A rep for The 1975 declined comment on the situation. During The 1975's performance at Good Vibes Festival in the capital city of Malaysia, Healy, 35,expressed his frustrations ab

The event’s organizer, Future Sound Asia (FSA), sued the band for $2.4 million after Matthew Healy kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage to protest the country’s homophobic laws during the 1975’s set in Kuala Lumpur—the capital of a country where ...

A judge tossed the claims against the four band members, but a lawsuit against their corporate entity will be allowed to continue

Last summer, the members of the 1975 were hit with a $2.4 million lawsuit from Future Sound Asia, the organizers behind Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival. The suit stemmed from an onstage kiss between frontman Matty Healy and bassist Ross MacDonald during the band’s 2023 headlining set,

A London judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit against the British band The 1975 over the lead singer’s gay kiss that led Malaysian authorities to shut down a music festival

The Malaysian festival that was shut down by authorities after The 1975’s Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate on stage is still seeing damages in court. The organizer of the Good Vibes Festival — which was forced to shut down by Malaysian authorities in 2023 after The 1975’s Matty Healy criticized the country’s anti-homosexuality laws