Matty Healy, protested Malaysia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws during a festival performance, and the government subsequently shut the entire festival down as a result.During their set at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Healy kissed his fellow bandmate, Ross MacDonald, and delivered a fiery speech condemning the nation's homophobic legislation.«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.»«And that’s not fair on you, because you’re not representative of your government,» Healy added, addressing the audience. «You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progressive, and cool.»During the speech — which was shared widely on social media — Healy said he and his bandmates discussed canceling their appearance at the festival all together, but decided against disappointing their fans in the country, and used the appearance to deliver a message.«If you want to invite me here to do a show, you can f**k off,» he said. «I’ll take your money, you can ban me, but I’ve done this before and it doesn’t feel good.»MacDonald and Healy then kissed on stage.
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