Looks like Avril Lavigne can prove she's "The Best Damn Thing" in Kuala Lumpur after all.
The Malaysian government has granted the green light for the wannabe hood rocker's spear on Aug. 29 as scheduled, despite scrapping the concert last week for being "overly sexy."
The determination was converse after Lavigne's promoters assured the performance wouldn't spoil the mainly-Muslim country's young person or break up its independence day celebration on Aug. 31.
"In giving the approving, the cabinet also instructed the (arts and cultural) ministry to monitor the concert to ensure that the performances do not clash with the Malaysian culture and values," the Arts and Culture Minister Mohamad Shafie Apdal told Bernama, a Malaysian news agency.
Beyonce Knowles, Gwen Stefani and the Pussycat Dolls are among the former artists wHO experienced trouble in the conservative country, which imposes dress rules and conduct codes on performers, including no jump, shouting, hugging or fondling on stage.
But the 23-year-old "Complicated" isaac Bashevis Singer told MTV, "They tend to, you know, sometimes not want Western artists in their country," she continued. "I respect that, but at the same time, you know, there's people that listen to music at that place and want to witness their idols and stuff, so it's all good: been sanctioned by the government and [I'm] going to go put on a show and have fun."
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