Gwen Stefani gets modest for concert in Malaysia

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Gwen Stefani played Malaysia as a cover girl. Actually, make that a covered girl.

The singer, 37, revealed next to no skin while performing Tuesday before some 7,000 cheering fans at an indoor stadium.

The new dress code followed some fears expressed by Islamic critics that Stefani's revealing concert costumes might corrupt the country's youth, the Associated Press reports.

Bursting onto the stage in a short-sleeved shirt and black-and-white striped hot pants suit over a black leotard (with black gloves up to her elbows), Stefani announced, "I am very inspired tonight."

What she was inspired to do was, in fact, put on a fashion show, donning a different outfit for every song – among them: "The Sweet Escape," "Rich Girl," "Wind it Up" and "Hollaback Girl." (Cameras were banned from the performance.)

Stefani's vow of modestly came as a result of a charge by the 10,000-member National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students that her revealing outfits and cheeky performances clashed with traditional Islamic values.

The opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party also blamed her for promoting promiscuity and corrupting the nation's youth.

Under Malaysian government rules, a female artist must be covered from her shoulders to her knees. Also prohibited: jumping, shouting or throwing of objects onstage or at the audience. Talent may also not hug or kiss, and their clothes must not carry obscene or drug-related images or messages.

Speaking to the local entertainment publication Galaxie, Stefani said she had adapted her act to Malaysia, which she termed a "major sacrifice."

"I've been in the music industry for 20 years and this is the first time that I'm facing opposition from people who have misunderstood me," she was quoted as saying – adding, "I'm not a bad girl."



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[Honey]

Gwen Stefani was a good girl, just like she promised.


The American pop singer wowed fans in Muslim-majority Malaysia, dressed demurely to show virtually no skin after Islamic critics claimed that her revealing clothes could corrupt the country's youth.
"I am very inspired tonight... It is great to be here again," Stefani, 37, told some 7,000 cheering, screaming fans at an indoor stadium on the latest leg of her Sweet Escape world tour. Scroll down for more...
A Sweet Escape for Gwen Stefani as she wowed fans in Muslim-majority Malaysia


The Sweet Escape was her first song after she burst onto the stage, wearing a black leotard under a white short-sleeved shirt and black-and-white striped hot pants suit, with black gloves up to her elbows.
She changed costumes for every song - putting on a cape once and tying a cloth around her waist like a skirt - but made sure she was fully covered while she belted out Rich Girl, Wind it Up, and Hollaback Girl among others.
International media photographers were not allowed to take pictures at the concert for copyright reasons. Fans had to leave their cameras outside.
Stefani had promised before the concert to dress modestly after the 10,000-member National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students protested against the concert, claiming her fashion sense and cheeky performances clash with Islamic values.
The opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party also accused Stefani of promoting promiscuity and corrupting the country's youth. Scroll down for more...
Style icon Gwen changed costumes for every song


But most fans in the stadium thought the protesters had gone overboard with their criticism.
"I think they were making a big ho-ha for no reason. Even the local artists, they dress even much worse, much more indecent," said Denise Chan, a 15-year-old ethnic Chinese.
About 60 percent of Malaysia's 26 million people are Malay Muslims, while ethnic Chinese - who are Christians and Buddhists - make up 25 percent. Ethnic Indians - most of them Hindus - are about 10 percent.
While Islam is the official religion, Malaysia does not consider itself a theocratic Islamic country.
"I've been in the music industry for 20 years and this is the first time that I'm facing opposition from people who have misunderstood me," Stefani was quoted as saying. "I'm not a bad girl," she said.

Gwen Stefani is a good girl in Malaysia, just as she promised | the Daily Mail

She is so nuts

[aabbcc]

She changed costumes for every song? Isn't that a bit excessive? I would think that would really slow things down and kill the flow of the concert.

[Heavenseventeen]

She changed costumes for every song? Isn't that a bit excessive? I would think that would really slow things down and kill the flow of the concert.

I guess it doesn't take that long if she's wearing that little.

How does one concert corrupt their youth?

[curlysem]

why should she care over that, she's an artist, and she can do what she feels like doing. why should she please those people.

[aabbcc]

why should she care over that, she's an artist, and she can do what she feels like doing. why should she please those people.

Because it's respectful of the culture of the country she is performing in ... she's still quite uncovered, though. 50/50 ... probably more than some people would bother to do.

[sensual]

It's respectful, of the place, but some places should chill out. No offense.