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Both concerts sold out extremely quickly, prompting calls for second dates to be put on. However, on the day of Coldplay's first-ever concert in Indonesia on Nov. 15, about 300 protesters in Jakarta gathered outside the stadium to jeer at concertgoers. The protesters chanted and held banners, expressing their opposition to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's support for the LGBT community. The protesters were confronted by the police and clashed with officers. Offered subsidies for concerts On Feb. 16, Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin claimed that global concert promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) told him that the Singapore government had offered Swift up to S$4 million (US$3 million) in subsidies for each of her six concerts in Singapore, in exchange for her to not perform elsewhere in Southeast Asia. A Thai government spokesperson later clarified that the claim was made "not to criticise or express jealousy", but to "admire and compliment" Singapore. On Feb. 28, Joey Salceda, a representative of Albay province in the Philippines House of Representatives, criticised Singapore in a media statement. The Philippines politician said that's not "what good neighbours do" and claimed that Singapore "hurt" the Philippines. Earlier this week on Mar. 6, a Malaysian opposition politician asked the Malaysia government to explain why Swift is not performing in Malaysia as part of "The Eras Tour". Bersatu's legal and constitution bureau deputy chairman Sasha Lyna Abdul Latiff claimed that the country was in talks with Swift's team from as early as 2022, although she was later rebutted by a member of the government.
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