Matty Healy Almost Shaved His Head As He Thought He’d Be Going to Prison After the 1975 Concert in Malaysia

It's been weeks since The 1975 performed and got banned in Malaysia after frontman Matty Healy expressed his own thoughts on the country's anti-LGBTQIA+ laws as well as kissing his bandmate Ross MacDonald.

More recently, the musician reflected on the moment they found out they have been banned from the country and it got to the point wherein they thought they would be punished by law.

According to GB News, the Manchester-based band performed at a concert in Hawaii and he addressed the incident by saying he doesn't care about "any white savior complex."

He later explained that most of the time, doing the right thing requires sacrifice and "very little reward."

"Being seen to do the right thing requires very little sacrifice, and that's when you get all the rewards," he added.

Matty Healy Ready to Be Sent to Prison After The 1975 Malaysia Concert Incident

Later on the show, he told the crowd that he was ready to be thrown into prison after what he and his bandmate did in Malaysia.

In order to prepare for the situation, he and MacDonald almost shaved their heads.

"Me and Ross nearly shaved our heads because we thought we were going to prison for being f***," he said.

At the time, The 1975's concert was cut after performing two songs as they were asked to leave the country immediately. The music festival wherein they were a part of later canceled the rest of the event for the weekend.

Following this, Matty Healy received a lot of negative comments online for not being sensitive to LGBTQIA+ members in the country.

The 1975 Tour 2023

Despite their drama last month, the band still has a string of shows over the next few months. Their next concert would be at Outside Lands in San Francisco, California, on August 11 to 13, 2023.

AUGUST
11 - 13 in San Francisco, CA at Outside Lands
26 in Reading, Berkshire at Reading Festival
27 in Leeds, UK at Leeds Festival

SEPTEMBER
16 in Atlanta, GA at Music Midtown
22 - 24 in Las Vegas, NV at Life is Beautiful Music & Arts Festival
26 in Sacramento, CA at Golden 1 Center
28 in San Jose, CA at SAP Center at San Jose
30 in San Diego, CA at Pechanga Arena

For those who are interested in seeing the band perform live, more details about tickets are available on their official website.

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