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The Star
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
World acclaimed singer Maher Zain makes long-awaited return to the region with a South-East Asia Tour 2025
Six years after his last sold-out tour in Malaysia, internationally acclaimed Swedish-Lebanese artist Maher Zain is set to make his long-awaited return to South-East Asia with a full concert tour. Known for his uplifting music and powerful message of hope, unity, and faith, Maher's comeback has been met with excitement across the region. The announcement was first made on his official social media channels on Monday and was formally confirmed during a press conference held on Wednesday (June 6) in Petaling Jaya. The multi-platinum recording artist and humanitarian will perform in Kuala Lumpur on August 16, Singapore on August 21, and Kota Kinabalu on August 23 as part of his highly anticipated South-East Asia Tour 2025, organised by Yayasan Tengku Abdullah (YTA). The official promoters are well-known Malaysian event company Hitman Solutions and Happymoon, in association with Awakening Music. Fuelled by overwhelming requests from fans across the region, this tour marks Maher Zain's first post-Covid-19 pandemic performance in both Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, a testament to his enduring influence in the hearts of millions. His last tour in Malaysia in 2019 sold out across four cities within days, reinforcing his legacy as one of the most beloved spiritual music artists in the region. In 2024, although Malaysia was not included in his global tour, fans remained hopeful for his long-awaited return — and the wait is now finally over. 'Malaysia represents an exceptionally important chapter in my career — arguably more significant than any other nation worldwide. I love performing in this country and region. The fans here are just marvellous and they are very close to my heart. "Few artists can point to a country that has been so instrumental in shaping the start of their singing career,' said Maher Zain via Zoom during the press conference with local media. 'To the fans who've waited six years — me and my tream are coming back for you. Let's make this tour something we'll remember forever. I'm really hoping to see the concert halls filled with families, young people, and long-time fans," he added. With more than 8 million followers on Instagram and 6.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Maher Zain continues to inspire and uplift through his unique blend of spiritual and contemporary music. Concertgoers can expect timeless favourites like 'Insha Allah,' 'Baraka Allahu Lakuma,' and 'Thank You Allah,' alongside newer releases, including 'Qalbi Fil Madinah' and 'Rahmatun Lil'Alameen'. The organiser, YTA, represented by said Dr. Mohd Afiq Farhan Md Hanif, from the Senior Leadership team of Yayasan Tengku Abdullah, said the event is more than just a concert and in fact, it is a celebration of unity, inspiration, and the timeless power of music that transcends cultures and communities. 'At YTA, we believe in the importance of fostering a community that appreciates meaningful art, positive expression, and instilling values that uplift and inspire. This concert is not just about music or entertainment. It is about creating moments that resonate deeply, spreading messages of compassion, resilience, and hope that go far beyond the stage,' said Dr Mohd Afiq. "We truly believe that events like this can leave a lasting impact on all of us, reminding us of thepower of music to heal and unite. It also an event where we can see Maher live since many of us in this country grew up listening to his music during weddings, Eid celebrations, and everyday moments of reflection." Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Kota Kinabalu were selected to ensure both Peninsular and East Malaysian audiences are included, while Singapore's addition follows last year's overwhelming response to Maher Zain's performance there. Tour Dates and Ticketing Info • 16 August 2025 – National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur • 21 August 2025 – The Star Theatre, Singapore • 23 August 2025 – Chancellor's Hall, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu Pre-Registered Sale: 12 June 2025, 12:00pm – 11:59pm; Public Ticket Sale: 13 June 2025 from 12:00pm onwards Ticket Prices: Kuala Lumpur – Starting from RM158 Kota Kinabalu – Starting from RM158 Singapore – Starting from SGD78 For more details -- email info@ or visit
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woman Leaves Cousin's Wedding After Discovering Other Kids Were Invited but Not Her Own
