Avril Lavigne’s concert in Malaysia was canceled with just one-week’s notice because the pop star’s attitude would not instill “good culture” in the youth, reports say.

The 23-year-old Canadian pop star was scheduled to hold her first concert in the Muslim-majority nation August 29 in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

The timing of the concert, two days before the country's independence day and just ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was a chief reason for the cancellation, Shafie Apdal, minister of unity, culture, arts and heritage, was quoted as saying by the Star online news portal.

Shafie said Lavigne's act would be unsuitable alongside local cultural performances during the National Day celebrations.

Concert organizers insisted over the weekend that the show would go on, in spite of calls by certain groups to cancel the performance.

Earlier this month, the youth wing of Malaysia's hardline opposition Islamic party demanded Lavigne's concert be banned.