{"id":14894,"date":"2013-06-08T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T06:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=14894"},"modified":"2013-06-08T10:20:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T06:20:29","slug":"anti-gay-campaigners-in-russia-tell-elton-john-wear-flamboyant-clothes-at-your-concert-and-well-protest-in-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=14894","title":{"rendered":"Anti-gay campaigners in Russia tell Elton John: &#8216;Wear flamboyant clothes at your concert and we&#8217;ll protest in the streets&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/e4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14888\" alt=\"e4\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/e4.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/e4.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/e4-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>Elton John has been told to lose his flamboyant stage costumes for an upcoming concert in Russia &#8211; or face protests by anti-gay campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>The singer, who will play in the southern city of Krasnodar next month, has been told by a communist group that his usual outfits are &#8216;homosexual propaganda&#8217; that could breach local laws where promoting homosexuality is a criminal offence.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s Communists of Russia party has instead suggested that the 66-year-old performer should wear &#8216;more respectable&#8217; traditional Cossack clothes for his concert.<\/p>\n<p>Local party leader Mikhail Abramyan recommended that Elton don a knee-length kaftan, knee-high leather boots, and a fur hat for the July 14th gig.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;It would be more respectable.\u00a0 We have suggested it to the promoters and we hope he&#8217;ll wear it.&#8217;, according to Russian news agency <a href=\"http:\/\/en.ria.ru\/society\/20130606\/181542767.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ria Novosti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Elton John did not wish to comment this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John has been told to lose his flamboyant stage costumes for an upcoming concert&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,149,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-russia","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}