Future Sound Asia, the Malaysian festival organizer behind the Good Vibes Festival, has followed through on its threat to sue the 1975. The organizer is seeking £1.9 million, or $2.4 million, following frontman Matty Healy criticizing the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws onstage and kissing bassist Ross McDonald during the 2023 iteration …
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When the inevitable Ice Spice documentary arrives, however many years down the line, it’s likely to include a scene of the Bronx rapper sobbing her eyes out in her walk-in closet. Her producer, RiotUSA, often keeps a camera rolling to capture the kind of pivotal moments in her career that …
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The few weeks of 2023 during which Taylor Swift was presumably dating Matty Healy can only be accurately categorized as diabolically insufferable across the board. When the singer’s never-confirmed fling with the 1975 frontman reportedly ended after just a few months, it quickly became a distant memory — the kind …
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The 1975, a band whose members are no strangers to real-life carnage, recreated fictional scenes of horror from movies at their Halloween concert at a venue with the comically unscary name of the Little Caesars Arena (horror! horror!) in Detroit. Their “Halloween Party,” according to NME, included callbacks to American …
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The 1975’s Matty Healy got on his soapbox and defended the band’s on-stage protest against anti-LGBTQ laws in Malaysia, which got them banned from the country. Back in July, the 1975 headlined the Good Vibes festival in Kuala Lumpur, but their set was cut short after Healy criticized the country’s …
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When the 1975 goes off-grid following the conclusion of the Still… At Their Very Best tour, it won’t mark the end of the band itself. Earlier this week, Matty Healy told an audience in Sacramento that an “indefinite hiatus of shows” has been planned following the run of concerts. Two …
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Back in April, when Matty Healy addressed the racist and derogatory comments he made and participated in about Ice Spice during an appearance on the Adam Freidland Show in February, it was through an odd non-apology. “Ice Spice, I’m sorry,” he told the audience during the 1975’s concert in New …
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The 1975 are going on indefinite hiatus. Frontman Matthew Healy informed the Sacramento, California audience on Tuesday that they’d better enjoy the evening and register the experience in their memory palaces. “We love coming to this place and playing for you guys whenever we have the chance, and it’s wonderful …
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A group of Malaysian musicians and festival vendors have joined forces for a class action lawsuit againstthe 1975after frontmanMatty Healy’s protest against the government‘s anti-LGBTQ+ laws led to the entire event’s cancellation. The group were performing at the Good Vibes festival in Kuala Lumpur last Friday when Healy explained that …
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The 1975 have called off the remainder of their Asian tour following the band’s performance that resulted in the cancellation of a Malaysian music festival. Matty Healy and company were scheduled to play at Jakarta, Indonesia’s We the Fest on Sunday as well as in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, but …
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