PETALING JAYA: Businesses left out of pocket by the cancellation of the Good Vibes Festival should sue British pop band The 1975 for compensation, says Muda.
Muda deputy president Amira Aisya Abd Aziz said the festival’s cancellation has had a bearing on concertgoers, crew members and those selling food and goods in the area.
Amira said some small businesses had spent nearly RM50,000 to set up shop for the three-day event at the Sepang International Circuit and will now have to contend with heavy losses.
“Don’t let one artiste ruin it for the rest to perform in Malaysia. Those affected must sue the band,” she said at a press conference today.
Amira said while Muda finds The 1975’s acts deplorable, the government should not have closed the festival altogether.
She said there must also be justice for the organisers, who had painstakingly arranged the event.
Earlier today, communications and digital minister Fahmi Fadzil shut down the festival after The 1975’s frontman, Matty Healy, kissed a male bandmate and went on to criticise the country’s position on LGBT.
Puspal, the agency responsible for approving permits for foreign artistes, said a police report has been lodged and The 1975 has been blacklisted from performing in Malaysia.
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