I dont believe Live music is banned in Brunei. Its The red tapes involved in allowing live music makes it troublesome for others to pursue unless you’re RF, then for sure live artist like Agnes Monica for sure easy come

So what i'm getting from replies here is that its "not banned" but need to do x y z, 1 2 3, up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A and press Start. Then need to collect all 7 dragon balls.

Yea.. it's as good as banned.

Live music isnt banned. You can apply for permit to do live music. What you cannot do is invite foreign artist to do concert for public (i.e. ticketed concert). Private functions are allowed.

I been in the brunei band scene for 10 years. Its not banned per say but really difficult to host a live show. A lot of red tapes. And the black out dates need to be considered. So if you want to organise something simple like Battle of the bands or a local band show, theres just so much paperwork and the MOHA or MORA can cancel it anytime.

Here are some cases i can remember the past decade:

1. there was a 3 day event for local brunei indie bands early 2010s. The 3rd day got cancelled for reasons i am still not sure. Maybe someone here may remember.

2. malaysian indie artist got invited to play a private show in Brunei. Got ambushed by KDN because one person from the crowd brought narcotics. Ruined the whole image of live music in brunei that year

Nowadays they are mostly held in private. Which is such a shame because there is a lot of talented musicians in Brunei that has no where locally to show their talent.

And to invited international artist, thats more red tape to handle.

Won free ticket to watch BLUE punya concert, maybe early 2000s. Was so excited! Sekali they cancelled Asian tour last minute because of terrorists. Back then asal negara islam they called terrorists 🙄

It is not banned but rather the person who made it possible is no longer in brunei

I remember the very last time someone tried to organize a concert here was when

Sungha Jung

The cancellation of this event was what very obvious that Brunei no longer allow any sort of concert / entertainment. But they tried to downplay it and say they still allow local performers to perform but obviously that was almost non existent. Only the recent Pelangi Awards last 2-3 years organized by Pelangi FM was done on a big scale.

The last concert was Michael Jackson at JP ampitheater, somewhere 1996. Rindu ku old Brunei vibes

Besides applying for permit, there’s a thing called “blackout dates” which no entertainment is allowed on certain dates (or even months) due to islamic or religious affairs. It makes running a concert very tedious and troublesome as it’s not easy to sought good dates for the act and approval can take a long time.

project pop & radja at stadium tertutup sheila on7 &peterpan… my last i think before 2009-2010