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The 1975 Announce Late 2022 North American Tour Dates 

The 1975 announced plans for North American tour dates through November and December of this year, playing at arenas and theaters primarily in the U.S. with a stop each in Mexico and Canada along the way. The English band is touring in support of their upcoming album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language , due out on October 14.

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Tickets for The 1975 tour dates are on sale next week, available to the general public beginning on Friday, August 12. There are presales throughout the week leading up to that, including an artist presale beginning on Monday, October 8 that can be accessed through signing up on the band’s website. “Official Platinum” tickets are already available in at least some markets, including New York.

Tour dates for the band launch on November 3 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut, and continue through a December 17 performance at UPMC Events Center in Pittsburgh on December 17. In between, stops include Madison Square Garden in New York, The Anthem in Washington, D.C., State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Moody Center in Austin, The Forum in Los Angeles, and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The group is also playing a pair of shows in Japan in August prior to their tour getting underway.

News of the tour was supplemented by the release of the single Happiness from their upcoming album to the band’s YouTube channel:

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Nov. 3 – Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena Nov. 4 – Boston, MA | MGM Music Hall at Fenway Nov. 7 – New York, NY | Madison Square Garden Nov. 9 – Camden, NJ | Freedom Mortgage Pavilion Nov. 10 – Washington, DC | The Anthem Nov. 12 – Atlanta, GA | State Farm Arena Nov. 13 – Nashville, TN | Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nov. 15 – Grand Prairie, TX | Texas Trust CU Theatre Nov. 16 – Houston, TX | 713 Music Hall Nov. 17 – Austin, TX | Moody Center Nov. 20 – Mexico City, MX | Corona Capital Festival Nov. 23 – Phoenix, AZ | Arizona Financial Theatre Nov. 25 – Las Vegas, NV | The Theater at Virgin Hotels Nov. 26 – San Diego, CA | Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre Nov. 28 – Los Angeles, CA | Kia Forum Nov. 29 – San Francisco, CA | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Dec. 1 – Portland, OR | Moda Center Dec. 2 – Seattle, WA | WAMU Theater Dec. 8 – Independence, MO | Cable Dahmer Arena Dec. 10 – Milwaukee, WI | The Eagles Ballroom Dec. 12 – Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena Dec. 16 – Newport, KY | PromoWest Pavilion at OVATION Dec. 17 – Pittsburgh, PA | UPMC Events Center

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The 1975 Are Still at Their Very Best for New North American Tour Dates

By Brittany Spanos

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The 1975 are returning to the States this fall for a second run of North American tour dates. The UK band’s Still…At Their Very Best trek will kick off in California this September. 

The 1975’s latest run supports their 2022 album Being Funny in a Foreign Language, released in October. The group played a run of arena shows in North America last fall and have been performing worldwide all year. They are currently headlining festivals across the UK and Europe this summer. 

The band released a new episode of their web series, A Theatrical Performance of an Intimate Moment, to announce the tour. The eight-minute video sees singer Matty Healy going through a morning routine before heading to work at a lab and experimenting on a patch of greenery. 

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The 1975 Still…at their very best North American Tour

Sept. 26 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center Sept. 28 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center Sept. 30 – San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego Oct. 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl Oct. 5 – Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena Oct. 7 – Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Oct. 12 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center Oct. 17 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center Oct. 18 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena Oct. 20 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center Oct. 22 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena Oct. 23 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Arena Oct. 25 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center Oct. 26 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center Oct. 28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum Oct. 31 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena Nov. 2 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse Nov. 3 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena Nov. 5 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena Nov. 8 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena Nov. 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Well Fargo Arena Nov. 12 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden Nov. 14 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden Nov. 17 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre Nov. 18 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena Nov. 20 – London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens Nov. 22 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena Nov. 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center Nov. 27 – Boise, ID @ ExtraMile Arena Nov. 29 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena Dec. 1 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center Dec. 2 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

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The 1975 Announced Madison Square Garden, November 7, 2022

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 12 at noon ET.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. and Live Nation has announced that The 1975 will bring their "At Their Very Best" tour to Madison Square Garden on Monday, November 7 at 7:00PM, marking the band's second headlining performance at The World's Most Famous Arena.

The "At Their Very Best" tour will celebrate The 1975's forthcoming, highly anticipated fifth studio album, "Being Funny In A Foreign Language," out on October 14. The 1975's previous album, "Notes On A Conditional Form," became the band's fourth consecutive number one album in the UK and Australia. The 1975 was named NME's "Band of the Decade" in 2020 following 2017 and 2019 BRIT Awards for "Best Group." Chase cardholders will have advance access to tickets from Thursday, August 4 at 10:00AM ET through Saturday, August 6 at 10:00PM ET via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets for the November 7 show will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 12 at noon via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available in person beginning on Saturday, August 13 at The Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre box offices.

