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Matty Healy: Malaysian music festival seeks damages from The 1975 over cancellation

A Malaysian festival has demanded damages from The 1975 over allegations that frontman Matty Healy’s “abusive language, equipment damage and indecent stage behaviour” caused the event to be cancelled.At the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur in July, Healy made a speech about homosexuality, which is illegal in Malaysia, and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald on stage.The three-day event was subsequently axed and headliners Australian singer-songwriter The Kid Laroi and American […]

todayAugust 7, 2023

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Malaysia Cancels Music Festival After Matty Healy Slammed Country’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — British pop rock band The 1975 announced on Sunday it was canceling its shows in Jakarta and Taipei after the Malaysian government cut short a music festival in the wake of the band’s lead singer slamming the country’s anti-gay laws and kissing a male bandmate during their performance.The 1975 was scheduled to have a performance at We The Fest, Indonesia’s annual summer music festival, in Jakarta […]

todayJuly 23, 2023

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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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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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