Last summer, the members of the 1975 were hit with a $2.4 million lawsuit from Future Sound Asia, the organizers behind Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival. The suit stemmed from an onstage kiss between frontman Matty Healy and bassist Ross MacDonald during the band’s 2023 headlining set,

A judge tossed the claims against the four band members, but a lawsuit against their corporate entity will be allowed to continue

Festival organizers sued the band for $2.4 million, but their contract was with the band’s company, not the individual musicians

The Malaysian festival that was shut down by authorities after The 1975’s Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate on stage is still seeing damages in court. The organizer of the Good Vibes Festival — which was forced to shut down by Malaysian authorities in 2023 after The 1975’s Matty Healy criticized the country’s anti-homosexuality laws