Matty Healy stated The 1975 was “briefly imprisoned” by Malaysian authorities after the frontman kissed his bandmate in July.

In a 10-minute speech delivered on stage at a live performance in Fort Worth close to Dallas, Texas, he stated the kiss was “not a stunt merely meant to impress the federal government” however an “ongoing part of The 1975 stage show which had been performed many times prior”.

“Unfortunately, there’s so many incredibly stupid people on the internet that I’ve just cracked. And everyone keeps telling me that you can’t talk about Malaysia, don’t talk about what happened in Malaysia, so I’m gonna talk about it at length … I am p***** off, to be frank,” he stated.

He stated the band “did not waltz into Malaysia” and had been invited by organisers who knew their political opinions.

Healy stated if the band had omitted any “routine part” of the present to “appease the Malaysian authorities’ bigoted views of LGBTQ people” it might have amounted to “a passive endorsement of those politics”.

“As liberals are so fond of saying, ‘silence causes violence, use your platform’ – so we did that. And that is where things got complicated,” he added.

The singer additionally instructed the Dallas crowd that it was “puzzling” that “lots of people, liberal people, contended that the performance was an insensitive display of hostility against the cultural customs of the Malaysian government and that the kiss was a performative gesture of allyship”.

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Healy rejected alleged criticism that the kiss was “a form of colonialism” and that The 1975 was “forcing its Western beliefs on the Eastern world”.

He stated they had been invited “despite the band being amateur jiu-jitsu enthusiasts, we’re not very good, and we have no power at all to enforce our will on anyone in Malaysia”.

“In fact, it was the Malaysian authorities who briefly imprisoned us.”

The 1975’s efficiency at July’s Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur was minimize quick when Healy kissed bassist Ross MacDonald whereas criticising the nation’s anti-LGBT legal guidelines.

The competition was then cancelled and authorities stated the group wouldn’t be allowed to carry out in Malaysia once more.

Two additional tour dates in Asia – one in Indonesia and the opposite in Taiwan – had been subsequently cancelled.

The band was additionally sued for £2m by the organisers of the competition for breaching a contract. Future Sound Asia alleges it had acquired a “pre-show written assurance” that their efficiency would adhere to all native tips.

During earlier exhibits within the band’s At Their Very Best tour, Healy kissed a number of followers from the group in addition to a crowd security employee mid-performance whereas singing in Denmark.

He has additionally carried out weird antics together with finishing a sequence of push-ups and consuming a uncooked steak dwell on stage.