Matty cuts a likeable, charismatic figure on stage The first time I saw them perform (around the time of their debut 2012-released ‘Facedown’ EP) was at Nottingham’s 250-cap sweatbox the Bodega, then headlining Parklife festival in their hometown in 2017, and now, in January 2019, a few months on from the release of their third album ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’, they have grown into a band capable of conquering the country’s biggest spaces. The Manchester-born band, fronted by Matty Healy, didn’t let the hype phase them, though instead delivering a constantly-evolving, genre-hopping, technologically-innovative performance that delighted fans old and new – all 20,000 of them… The band have quickly gone on to conquer arenasįrom the deafening screams of thousands of teenagers ready to lose their minds to the band of their generation, it’s clear that Matty Healy and co are one of Britain’s biggest and most influential bands of the decade.

Having sold out two consecutive nights at London’s O2 Arena, the anticipation was always going to be high for one of The 1975’s biggest shows to date.

The 1975 album cover 2019