Furious protesters march against Coldplay concert after claiming band’s support of LGBTQ+ will corrupt country’s youth

ANGRY protesters marched yesterday against a Coldplay concert in their city.

The band are due to play a stadium gig in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Wednesday.

Lead singer Chris Martin has worn rainbow colours and waved Pride flags at performances

1

Lead singer Chris Martin has worn rainbow colours and waved Pride flags at performancesCredit: Getty

But conservative Muslims claim their support of LGBTQ+ will corrupt the country’s youth.

Nearly 100 people chanted “We reject Coldplay” as they marched to the heavily-guarded British Embassy after Friday prayers.

Hery Susanto said: “We are here for the sake of guarding our young generation.

“We have to reject the concert.”

Protest co-ordinator Novel Bamukmin said if the gig was not cancelled, thousands of protesters would confront the band on their way from the airport.

Coldplay have 1.6 million fans in Jakarta and are on their Music Of The Spheres world Tour.

Lead singer Chris Martin has worn rainbow colours and waved Pride flags at performances.

Indonesia’s tourism minister Sandiaga Uno assured fans there would be no disruptions to the concert.

In July rock band The 1975 cancelled its show in Jakarta after the singer Matty Healy criticised Malaysia’s anti-LGBT laws, and kissed bass player Ross MacDonald on stage.

!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;
n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,
document,’script’,’
fbq(‘init’, ‘752905198150451’);
fbq(‘track’, “PageView”);

You May Also Like

Meghan Markle’s ‘Very Clever’ Move to Give As Ever Jam a ‘Royal Price Tag’

Meghan Markle’s As Ever brand is finally here, and with it, her…

Celebrity Big Brother 2025 UPDATES: First eviction rocks CBB house tonight as Mickey Rourke faces the chop

That’s all for tonight! Thanks for following along with our live blog…

Justin Bieber quits Drew House fashion brand on heels of bizarre paparazzi meltdown: ‘Don’t waste ur money’

Justin Bieber revealed he broke ties with his Drew House fashion brand…

Sugababes look like they’re ageing backwards as they headline first arena tour since shooting to fame in 2000

SUGABABES have scored six UK number ones and sold more than 12million…