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''The 1975 said on Sunday they have cancelled shows in Taiwan and
Muslim-majority Indonesia, a day after Malaysia banned them from performing
there after their frontman kissed a bandmate on stage and criticised the
country's anti-LGBT laws.
"Unfortunately, due to cu''rrent circumstances, it is
impossible to proceed with the scheduled shows," the group said in a
statement, without elaborating.
Malaysia's government halted a music festival in
the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday and barred The 1975 after what it called
"disrespectful actions".
Homosexuality is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia. Rights
groups have warned of growing intolerance against lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people.
The events on Friday in Malaysia caused an uproar, angering not
only the government, but members of the LGBT community, who said frontman Matty
Healy's actions could expose LGBT people to more stigma and discrimination.
The 1975 were due to play on Sunday in Jakarta, the capital of
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, where
homosexuality is a taboo subject, though not illegal except in sharia-ruled
Aceh province.
Other
LGBT-related events have also been cancelled in Indonesia due to objections
from Islamic groups, including a planned visit last December by a U.S. LGBT
special envoy, and the scrapping this month of a
Southeast Asia LGBT event. Both came after pressure from religious
conservatives.
It was
not immediately clear why the band cancelled their July 25 show in Taiwan,
which has a proud reputation as a
bastion of LGBT rights and liberalism, including allowing same-sex marriage in
2019.
Reporting by Martin
Petty; Editing by Jacqueline Wong''
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