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The 1975 Sued for $2.4M Over Matty Healy’s On-Stage Protest Kiss at Malaysian Music Festival
The 1975 are facing a lawsuit over Matty Healy's protest kiss at a Malaysia music festival over anti-LGBTQ laws. Organizers are demanding $2.4 milion.
In a case filed in the UK’s High Court, Future Sound Asia is demanding $2.4 million over the July 2023 incident in Kuala Lumpur, during which Healy gave a profanity-laden speech criticizing Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws and then kissed bandmate Ross MacDonald. But Future Sound claims that the band appealed and promised that Healy would adhere to “all local guidelines and regulations” in order to secure approval. Healy’s kiss and statements — he said, among other things, that it was “f—ing ridiculous to tell people what they can do with that and that” — were meant as a protest against Malaysia’s strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws, which make homosexuality a crime.
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