Malaysia's government halted a music festival in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, a day after the frontman of British pop rock band The 1975 kissed a male bandmate onstage and criticised the country's anti-LGBT laws.
  •  tangentism   ( @tangentism@beehaw.org ) English
    11•2 years ago

    Artists United Against Apartheid didn’t play gigs in South African to protest the situation there.

    If they had, it would have been a degree of complicity with the regime.

    TBH, every major artist should loudly express that they are deliberately skipping playing in Malaysia for specific reasons.