The 1975 Tour Review

Since the release of their self-titled debut album back in 2013, The 1975 have only grabbed the attention of even more of us. The band first hit the charts with ‘Chocolate’ and since have had eight UK Top 40’s. We’ve had ‘The 1975’, ‘I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’, As well as the EP ‘Facedown’ and ‘Music For Cars’. Matt Healy lead singer of the band stated that ‘Music For Cars was an era not an album and just when we thought the band had given us enough they teased at the release of a new album but made us work hard to work it out. ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ was born. They became active on social media and within hours where posting images of posters all with the title ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’ with ‘MFC’ in smaller print. Before we knew it ‘Give Yourself A Try’ was released on 31st May 2018 followed by their latest album ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’. So far, the album has reached number one in the UK and received critical acclaim which I imagine is down to the experimental nature of the album and the taboo subjects it tackles in the most careless but at the same time caring sense.

The nation jumped at the opportunity to see The 1975 live whilst still in the midst of their ‘Music For Cars’ era, when they announced their 2019 tour. And how right they were. Everything about this tour was worth waiting for. This wasn’t just a concert, but a story told, and a life lesson learnt through their music. The down to earth Healy struggled to keep his emotions under wraps as he told us how nervous he had felt the first night playing at the O2, but how much more confident he had grown from the love their fans had given them. “There’s an idea that when you’ve written a song then it doesn’t belong to you anymore, it belongs to everyone – and that’s a wanky thing to say, but I’m playing the O2…” continued the singer as the song ‘Loving Someone’ subtly began to play. “But this song means so much to me, and you try and argue that this song means more to you than it does to me after we play it and I bet you fucking can’t.” We too often jump to claim a song belongs to us. Whenever a song we love comes on the radio; ‘This is my song’ unknowingly slips out of our mouths as if to be fighting others for it. The 1975 reminded us that it is their thoughts, feelings and emotions they put into their song to share with us, and this goes for every artists work. The show was Creative, Heartfelt and Colourful.

Three words; believe the hype.