A woman shared on Reddit that she left her cousin's wedding after learning that other kids were invited but not her own "My husband and I were furious," she wrote Now, she is wondering if she was wrong to leave the wedding early without saying goodbyeA woman says she was "furious" after arriving at her cousin's child-free wedding only to see some kids had been invited. In a post on Reddit's "Am I the A------" forum, the 35-year-old woman explained that her cousin's wedding invitation specifically noted "no children." Because the OP (original poster) and her husband had a 2-year-old daughter, she reached out to her cousin to make sure that the wedding was indeed a child-free event. Her cousin confirmed the no-kids policy due to the venue being a winery, but noted that an exception was being made for the flower girls and ring bearer. Hearing this, the OP arranged for her mother-in-law to travel to the city where the wedding was being held so that she could care for the toddler while she and her husband attended the event. However, she was surprised to arrive at the wedding and see a number of young children there, despite her cousin's insistence that only the flower girls and ring bearer would be in attendance. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "My husband and I were furious," she wrote, explaining that they stayed for the ceremony and dinner but then got up and left "without saying goodbye" to the newlyweds. Making matters worse, during dinner, several people — including the groom's brother and the OP's other cousin — asked where their daughter was. "We made sure to tell them that we were told it was a child-free event so my husband's mother was watching her," the OP recalled. She concluded her post by asking if she and her husband were wrong to leave the wedding early due to their frustrations over the situation. In the comments section, many readers pointed out that the extra children at the wedding were likely brought there by guests who decided to ignore the no-kids request. They told her she was wrongly placing the blame on the bride and groom. "What is more likely: the wedding couple giving everyone except OP an exemption from the child-free rule to specifically spite OP or that several sets of parents decided the rules didn't apply to them, brought kids, and the wedding couple chose to not toss these guests out on their ears," one person wrote. Another agreed, commenting, "It seems more likely that those other people brought their kids in spite of that request, as opposed to the bride/groom intentionally excluding you from bringing your kid. YTA [you're the a------] for misplacing that aggravation as the responsibility of the bride." is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Others told the OP that, no matter the circumstances, she could have handled the situation more diplomatically. "Leaving without saying goodbye was in bad form," one reader said, while another added, "Leaving in a snit because you couldn't bring your toddler is extremely childish." Someone else told the OP she was making too big of a deal out of the perceived slight and should have just stayed and enjoyed the wedding. "Honestly, when my son was 2, regardless if kids were invited, I would have opted to leave him home anyhow. 2 year olds are unpredictable and you have to watch them the whole time. It can be hard to really enjoy the wedding when you're constantly wrangling a 2-year-old," they wrote. The commenter added, "I don't understand why so much offense needs to be taken instead of just focusing on enjoying the evening as an adults night out." Read the original article on People
WIRED
10-02-2025
- General
- WIRED
In Relationships, Am I the Asshole?
By Adam Bumas and Angela Watercutter Feb 10, 2025 6:00 AM For more than a decade, Reddit's 'Am I the Asshole?' sub has served as a trove of cautionary tales and (very) real relationship advice. WIRED talked to two OPs about what happened after their posts. Illustration: Gaetan Sahsah In a chaotic social media landscape, Reddit has been thriving. The site is one of the last strongholds of the truly social web, the rare place where users aren't coming to make money or appease an algorithm. On Reddit, you can trust you're talking to someone who wants to be there—though you may not trust everything they say. WIRED went looking for love and found that modern romance is a web of scams, AI boyfriends, and Tinder burnout. But a smarter, more human, and more pleasure-filled future is possible. No subreddit exemplifies this quite like r/AmItheAsshole. The community was founded in 2013, bringing a snarky, crowdsourced perspective to the advice column format. Reddit users, who usually create new 'throwaway' accounts to stay anonymous, recap interpersonal conflicts and ask the community for their judgment: 'AITA for shouting at my ex in front of my daughters?' 'AITA for wearing a wedding dress at a wedding?' Commenters will vote on whether the original poster (OP) is or is not the asshole (YTA or NTA), and the conversation grows from there. While posts on Am I the Asshole? cover all manner of drama, the posts about sex and relationships often get the most traction. Some become beacons of healthy relationship-building; others stand as cautionary tales. The debates over who's in the right, who to trust, and what happens next can spill off the subreddit, like a post about beef stew from January 2, which was closed after attracting attention from around the web. Hoping to find out what happens after someone has asked for an Asshole verdict, WIRED reached out to the authors behind dozens of our favorite posts. We heard back from two: one YTA who wondered about escalating a disagreement with her partner, and one NTA who asked her partner to call her 'Grandma' in bed. (You'll see.) Here's what they had to say. These interviews have been edited for clarity and length. Adam Bumas: How often do you visit r/AmITheAsshole? Weight-Late: I read the subreddit maybe twice a month, if that. While I love the community, lately a lot of bots or people posting for clout have clogged up the forums. How often do you post there, and why? Quite honestly I'm only on the sub once in a blue moon when I know I can't go