The organiser of the Good Vibes Festival filed the suit against The 1975 and its individual members in a UK court last July after Healy kissed a male bandmate during their 2023 performance, causing the festival to be shut down.

Future Sound Asia (FSA) had sought RM11.25 million in damages, claiming that The 1975 Productions LLP breached its contract, and that all four band members owed a duty of care.

However, judge William Hansen ruled yesterday that there was “no real prospect” of proving that band members owed a duty of care to FSA, The Independent reported.

According to a written judgment, he said it would be “unfair, unjust, and unreasonable” to impose liability on the band members as they were “not alleged to have known” the details of Puspal guidelines or Malaysian laws and performance regulations.

Puspal refers to the Central Agency for Application for Filming and Performance by Foreign Artistes, which oversees approval for international acts performing in Malaysia.

Hansen ordered FSA to pay RM557,224 in legal costs but allowed the lawsuit against The 1975 Productions LLP as a corporate entity to proceed.

The band’s lawyer Edmund Cullen previously said the claim was an “illegitimate, artificial and incoherent” attempt to pin the blame on the members.

However, FSA’s lawyer, Andrew Burns, said the band “deliberately behaved in a way to challenge and provoke the Malaysian authorities”.

The festival, scheduled to run from July 21 to 23, was cut short after Healy criticised Malaysia’s position on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community before kissing his male bandmate on the first day of the event.