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Lisa McLoughlin

The 1975’s Matty Healy feared jail time after Malaysia LGBTQ+ stunt

Matty Healy has admitted he feared being sent to prison after he kissed his bandmate Ross MacDonald on stage in Malaysia and criticised the nation’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

Healy’s band The 1975 were banned from the Southeast Asian country, where homosexuality is illegal, after the 34-year-old protested the laws at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur on July 21.

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