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“I don’t feel like we’re big enough to play these rooms, and yet we are,” Matty Healy says sometime between selling out New York City’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. The idiosyncratic 1975 frontman is pensive, lying on a hotel bed somewhere in Tennessee — or was it Texas? — speaking with Variety over Zoom.

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“The album felt like you were watching something, like you were a witness to something,” says Healy, who wrote the show and serves as its creative director. “And that was the idea with the show as well. We wanted it to be as experiential as the album was.”

When prodded about the meaning of the uncooked T-bone, he pauses and answers the question with a question: “Did you see all the conversation asking if it was real meat or not? I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to fabricate meat. I’d probably be more worried about eating some weird prop.”

Healy, you quickly get the sense, is less interested in breaking down the specifics of this performance than the idea of performance itself.

For as confident as he is onstage — introducing the 1975 as “the greatest band on the planet” or proclaiming, “We just keep getting better!” during the second act — Healy isn’t shy about his insecurities.

“Some nights I feel really exposed,” he says of the tour. “In New York, I didn’t feel that exposed, so I was happy to do almost six minutes onstage by myself. But when I played the other night, I was like, ‘I don’t feel comfortable enough in my own skin.’ But then I told people that. So it’s become this meta narrative about what’s happening with me.”

The “At Their Very Best” tour has evolved throughout its North American run, from altered setlists to surprise guest cameos from Phoebe Bridgers and Bleachers. Last week, the band began decorating the house with twinkle lights and a Christmas tree. In Las Vegas, Healy brought a fan onstage and proceeded to ( consensually ) make out with her during “Robbers.” The next night in San Diego, he snogged a male fan . Midway through the tour, the 1975 was regularly trending on Twitter and sparking headlines like “Creepy behavior or pop performance?” In L.A., where dozens of fans brought signs that read, “Kiss Me, Matty” and “Spit in My Mouth,” Healy opted to lock lips with bassist Ross MacDonald instead.

Speaking with Healy before he went on a romantic rampage – and he declined to comment afterward – one quote that sticks out in hindsight is, “I’m always just trying to do what the 1975 is, which is at least interesting.”

That spirit is also reflected in the structure of the show, which opens with seven consecutive songs from “Being Funny,” an album that came out just weeks before the tour began. Devoting the first hour-hour of an arena show to new material is a bold choice, and one that Healy didn’t necessarily process until he first took the stage.

“The first night, in Connecticut, I was met with the reality of what 8,000 people looked like,” he says. “And that’s a bit like, ‘Oh, shit. I’ve totally just been thinking about our fans and the people I see on the internet.’ I’m not thinking about Gary who’s only heard whatever song.”

He continues, “I was like, ‘Is this way too off the deep end?’ But I was also like, ‘Fuck it. This is my show. People come to see the show.’ They’ve not necessarily come to see fucking ‘Chocolate.’ So I think everyone is left, if not happy, then pretty interested.”

When they burst onto the scene with their 2013 self-titled debut album, the 1975 had a monochromatic visual identity. The black background and neon white rectangle became the band’s iconic symbol, and their live show was centered around it, with volumetric video projection used as its main light source.

The band’s 2014 staging, with a stark background of five neon-lit rectangles, “was one of the first shows that people talked about as being Instagram-ready,” says Rylander, who has worked with the 1975 for nearly a decade. “We put a lot of time and effort into making sure that anyone could take a photo of that show from anywhere in the audience and it would be a great shot.” The following tour, the band catered to social media even more with a portrait-scale show: “The set had more or less the form and shape of an iPhone when you think of it.”

But this time around, the 1975 opted for the opposite extreme, trading a bright, digitally lit stage for a more organic, living and breathing set. The band ditched the Tumblr-era black and white for warm, homey tones.

Yet according to Healy, the idea of performing out of a literal home “didn’t seem like that obvious of a conclusion until I got there.”

“When Matthew was making the album, he was talking about how he wanted the listener to feel as if they were witnessing something,” says the 1975’s manager Jamie Oborne, who also founded and owns Dirty Hit Records. “He wanted an experience of intimacy in the record, so naturally when we started thinking about the show, he wanted the same type of thing.”

There’s still, of course, plenty of photo-worthy moments, like when Healy delivers an impassioned “I Like America & America Likes Me” from the roof of the house, or falls to his knees under the giant street lamp during “Fallingforyou.”

The goal, Rylander says, is to create such a strong visual identity for not only each tour but also each song, so that fans can see a photograph from the show and be able to discern exactly when it was snapped.

The “At Their Very Best” tour is also filled with Easter eggs for eagle-eyed fans to discover. The house and street lamp are inspired by the artwork for fan-favorite single “Fallingforyou,” and every song on the setlist gets a dedicated lyric book on the house’s bookshelf. There’s also props from 1975 music videos — like Healy’s beanie from “Sincerity Is Scary” — as well as relics from Healy’s favorite movies — like the “E.T.” souvenir cup and Ohio blue tip matches from the Adam Driver film “Paterson.” In case it wasn’t cozy enough, the walls are decorated with framed family photos.

