Homosexuality is a crime in Malaysia, punishable by caning and up to 20 years in prison. Future Sound Asia (FSA), the festival organisers, claim The 1975 Productions LLP breached their contract and that the four band members owed a duty of care. The company is seeking damages of £1.9 million in losses.

Singer Matty Healy kissed a bandmate after an ‘obscene’ speech in Malaysia which led to authorities shutting down a festival they were playing at.

The 1975 are in the High Court over a lawsuit for £1.9 million after bandmates Matty Healy and Ross MacDonald kissed at a Malaysian festival in 2023.

He then kissed bass player Ross MacDonald on the lips. “I do not see the point of inviting The 1975 to a country, then telling us who we can have sex with,” Healy said. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia,

A Kuala Lumpur festival is suing the band after singer Matty Healy attacked Malaysia's anti-LGBT laws.