Malaysian Festival Sues The 1975 Over Onstage Gay Kiss

In July 2023, the 1975 headlined Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia has extremely strict laws banning all homosexuality, and in an effort to protest that, frontman Matty Healy made out with bassist Ross MacDonald onstage. It did not go over so well. In addition to the 1975’s set getting cut about 45 minutes short, the festival’s license was immediately revoked and the rest of the weekend was canceled, too. The 1975 also canceled subsequent shows in Indonesia and Taiwa...

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