Malaysian Festival Demands the 1975 Pay $2.7 Million After Gay Kiss Controversy

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The organizer of a Malaysian music festival is seeking 12.3 million ringgit ($2.7 million) in losses from British band The 1975, after its lead singer’s onstage protest of of the country’s anti-gay laws prompted authorities to shut down the festival, the company’s lawyer said Friday.

Future Sound Asia, organizer of the Good Vibes festival, has asked The 1975 to pay £2 million ($2.5 million USD) to its organizers, Rolling Stone reports. The Malaysian event was canceled after The 1975's performance, which was cut short after frontman Matty Healy blasted the country's anti-LGBTQ laws and kissed bass player Ross McDonald.

The 1975 have been ordered to pay a Malaysian festival organiser over £2million in damages within seven days or face legal action in the UK.Future Sound Asia (FSA), the organiser of Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes Festival (GVF), has confirmed that it has issued a seven-day Letter of Claim to the UK band requesting for RM12.3million (£2,099,154.54) in damages following the cancellation of the festival last month.The Letter of Claim was previously announced on August 7, though further details were unknown at the time.In a new statement to the Malay Mail, the festival’s organiser’s legal counsel David Mathew from Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership said that the seven-day notice is dated August 7, meaning the band have until August 14 to pay the damages before legal action is taken against them.“In the letter, FSA has demanded that The 1975 admit their liability and also pay the sum of £2,099,154.54 (RM12,347,967.91) within seven (7) days,” David Mathew told Malay Mail. “The Letter of Claim is written in accordance with the provisions of the English Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocol which are part of the English Civil Procedure Rules.”According to Mathew, a large component of FSA’s Letter of Claim is attributed towards frontman Matty Healy’s breach of contract.

Matty Healy has revealed that he thought he might be sent to prison after sharing an onstage kiss with bandmate Ross MacDonald during a gig in Malaysia, where homosexuality is illegal. The kiss occurred during the Good Vibes Festival, when during The 1975's set, Matty announced: "I don’t see the f**king point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with.

Future Sounds Asia, the organizers of the Good Vibes music festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are preparing to take legal action against the 1975, Rolling Stone reports. During their set last month, Matty Healy called out the country's discriminatory anti-LGBTQ+ laws and kissed bassist Ross McDonald.

The 1975‘s Matty Healy has addressed the band’s ongoing controversies in Malaysia after they were banned from the country last month.While performing in Hawaii on August 6, Healy addressed the crowd before the band dove into ’28’. “All I’ll say is that I don’t give a fuck about any white saviour complex bullshit.

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.

The 1975, following the band using their set to criticise Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws.The moment took place during the band’s headlining set on July 21 – the first day of the three-day festival – when frontman Matty Healy, drinking on stage, smashed a festival-operated drone and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald in front of the crowd.The set was cut short and the next day, the remainder of the three-day festival was later cancelled by the authorities and both Healy and the band were banned from performing in the country.Now, it has been confirmed that the organisers behind the festival – Future Sound Asia – are pursuing legal action against them, and have sent a Letter Of Claim to the British indie band.According to the press release, the claim demands that The 1975 acknowledge their liability and compensate Future Sound Asia (FSA) for the damages incurred. It also states that if the band fail to do so, the organisers will pursue legal proceedings in the Courts of England.“FSA would like to reiterate their strong disapproval of the Band’s behaviour during their performance at GVF2023,” it reads.

Tom DeLonge has said he will not go to Malaysia after sharing a kiss with The 1975‘s Matty Healy while at Lollapalooza in Chicago.DeLonge, who watched The 1975 perform at Lollapalooza over the weekend, took to Instagram to share a screengrab of he and Matty Healy embracing mid-set. “I guess myself ‘AND’ The 1975 won’t be going to Malaysia – just a couple of dudes kissing during their phenomenal set at Lollapalooza.See the post below.