{"id":1980373,"date":"2023-07-22T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/music-festival-shut-down-after-band-protests-anti-gay-laws-with-lead-singers-on-stage-move\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T19:27:02","slug":"music-festival-shut-down-after-band-protests-anti-gay-laws-with-lead-singers-on-stage-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/music-festival-shut-down-after-band-protests-anti-gay-laws-with-lead-singers-on-stage-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Music festival canceled due to band&#8217;s protest against anti-gay laws through lead singer&#8217;s on-stage action."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusic-festival-shut-down-after-band-protests-anti-gay-laws-with-lead-singers-on-stage-move%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Music Festival \u2064Shut Down After Band Protests Anti-Gay Laws\u2063 with Lead Singer&#8217;s On-Stage Move<\/h2>\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s \u200bgovernment made a\u2062 bold decision on Saturday\u200b by\u200c cutting short a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coachella-and-stagecoach-music-festivals-canceled-for-third-time\/\" title=\"Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals canceled for third time\">music festival<\/a> following a powerful statement made by the lead singer of British band The 1975. During their performance, Matty Healy slammed the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-bakari-sellers-says-the-gop-is-homophobic-he-lobbies-for-a-country-where-its-illegal-to-be-gay\/\" title=\"CNN Analyst Bakari Sellers Says the GOP Is Homophobic. He Lobbies for a Country Where It\u2019s Illegal To Be Gay.\">anti-gay laws<\/a> and shocked the\u2064 audience by \u2063kissing his male bandmate, Ross MacDonald.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There will be \u2062no compromise \u2063with any party that challenges, belittles \u2062or violates Malaysian laws,&#8221; said \u2062Communications\u200b and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil in a \u2062statement on\u200c Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident, which \u200bwas captured on video and shared on social media, caused a major uproar in the predominantly Muslim nation. Healy&#8217;s speech, in which \u200dhe used profanity\u200b to criticize\u2063 the government&#8217;s \u2062stance against homosexuality,\u200b ignited a wave of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>After meeting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-franciscos-4-20-celebration-on-hippie-hill-canceled-for-second-year-in-a-row-due-to-covid-19-restrictions\/\" title=\"San Francisco\u2019s 4\/20 Celebration On Hippie Hill Canceled For Second Year In A Row Due To COVID-19 Restrictions\">festival organizers<\/a>, Fahmi announced that the Good Vibes Festival, which was supposed to continue throughout the weekend, would be \u200bcanceled.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Homosexuality is a crime in the country that\u200b is\u200c punishable by up to\u200d 20 years in prison and caning,&#8221; stated Fahmi.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The agency\u2064 responsible for approving performances by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/music-festival-shut-down-after-band-protests-anti-gay-laws-with-lead-singers-on-stage-move\/\" title=\"Music festival canceled due to band's protest against anti-gay laws through lead singer's on-stage action.\">foreign artists expressed<\/a> \u2063its \u2063disappointment with the band&#8217;s conduct, deeming it &#8220;an insult\u2063 and disrespecting the laws of the country.&#8221; As a result, \u2064The 1975 will\u2064 be\u200d blacklisted from performing\u200b in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>This is not \u2064the first time that Healy has used his platform to advocate \u2062for LGBTQ+ rights. In 2019, \u200dhe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">made headlines<\/a> by\u200b kissing a male fan during a concert in the United Arab Emirates,\u200d a \u2062country that \u200calso criminalizes homosexual acts.<\/p>\n<h3>Source:<\/h3>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-music-festival-shut-band-protests-anti-gay-laws-lead-singers-stage-move\/\">Music Festival Shut Down After Band Protests Anti-Gay Laws with Lead Singer&#8217;s On-Stage Move<\/a> appeared first on\u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200cWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia&#8217;s government abruptly ended a music festival when The 1975&#8217;s lead singer, Matty Healy, criticized the country&#8217;s anti-gay laws and shared a kiss with a male bandmate. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil condemned Healy&#8217;s behavior as &#8220;extremely disrespectful.&#8221; The incident occurred during the Good Vibes Festival, prompting the government to take immediate action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1980374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}