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- Asia Pacific, Culture, Festivals, LGBTQ+ rights, Malaysia, Music, Music festivals, The 1975, World news
Malaysia bans The 1975 after Matty Healy defies anti-LGBTQ+ laws with stage kiss
Singer’s protest kiss with bandmate and criticism of anti-homosexuality law leads to ban and festival cancella…
- Adelaide, Australia news, Culture, Festivals, Music, Music festivals, Pakistan, Religion, South and Central Asia, Sufism
Ustad Saami’s ‘mind-boggling’ album God Is Not a Terrorist: ‘It’s superhuman’
The 76-year-old music virtuoso released his first record last year. He’s the last surviving practitioner of a …
- Censorship, Culture, Experimental music, Festivals, Metal, Music, Music festivals, Nepal, Pop and rock, Society, South and Central Asia, World news, Young people
Himalayan headbangers: in the moshpit with the metalheads of Kathmandu
Nepal’s police used to pick up metal fans and cut their hair or jail them. The country now has its own festiva…