Knowles should be regarded as a ‘role model’ and ‘embodiment of success’ because of her heavy involvement in philanthropy work, including campaigns against poverty and domestic violence.

The company also allayed concerns that Knowles would wear inappropriate outfits, saying ‘all parties have come to an amicable understanding’ about stage costumes at the stadium concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s largest city.

We are confident that ‘the concert’ will once and for all silence international critics and put Malaysia back on track … in presenting A-list international pop concerts in this region.