The 1975 had their set at the Good Vibes festival in Kuala Lumpur shut down on Friday (July 21) after frontman Matty Healy labelled the Malaysian government "retards" for upholding strict laws banning same-sex relationships, and called out TikTok users who engaged in an online conversation as to whether it was "appropriate" for him to be holding a close friend's child in a certain way.
"So, what, we're just casually accusing people of being a paedophile now for entertainment?" an understandably enraged Healy asked the Malaysian festival crowd. "Is that what we're doing? No? Well it fucking looks like it."
The 1975's set was subsequently curtailed, and after Healy's angry speech went viral, the rest of the festival was cancelled, with a statement from the organisers saying that the decision came as the result of an "immediate cancellation directive" from Malaysia's Ministry of Communications and Digital, based upon its "unwavering stance against any parties that challenge, ridicule or contravene Malaysian laws."
