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‘Made in America’ music festival, set to feature Lizzo and SZA, is canceled

CNN  —  Organizers of the annual Made in America Music Festival that takes place over Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia announced Tuesday that this year’s event is canceled. “Due to severe circumstances outside of production control, the 2023 Made in America festival will no longer be taking place,” organizers posted on the event website. “This decision has been difficult and has not be made lightly nor without immense deliberation.” This […]

todayAugust 8, 2023 2

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Malaysian music festival canceled after Matt Healy onstage kiss

The Good Vibes Festival 2023 in Malaysia has canceled their remaining schedule following what it’s calling the “controversial conduct” of Matt Healy kissing a male bandmate onstage in protest against the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies.Future Sound Asia (FSA), the company behind the music festival, announced that it was following a directive issued by the Malaysian government’s Ministry of Communications and Digital to immediately cancel the event.In their statement issued Saturday and […]

todayJuly 23, 2023 4

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Music Festival in Malaysia Canceled After The 1975 Lead Singer Slams Anti-LGBTQ Laws

A music festival in Malaysia has been canceled after the lead singer of British band The 1975, Matty Healy, made a strong statement against the country’s anti-LGBTQ laws and kissed a bandmate on stage. The incident took place at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night, prompting the Ministry of Communications to cancel the rest of the three-day event. Controversial On-Stage Speech In an expletive-laden speech during […]

todayJuly 22, 2023 1

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1975’s Matty Healy Slams Malaysia’s LGBTQ Laws: Festival Canceled – Billboard

The remainder of Malaysia’s three-day Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur has been canceled after The 1975’s headlining performance on Friday (July 21), event organizer Future Sounds Asia said in an announcement shared with Billboard on Saturday. The decision comes after frontman Matty Healy slammed the country’s LGBTQ laws as “f–king ridiculous” before sharing a prolonged kiss with bassist Ross MacDonald. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia, and those convicted face […]

todayJuly 22, 2023 3

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Music festival canceled over same-sex kiss onstage – DW – 07/22/2023

Malaysia halted The Good Vibes music festival on Saturday, after two UK band members of the same sex kissed on stage. The festival is a three-day event hosted in Kuala Lumpur where major international bands were to perform. The abrupt cancelation of the festival came after frontman of British pop rock band 'The 1975' publicly criticized the country's anti-LGBT position and kissed his male bandmate onstage. Malaysia, a muslim-majority country, considers homosexuality a crime which […]

todayJuly 22, 2023 2

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