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The 1975 sued by Malaysian festival over Matty Healy’s onstage gay kiss
Good Vibes Festival organizer seeks $2.4m after band’s violation of behavior code led to a shutdown last July
The organizer of Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival has sued the 1975 and all of the British pop-rock band’s members individually, following lead singer Matty Healy’s purported protest against the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ law on stage. According to the suit, Puspal initially rejected the band’s application to perform last summer, citing a 2018 article about Healy’s past drug addiction and subsequent recovery. The lawsuit accuses the 35-year-old musician of drinking alcohol, acting “in a drunken way”, smoking cigarettes, “appear[ing] to vomit on the stage and/or grunt and spit excessively including towards the audience”, using “profanity-laden speech” and intentionally damaging a drone camera used by the organizers.
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