Why are there no big concerts in Malaysia?

The current ‘it’ group of the entertainment industry One Direction will once again visit the region for their Asian tour next year.

For those from a different generation, One Direction is The Beatles for teenage children of this age.

The young boys - Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan - have millions of followers all over the world. Their fans helped place 61 of their songs to the top of the popular music charts within three years.

One Direction is formed by music maestro, Simon Cowell after the group got third place in the reality TV show in Britain, The X Factor, in 2010.

This is the second time One Direction will be coming to Asia and Australia in the past two years.

In 2013, the group performed 25 concerts in major cities of Australia and New Zealand including seven nights in Melbourne on three differing dates during the first, the second and last week of October.

As the ticket were immediately sold out, the organisers had to add more dates to the concert due to its demand.

In their Take Me Home tour, One Direction had two performances in Tokyo which was their only stop in Asia. Therefore, this concert is highly anticipated by their fans.

But the story now is not on One Direction and their concert. The story is: why are international singers or groups not coming to Malaysia?

Why is Eric Clapton, Sting and Santana (to name a few) willing to fly to Singapore and other cities in Southeast Asia but not to Kuala Lumpur? Why?

What are the possible economic opportunities for hosting events like this and is the country missing out on it?

We want to hear your views. Are you willing to travel overseas to watch your favourite artist in concert? Why?

We also want to hear how this issue can be resolved? What can the authorities do?

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