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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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Malaysian music festival to take legal action against the 1975 | The 1975

The organisers of the Good Vibes festival in Kuala Lumpur are taking legal action against the 1975 after frontman Matty Healy criticised Malaysia’s punitive anti-LGBTQ+ legislation during their headline set.On 21 July, Healy told the crowd: “I don’t see the fucking point of inviting the 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with. Unfortunately, you don’t get a set of loads of uplifting songs […]

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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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Malaysian music festival cancelled following Matty Healy’s same-sex kiss with The 1975 bandmate

A Malaysian festival has announced that the event has been cancelled following the “controversial conduct and remarks” made by Matty Healy while he performed with his band The 1975. Healy, 34, had been at the Good Vibes Festival on Friday when he made a speech about homosexuality, which is illegal in Malaysia, and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald. Official statement from @goodvibesfest pic.twitter.com/XqsWegteWt — Good Vibes Festival (@GoodVibesFest) July 22, 2023 […]

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