MTV’s Malaysian Concert Debut

The first-ever MTV World Stage concert was held on the Sunway Lagoon beach in Malaysia Aug. 15 featuring Kasabian, The All-American Rejects and Hoobastank.

About 15,000 people watched the concert, which also featured Boys Like Girls, Raygun, Pixie Lott and the Malaysian rock band Estranged.

They all performed in a drained surf pool, which the organizers claim is the largest man-made surf pool in the world.

Tickets were free and given out through contests held by MTV, though inevitably some ended up on eBay and were sold for as much as RM 180 ($50).

The concert will eventually be broadcast on 44 MTV channels throughout Asia.

It was the network’s first originally produced event held in Malaysia.