Future Sound Asia threatens 1975 with legal letter
The Malaysian promoter is demanding the band "acknowledge their liability and provide compensation" for GVF2023's cancellation
News By James Hanley | 7 August 2023
The promoter of Malaysia’s ill-fated 2023 Good Vibes Festival (GVF) has threatened The 1975 with legal action over the event’s cancellation.
The ministry of communications and digital issued an “immediate cancellation directive” to promoter Future Sound Asia (FSA) in response to the actions of the band’s frontman Matty Healy’s actions during their aborted 21 July headline set.
Criticising Malaysia’s strict anti-LGBT laws (homosexuality is a crime in the country), Healy told the festival crowd: “I made a mistake. When…
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