Over nearly 20 years of touring the world, Swedish black metal band Watain said they have never encountered such an “old-fashioned” move like the Singapore government’s last-minute decision to cancel their concert here.
The band had been scheduled to perform at the Ebenex Live Space on Thursday night but the show was cancelled due to “security concerns” raised by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Some commenters on the petition site had decried the band’s “Satanic and suicide themes” and expressed concern that a concert here would “corrupt” young minds.
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