to my friends or family about something, because they're biased towards or against me. What do you enjoy about taking your problems there? Well, on this sub you get what you asked for, unbiased and fair judgment. Honestly I like that. It's like getting a breath of fresh air. Do you ever share AITA posts—your own or in general—with the people in your life? I've only shared my own maybe once or twice, and only with one person: my best friend of six and a half years. She's the one I go to the most about problems I have, but if I know what her thoughts are gonna be (biased towards me) I go to Reddit. As for other posts, my partner and I often scroll through our individual accounts and show off AITA posts to each other. That's sweet! So AITA is something you both share? Occasionally, that or r/relationships. I'm not sure however if he posts anything, and he doesn't know I post anything. If we show each other things it's mostly other posts and stuff like that. Do you do that with other social media or just Reddit? Just Reddit! My other social media profiles are actually pretty public, and I like the anonymity that Reddit brings. Typically, the hive mind of AITA gives you an NTA score. But this time you got called 'the asshole.' How do you feel about that, and what are you planning to do about it? My current issue that I came to the subreddit with is still 'under construction,' if you will, but the advice I was given—while harsh—was eye-opening. Oh yeah? I'm not gonna exclude the kind ones, because those made me cry the most, but each piece of advice given from the community is helpful. Angela Watercutter: What led to you to post on AITA? Icy-Speaker9100: I had never posted on the forum before. I hadn't really used Reddit much before that. I actually used to always go on Twitter and read all of the Am I the Asshole? highlights posts. It was like Best of Reddit or something. Oh yeah, I remember those feeds. They had stopped posting, so I was like, I'll just go straight to the source and read it there instead of waiting for this weird bot account to post it. And I just so happened to get into a stupid argument with my boyfriend at the time, and I was like, you know what? This is funny because it's ridiculous, and I think other people will enjoy this. So I typed it up and put it on Reddit. I think I wrote that post at 2 or 3 in the morning, so I didn't even expect anyone was going to see it. Did they? Within two hours I had 1,500 or so upvotes. It started just gaining notice quickly, and I was like, oh wow . There were a lot of responses. I knew how I felt, and I'm a pretty strong-in-my-feelings person. If I think I'm right, I probably am, and he was always wrong. I like that some people [call their partners 'Daddy']. It's none of my business, not my bedroom. But I wasn't sure if some people were going to be like, 'No, that's a fair thing to ask. And you could have just said no.' You never know how people are going to react on the internet on any given day. Especially on AITA. It could have been a different day, and I could have gotten a different crowd and got a really completely different answer, someone who told me I was kink-shaming and being awful. So I liked that everyone was on my side, of course, because no one wants to be called wrong, and it just made me feel vindicated. I was just giving it back to him, and he deserved it, so it made me feel good, and I'm glad everyone agreed. What about the less serious responses? My favorite was the person who suggested you play the theme to Golden Girls . The responses made me die. So what happened after the post? Did your boyfriend see it? Oh yeah, I showed him. What was his reaction? He had already kind of accepted that it was a losing battle. I'm pretty like, 'You're not going to get away with it for long, and I'm not going to stop.' I enjoyed typing it, and I thought it was hysterical. I showed him, and I was like, 'Hey, a thousand people think you're wrong too.' How'd he take it? He was like, 'OK, I already know I'm wrong.' I was like, 'Yeah, tell Grandma she's right.' But he accepted it. No one was called Daddy ever again. Are you two still together? We broke up for a little while and we got back together. I'm with a different person now. You didn't break up over the 'Grandma' thing, did you? No. OK, good. One thing I like about AITA is that people don't always jump to 'dump him'—they give thoughtful feedback. I have a new boyfriend now. He's lovely. Do you have any personal favorite AITA posts? I'd have to think about it. I have the brain of a gerbil when I'm put on the spot. I always try to save particular posts, but a lot of my favorites and a lot of the things that attracted me to Reddit came off Twitter, and Twitter is no more, so it's hard. Yeah, Reddit feels like the last of a dying breed. [ Scrolling on phone ] Oh, this is actually a good one. And it was pretty well loved at the time. This person made their ex jealous with a picture of a potato they posted that looked rather girthy—I guess phallic in nature—and they really flew off the handle about it. Reddit! I love Reddit. I think it's one of the last untouched places. With Twitter turning into X and the TikTok ban and Mark Zuckerberg with his weird chain on Facebook, there's nowhere safe to just be a regular person and have a conversation. I love that about Reddit. Some people suck. People suck everywhere. You can block them on Reddit. Illustrations: Gaeton Sahsah
