{"id":1999384,"date":"2023-08-13T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/band-may-soon-pay-the-price-for-gay-stunt-during-music-festival\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:33:28","slug":"band-may-soon-pay-the-price-for-gay-stunt-during-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/band-may-soon-pay-the-price-for-gay-stunt-during-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Band faces consequences for LGBTQ+ performance at music festival."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fband-may-soon-pay-the-price-for-gay-stunt-during-music-festival%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=1999384&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>Band May\u200c Soon Pay the \u2063Price for Gay Stunt\u200d During \u2063Music Festival<\/h2>\n<p>Every whiny LGBT\u200b activist needs to take a nice, \u2062long look at what just happened in Malaysia \u2014 and should immediately \u2064quit complaining about being \u201cpersecuted\u201d in America.<\/p>\n<p>The Good Vibes Festival is \u2063currently\u2063 going on in Malaysia \u2014 or was\u2063 going on\u200c before the government \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-music-festival-shut-band-protests-anti-gay-laws-lead-singers-stage-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shut the \u200bfestival down<\/a> due to a pro-gay \u2064stunt from the band \u200d\u201cThe 1975.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To wit, in July, the band\u2019s frontman (and ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swift-forced-clean-act-tribeca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a> beau) Matt Healy kissed a bandmate onstage \u200das some sort of apparent protest that not every country\u200b is so willing \u2063to indulge in\u2064 depravity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING:\u200b The following video\u2063 contains imagery\u2062 the \u200bviewer may find \u200bdisturbing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The 1975\u2062 has been banned from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \u200cafter Matty Healy and bandmate Ross MacDonald \u200bkissed on-stage during their set at Good Vibes Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Before\u200c the kiss, Healy gave a speech on his\u200d disappointment in the country\u2019s discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcHuPHiYr5\">pic.twitter.com\/XcHuPHiYr5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop\u2062 Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1682434753520361474?\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That little stunt (and \u200bin \u2063fairness to Healy, compared \u200dto \u200csome \u2062other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/evil-woke-grammys-fire-unholy-satan-worshiping-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far-left musical stunts<\/a>,\u200b his\u2062 was\u2062 relatively mild) led to not\u200d only his gig being\u200c abruptly canceled, but the entire event as well.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the late July incident, the festival\u2019s organizers took to \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cu_cQPry_wN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a><\/a> to release a statement and explain what had happened:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 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The Ministry has underlined its unwavering stance against parties that challenge, ridicule,\u200b or contravene Malaysian laws,\u201d the statement read\u200b in part.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, per <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/music\/news\/malaysian-festival-demands-the-1975-pay-millions-gay-kiss-1235694500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>, The 1975 is banned\u200b from ever \u200bplaying in Malaysia again.<\/p>\n<p>Given Healy\u2019s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/band-may-soon-pay-the-price-for-gay-stunt-during-music-festival\/\" title=\"Band faces consequences for LGBTQ+ performance at music festival.\">faux-tough guy act<\/a> at the expense \u2064of \u2064the Malaysian government, it\u2019s not hard to see why they banished the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see the f***ing\u2063 point\u2026 of inviting \u2063the\u2063 1975 \u2063to \u200ca country and then telling us who we can have\u200d sex with,\u201d Healy said before the kiss, per Variety. \u201cI\u2019m sorry if that offends you, and you\u2019re \u200dreligious\u2026\u200b but your government are a bunch\u200d of f***ing r\u2014\u2014. I \u2062don\u2019t care anymore. \u2063If you\u2062 push, I\u2019m gonna push back. I\u2019m not in the f***ing mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So why is this almost month-old\u200d incident being dredged up anew?<\/p>\n<p>Because \u200dthe Malaysian government \u200bnow wants its pound of (fiscal) \u200cflesh.<\/p>\n<p>According to Variety, the organizers of the \u201cGood Vibes Festival\u201d are seeking \u200d\u201cover $2 million\u201d in damages from The 1975.<\/p>\n<p>First, that\u2019s going to be one expensive \u2064kiss.<\/p>\n<p>Second, pardon this writer for \u2063being \u200bcompletely unable to conjure\u200c up a shred of sympathy for the band in this case.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry leftists, \u200byou can\u2019t preach about respecting alternative viewpoints and different cultures (and rail against cultural appropriation), and have any problem with what the Malaysian government did.<\/p>\n<p>Because we all know that \u200bif, let\u2019s say, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oliver-anthonys-meteoric-rise-continues-9-songs-break-top-25-itunes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oliver \u2064Anthony<\/a> was kicked out of the Country Music Awards because he refuses to \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-music-dead-trends-kelsea-ballerinis-cmt-awards-performance-goes-terribly-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dance with drag queens people on-stage<\/a>, the left would offer little more than uproarious applause.<\/p>\n<p>For The 1975, apart from any societal ills, the group seems to have some legal woes at hand \u200cas well, at least according to a \u2063statement provided to Variety by Future \u200cSound Asia (the organizers of the festival) \u2063attorney David Matthew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey entered into \u200ba binding contract with Future \u2063Sound Asia to perform and the position of \u2063Future Sound Asia, among others, is that this contractual obligation was breached,\u201d Matthew said in his statement. \u201cFurther, Mr. Healy\u2019s representative categorically provided a pre-show written assurance that Mr.\u200d Healy and The 1975\u2019s live performance \u200d\u2018shall adhere to\u2062 all local guidelines and regulations\u2019 during their set in Malaysia. \u200cUnfortunately,\u2062 the assurance was ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u200cMatthew blasted \u2064the\u200b band for thinking of \u200bits own agenda over \u200cthe well-being of\u200c small \u200bbusinesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The 1975\u2019s] actions have had repercussions on local artists and small businesses, who relied on the festival for creative opportunities and their livelihoods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the most recent\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvewfzoyDGZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media post<\/a> from \u200dthe Good\u2062 Vibes Festival, a site\u200b will be launched tomorrow to help customers\u2062 seek refunds.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/band-may-soon-pay-price-gay-stunt-music-festival\/\">Band May Soon Pay the Price for Gay Stunt During Music Festival<\/a> appeared first \u2063on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LGBT activists should reflect on Malaysia&#8217;s recent events and reconsider their complaints of persecution in America. The Good Vibes Festival, disrupted by a pro-gay act, was shut down by the government. 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