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Festival demands damages from The 1975 after Matty Healy defies anti-LGBTQ+ laws

The controversial 34-year-old singer was performing at the Good Vibes Festival when he went on a long-winded rant about the country’s laws and proceeded to kiss bassist Ross MacDonald

A Malaysian festival has demanded damages from The 1975 after frontman Matty Healy defied their anti-LGBTQ+ laws with an on-stage kiss. They claimed his “abusive language, equipment damage and indecent stage behaviour” caused the event to be cancelled.

The controversial 34-year-old singer was performing at the Good Vibes Festival when he went on a long-winded rant about the country’s laws,where LGBTQ+ people can face up to 20 years in prison, and proceeded to kiss bassist Ross MacDonald while on stage.

While on stage, he attacked the government and also said he was “furious” he had made “a mistake when we were booking shows”. After sharing a kiss, the band went on to play I Like America & America Likes Me. However, their set was soon cut short as Matty told festival-goers: “All right, we gotta go.

“We just got banned from Kuala Lumpur, I’ll see you later,” he told the shocked crowd. The rest of the scheduled Good Vibes Festival – which included performances from The Kid Laroi and The Strokes – was later cancelled.

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