MUMBAI: Catholic Church officials in Munich have called on the city to withdrawal its approval for the MTV Europe Music Awards to be hosted in the Bavarian capital on a religious holiday All Saints Day on 1 November.

However the mayor has said that the show must go on.

Reports add that All Saints` Day is supposed to be a day of calm on which public entertainment events are only to be permitted if they "respect the serious character of the day" or are permitted as an exception for "important reasons," according to Bavarian law.

A Church official was quoted saying that if someone like Justin Timberlake only has time on All Saints` Day, then the culture of religious holidays was sent on to the trash heap.

Munich Mayor Christian Ude however said the award show met the criteria for approval - even falling on a religious state holiday. "It is a one-time event, cannot be rescheduled and in happening only at the Olympic Park. No one is going to be impaired from going to church or visiting a cemetery."