Bigoted trash
would you say kill switch engaged?
Just be glad they will not Unleash the Archers
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Concert organisers in Malaysia must now have a “kill switch” to cut short performances that break official guidelines, a minister has said.
The measure follows the controversy surrounding a performance in Kuala Lumpur by the 1975, whose frontman Matty Healy criticised Malaysia’s homophobic laws in a profanity-laden speech and kissed a male bandmate on stage.
The deputy communications and digital minister, Teo Nie Ching, told the parliament’s lower house that concert organisers must have “a kill switch that will cut off electricity during any performance if there is any unwanted incident”.
Future Sounds Asia has previously said it was pursuing a claim against the band, calling on them to acknowledge liability and compensate for the damages incurred as a result of the festival being cancelled.
Some feared the episode would make it harder for foreign artists to visit Malaysia, and that it risked exacerbating hostilities facing the LGBTQ+ community, with activists arguing that, had Healy wanted to show solidarity, he should have consulted local LGBTQ+ people first.
The calls were made on social media, and posted alongside an image of the band’s singer, Chris Martin, holding a rainbow flag.
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