Suit against The 1975 an ‘illegitimate’ attempt to blame band, says lawyer

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The band’s lawyer Edmund Cullen says the individual members of The 1975 should not be held responsible for the shutdown of the 2023 event by Malaysian authorities.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/20/suit-against-the-1975-an-illegitimate-attempt-to-blame-band-says-lawyer/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #The1975 #GVF2023 #Lawsuit

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00:00The lawyer for British band The 1975, whose on-stage actions led to the shutdown of a

00:06music festival in Malaysia some two years ago, has described the suit against it as

00:12an illegitimate, artificial and incoherent attempt to pin the blame on the band members.

00:18Edmund Cullen also said that the individual members of The 1975

00:23should not be held responsible for the move by the Malaysian authorities to cancel the event,

00:27BBC reported. The organiser of the Good Vibes festival filed the suit against The 1975 and

00:35its individual members in a UK court last July after lead vocalist Mattie Healy kissed a male

00:41bandmate during their 2023 performance, causing the festival to be shut down.

00:47Future Sound Asia is seeking 11.25 million ringgit. It claims that The 1975 production's

00:54LLP breached its contract and that all four band members owed a duty of care.

01:00Cullen, in seeking for the suit against the band members to be struck out, said it was bizarre that

01:05the individual members should be held liable as FSA only had a contract with the band's company,

01:11disputing the allegations of a breach in duty of care. The festival, scheduled to run from July

01:1721 to 23 in 2023, was cut short after Healy criticised Malaysia's position on the lesbian,

01:24gay, bisexual and transgender community before kissing his male bandmate on the first day of

01:30the event.

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