Good Vibes Festival Organizer Reveals A Series Of Controversy

Badminton, vocalist 1975 (Instagram @the1975)

JAKARTA - Future Sound Asia, the organizer of the Good Vibes Festival in Malaysia, demanded The 1975 for compensation of 2.4 million dollars or equivalent to Rp39 billion in the British High Court. Because the controversy carried out by the British band resulted in the festival being closed.

The festival organizers list various actions of Good Vibes Festival last year, namely swearing with, smoking and drinking alcohol on stage, taking off clothes, and talking about politics or religion.

In fact, The 1975 and the team have been notified of the guidelines issued by the Malaysian Central Agency for Foreign Film and Show Making Applications by Foreign Artists (PUSPAL) which includes a ban on kissing, kissing members of the audience, or committing these actions among themselves.

According to Variety, The 1975 has agreed to comply with the rules in order to participate in the festival, and receive a fee of 350 thousand dollars or equivalent to Rp. 5.7 billion.

The lawsuit stated that PUSPAL initially rejected The 1974 request to appear in July 2023 due to an article in 2018 on drug addiction

Furthermore, the lawsuit also said that the night before the festival, The 1975 decided not to appear at the Good Vibes and discussed what action should be taken before changing its mind and agreeing to continue the show.

As a form of protest, they decided to play a completely different setlist and acted in a manner meant to violate PUSPAL guidelines, including THOSE who delivered provocative speeches and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald.

What mitigation and MacDonald did was intended to offend and violate the rules and terms of the agreement.

The 1975 is also said to be planning to smuggle a bottle of wine into the stage next to the main drum kit so territory can easily access it.

The lawsuit allegesxy of drinking alcohol, acting in a drunken state, smoking on stage, gruffling andUNishing excessively including against spectators, delivering speech full of dirty words, and intentionally damaging the drone video rented by festival organizers.

Meanwhile, after the kiss scene of secretes and MacDonald, PUSPAL officers ordered The 1975 to stop their appearance, which then made them very aggressive. The lawsuit accused the vocalist of swearing that he had to be detained by his manager.

The day after the show, the organizer's license was revoked. Meanwhile, the remaining two days of the music festival that will feature performances from local and international bands such as The Strokes have been canceled.

The lawsuit states that as soon as they leave the festival, the band and management rushed to their hotel to retrieve their luggage so they could leave Malaysia the following morning as soon as possible because they realized the show had violated the law.

ciple later claimed that he was briefly jailed by Malaysian authorities after his on-stage protests.

Meanwhile, The 1975 has yet to file a defense against the lawsuit. The band's representatives also declined to comment.