JAKARTA: British indie-rock band The 1975 cancelled a concert in Indonesia on Sunday, after Malaysia axed a festival over a same-sex kiss and tirade against the country's anti-LGBTQ laws by their frontman.
Indonesia's LGBTQ laws are less strict than those in neighbouring countries such as Malaysia, where homosexuality is a crime.
The band subsequently announced it would cancel its performance at the We The Fest event in Indonesian capital Jakarta, as well as a show in Taiwan -- home to a thriving LGBTQ community -- on Tuesday. Healy had told Malaysian fans on stage that the band had thought of pulling out of the festival on Friday, saying:"I do not see the point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with."
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