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13th August 2023
10:19am BST
"They entered into a binding contract with Future Sound Asia to perform and the position of Future Sound Asia, among others, is that this contractual obligation was breached. "Further, Mr Healy’s representative categorically provided a pre-show written assurance that Mr Healy and The 1975’s live performance 'shall adhere to all local guidelines and regulations’ during their set in Malaysia. "Unfortunately, the assurance was ignored."
Matty Healy and Ross MacDonald are under fire from the Malaysian government for sharing an on-stage kiss (image via Getty)[/caption]
As well as sharing a kiss with his bandmate, Healy also blasted Malaysia's criminalisation of homosexuality while on stage at the festival in July.
In a speech on stage, the 34-year-old singer said:
"I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn't looking into it (Malaysia's laws)". "I don't see the f****** point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with".Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia and with laws making it punishable by imprisonment. Healy's actions have also faced backlash amongst some of the LGBTQ+ community in the Muslim-majority country, saying their situation has been made more difficult because of the incident. The 1975 have now been banned from Kuala Lumpur and other tour dates in Indonesia and Taiwan have also been cancelled.
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