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The Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) wants the Malaysia government to explain why American pop star Taylor Swift is not performing in Malaysia as part of her global "The Eras Tour". Malaysia in talks with Swift's team from as early as 2022 Bersatu's legal and constitution bureau deputy chairman Sasha Lyna Abdul Latiff said in a statement on Mar. 6, 2024 that talks between the Malaysia government, under former Prime Minister (PM) Ismail Sabri Yaakob, and Swift's concert promoters began as early as 2022, Sinar Daily and the New Straits Times (NST) reported. This was earlier than the time when Singapore sealed the deal with Swift to perform in Singapore, which likely took place not too long after a Singaporean team from SportsSG, Kallang Alive Sports Management, and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), including its minister Edwin Tong, met with Swift's agents and promoters in Los Angeles in February 2023. Tong told Mothership on Feb. 28, 2024: We saw an opportunity, we negotiated quickly with them, and we closed the deal quite quickly." Despite their head-start, Malaysia was unable to seal the deal, while neighbouring Singapore successfully secured the tour, Sasha said. Sasha asked: "Did the Madani government make any efforts to secure the tour?" She was referring to the incumbent PM Anwar Ibrahim, who introduced the Malaysia Madani, or Civil Malaysia, slogan on Jan. 19, 2023, shortly after Anwar took office on Nov. 24, 2022. Bersatu, along with Parti Islam se-Malaysia (Malaysia Islamist Party, or PAS), are the main opposition parties in Malaysia. Swift has "universal appeal", means a "gold rush"
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