English band The 1975, and frontman Matty Healy, protested Malaysia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws during a festival performance, and the government subsequently shut the entire festival down as a result.
, protested Malaysia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws during a festival performance, and the government subsequently shut the entire festival down as a result.
"I do not see the f**king point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with," Healy declared in a speech during the show."Unfortunately, you don’t get a set of loads of uplifting songs because I’m f**king furious."
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