's show was "considered too sexy for us" and would promote the wrong values just before independence day.

Malaysia requires all performers to wear clothes without obscene or drug-related images and be covered from the chest to the knees. They must also refrain from jumping, shouting, hugging and kissing on stage.

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UPDATED : We've been told the concert is now back on. Avril Lavigne says is back on, the organizers says its back on. No word from the people who called it off in the first place just yet. Has Merdeka been moved to a different date instead?