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The uproar over South Korean band B1A4 hugging their female Muslim fans last month seems to have set an unfortunate precedent for future concerts involving K-pop artistes in Malaysia
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Taeyang of popular K-pop group Big Band is slated to perform in KL tomorrow (7 February) and you can be sure that there will be absolutely no hugging involved during his concert
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Taeyang is the first K-pop artist to perform in Malaysia following the B1A4 fiasco last month.
Ticket sales are not affected, nor have religious authorities issued any notice or guidelines to the concert organisers, but the programme has been changed to avoid any interaction between the singer and fans
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To put it simply, not only is Taeyang not allowed to hug fans, changes to the programme are probably meant to discourage fans from making physical contact with the singer
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Fans should also expect to NOT see Taeyang singing and dancing shirtless, as he usually does. The singer and his dance crew are probably going to be toning down on their suggestive dance moves.
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