Matty Healy: The 1975 threatened with legal action after Malaysia festival cancellation

The organisers of a festival successful Malaysia cancelled past period aft a arguable show by the British set The 1975 person threatened the radical with ineligible action.

The institution down Good Vibes Festival has sent the set a informing missive demanding compensation.

The lawsuit was cancelled aft the band's vocalist Matt Healy attacked the country's anti-LGBT laws.

Representatives for the set refused to remark erstwhile contacted by the BBC.

During the band's header performance, Healy addressed the assemblage successful a profanity-laden code earlier kissing a chap set member.

The lawsuit successful Kuala Lumpur was cancelled the adjacent day aft a directive from Malaysia's communications ministry arsenic portion of its "unwavering stance against immoderate parties that challenge, ridicule oregon contravene Malaysian laws".

Homosexuality is amerciable successful Malaysia and punishable by 20 years successful situation - Healy's show was also criticised by members of the country's LGBT community arsenic an enactment of "performative activism" that would marque their lives harder.

Event organisers Future Sound Asia said successful a connection that it had issued the set with a Letter of Claim - fundamentally a last informing - demanding they admit their liability and compensate the organisers for damages incurred.

They said the band's nonaccomplishment to bash truthful would effect successful ineligible proceedings being pursued successful English courts.

FSA said it powerfully disapproved of the band's conduct, successful peculiar Healy's "use of abusive language, instrumentality damage, and indecent signifier behaviour".

It said the set had "intentionally contravened" the statement it had with organisers, starring to the festival's cancellation and resulting successful "significant fiscal losses" for FSA, arsenic good arsenic negatively impacting section artists and businesses reliant connected the festival.

In footage shared online, Healy could beryllium seen telling the assemblage that the band's determination to look successful Malaysia had been a "mistake".

"When we were booking shows, I wasn't looking into it," helium said. "I don't spot the [expletive] point, right, I bash not spot the constituent of inviting The 1975 to a state and past telling america who we tin person enactment with.

"Unfortunately you don't get a acceptable of loads of uplifting songs due to the fact that I'm [expletive] furious," the frontman continued. "And that's not just connected you, due to the fact that you're not typical of your government. Because you're young people, and I'm definite a batch of you are cheery and progressive and cool."

Healy and the band's bass subordinate Ross MacDonald past kissed arsenic the set played the opus I Like America & America Likes Me.

Soon aft - conscionable 30 minutes into the acceptable - Healy and the set walked disconnected stage, with the vocalist telling the audience: "Alright, we conscionable got banned from Kuala Lumpur, spot you later."

The set aboriginal cancelled performances successful Indonesia and Taiwan.

The Good Vibes Festival has been held annually successful Kuala Lumpur since 2013, with erstwhile acts including The Smashing Pumpkins, Ellie Goulding and Lorde.