Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival has announced its return following last year's controversy involving The 1975.
‘s headlining set. Frontman Matty Healy harshly criticized the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ stance onstage at the three-day Kuala Lumpur festival, resulting in a cancelation of the following two days.
Following the show’s seventh song, “I Couldn’t Be More in Love,” the gig was abruptly cut short, with Healy telling the crowd they “just got banned from Kuala Lumpur.” In a statement, organizers of the Good Vibes fest confirmed that the 1975’s set had been cut short due to “non-compliance with local performance guidelines.”
This year, Good Vibes Festival is set to take place on July 20 and 21 at the Resorts World Awana in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, and will feature performances by J. Balvin, Peggy Gou, Joji, BIBI, Alec Benjamin, and more. Wan Alman, Future Sound Asia’s Director of Entertainment,about returning, but could not comment specifically on The 1975 due to ongoing legal proceedings with the band. He noted that the controversy was “pretty much an isolated incident” in the festival’s history.
Alman explained that the booking process has become more cautious. “If anything, it would’ve made promoters more careful in which acts they want to book and probably make them more diligent in clearly informing the artists that these are the things you can and cannot do when performing in Malaysia,” he said.against the band by Future Sound Asia, Good Vibes Festival wasn’t sure it would be able to continue. But Alman said they decided to change it to two days and switch up the venue for 2024..
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