{"id":1980675,"date":"2023-07-23T09:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T13:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malaysia-cancels-rest-of-music-festival-over-same-sex-kiss-from-the-1975\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T13:45:28","slug":"malaysia-cancels-rest-of-music-festival-over-same-sex-kiss-from-the-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malaysia-cancels-rest-of-music-festival-over-same-sex-kiss-from-the-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia cancels music festival due to same-sex kiss by The 1975."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmalaysia-cancels-rest-of-music-festival-over-same-sex-kiss-from-the-1975%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=1980675&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>Malaysia Music\u200b Festival Cut Short After \u200dBandmates Share a Kiss<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold \u2063act \u2063of protest against \u2062Malaysia&#8217;s laws against homosexuality, two \u200bbandmates from \u2062The 1975 shared a kiss \u200bduring a <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>. Lead singer Matty Healy delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malaysia-cancels-rest-of-music-festival-over-same-sex-kiss-from-the-1975\/\" title=\"Malaysia cancels music festival due to same-sex kiss by The 1975.\">powerful speech\u2062 condemning<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporate-leaders-plot-to-oppose-changes-in-voting-laws-mock-mitch-mcconnell-on-weekend-mega-call\/\" title=\"Corporate Leaders Plot To Oppose Changes In Voting Laws, Mock Mitch McConnell On Weekend Mega-Call\">discriminatory laws<\/a> \u2064before the kiss\u2063 took place. However, their actions resulted in a ban from the country and the \u200ccancellation \u200bof two days&#8217; worth of performances at the Good Vibes festival.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We deeply regret to announce that the remaining schedule of\u2063 Good Vibes Festival 2023 (GVF2023), planned for today and tomorrow has been \u200bcancelled following the controversial conduct and remarks \u2062made \u200bby UK artist Matty\u200d Healy from the band The 1975,&#8221; the festival wrote \u200cin a statement. &#8220;This decision\u2062 adheres to the immediate cancellation directive issued at 1:20 PM, 22 July 2023, by the Ministry of Communications and Digital. The Ministry\u2062 has \u2063underlined its unwavering \u2063stance against any \u200cparties that challenge,\u2063 ridicule, or \u2063contravene Malaysian laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The festival expressed its apologies to \u2062ticket holders, vendors, sponsors, and partners, assuring that refunds will be provided. However, the details regarding the refund process are yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<h3>Standing Firm on Malaysian Laws<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;There will be no compromise with any party that \u200dchallenges, belittles, or violates Malaysian laws,&#8221; stated Communications and \u200dDigital Minister\u200b Fahmi \u200bFadzil in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Matty Healy has taken a stand \u200don \u2063such issues. In a previous performance in the United Arab Emirates, he kissed a male concertgoer, resulting in authorities attempting to\u2062 arrest him. \u2062However, he managed to \u2064evade capture and continue his tour in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>It is disheartening \u200dto note that a total of 64 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, have laws \u2063against homosexual\u200c acts. In Asia, countries like Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and \u200cPapua New Guinea have\u2064 joined\u2064 Malaysia in criminalizing\u200d sexuality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia abruptly ended a music festival after two members of The 1975, Matty Healy and Ross MacDonald, shared a kiss. The act was a defiant protest against the country&#8217;s anti-LGBT laws, accompanied by a speech from Healy criticizing the legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1980676,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/1980675","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}