Livescape Group CEO Iqbal Ameer said the cancellation of the Good Vibes Festival in Sepang on Friday will make Malaysia significantly less attractive to international artistes.
In the incident, The 1975 singer Matty Healy criticised the country’s stance on LGBT before going on to kiss a male bandmate. Calling it a “catastrophic financial blow” for FSA, Law said the repercussions of the incident would extend beyond their company. Instead, Gurupatham said, the festival should have been allowed to carry on with assurances that such incidents would not happen again.