There’s also, of course, a bunch of clues that even Reddit hasn’t spotted yet, says Rylander, who won’t even tell me the still-hidden references for fear of spoiling the mystery.

Boringly enough, Rylander says the biggest challenge to producing a show of this stature is the economics of the post-pandemic touring industry. “Everything is twice if not three times as expensive as they were when we started,” he says. “There is not a lot of gear out there. We’re much more restricted to trucking space and logistics. So we’ve really gone from maximalism to minimalism.”

Oborne avoids divulging specific numbers, but assures that this tour is “costly.” The house, which is fully furnished and functional with various rooms, is big enough to fill an arena stage and comfortably fit eight band members — drummer George Daniel, guitarist Adam Hann, bassist MacDonald, plus touring musicians Jamie Squire, John Waugh, Polly Money and Rebekah Rayner. The set also has to be collapsed and rebuilt each show, travelling from city to city with 65 staffers in nine trucks. Rylander says the band aimed to create the smallest amount of landfill as possible for this tour, pointing out that the skeleton of the house is modular and the pieces can be “put back on the shelf” after the tour wraps up.

“It sounds very basic, but to have a structure that you can take apart and reuse in another show is really groundbreaking,” says Oborne, comparing the house to a Meccano set. “It eliminates a lot of waste.”

He adds, “In late-2018 and 2019, there was a huge groundswell of climate activism, and we realized that we had to do things a little bit differently in the live arena because it was such a wasteful environment.” 

During the tour for their third album, “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships,” Oborne says he and Healy became “quite impacted by the amount of stuff we were taking around the world.” (As fans might recall, the band’s next album would open with a spoken-word track by climate activist Greta Thunberg.) So they sought out to make a show that was “more fit for the future.”

While the show itself is not inherently political, a high point of the set is the 2018 anthem “Love It If We Made It,” which has lyrics referencing police brutality, the Syrian refugee crisis and Donald Trump. Elsewhere in the show, the onscreen televisions flash between footage of Ben Shapiro, Kamala Harris, Vladimir Putin, Mark Zuckerberg and more. It’s meant to mimic a social media algorithm.

The show’s depiction of cultural overconsumption is, in part, inspired by Bo Burnham, whose song “That Funny Feeling” played prominently before the band walked onstage at MSG. Of his creative parallels with the comedian, Healy says, “We were kind of singing from the same hymn sheet already. We talk a lot about these ideas and about this kind of stuff. Having Bo in my ear has definitely affected the show.”

Adds Rylander: “Matthew is a brilliant entertainer, and he’s very welcoming into his house. But I don’t think that you could put him on a stage without him actually taking the opportunity to comment on the world that’s going on outside of the venue walls. It’s not all escapism, even if it seems that way.”

Wrapping up the North American leg this week in Pittsburgh, Penn., the 1975 are gearing up to bring the house home, in the U.K. and Ireland, starting Jan. 8 in Brighton. Looking ahead, Oborne says they’re eyeing festivals in the spring and summer.

“We’ve designed a completely different festival show,” he reveals. “It has a different setlist, but it still has echoes of the main show.”

Regarding the reaction to the tour, Healy says he doesn’t seek out comments but has read reviews and been sent various responses. What has surprised him most is that the parts of the show he thinks are “off the fucking deep end” have seemed to be resonating the most with fans.

“Sometimes I’ll write a lyric and I’ll be like, ‘No one’s gonna fucking get this because this is so me.’ And that’ll be the first fucking tattoo that somebody gets,” Healy says. “The more ‘out there’ I think I’m being, the more relatable I tend to be. People are leaving this show feeling a real solidarity with each other.”

But above all the metaphor and “black pill performance art,” as he called it in New York, Healy recognizes that people go to concerts for a good time.

“It’s a party at the end of the day,” he says. “If you’re not gonna play songs that are fun, then that’s pretty boring.”

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The 1975 Announce Dates for 2023 Fall/Winter N. American Tour

The band's biggest U.S./Canadian outing to date is slated to kick off off in late Sept. in Sacramento.

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The 1975 announced the dates for their biggest North American tour to date on Tuesday (June 13), a 32-stop outing they’ve dubbed “Still… at their very best.” The fall arena outing continues the tour that has taken the Matty Healy-led band across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand in support of the group’s fifth studio album, last year’s Being Funny in a Foreign Language .

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Sept. 26 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center

Sept. 28 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center

Sept. 30 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena San Diego

Oct. 2 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

Oct. 5 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena

Oct. 7 – Greenwood Village, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

Oct. 12 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center

Oct. 17 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center

Oct. 18 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

Oct. 20 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

Oct. 22 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Oct. 23 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Arena

Oct. 25 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

Oct. 26 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center

Oct. 28 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum

Oct. 31 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Nov. 3 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena

Nov. 5 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena

Nov. 8 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Nov. 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Well Fargo Arena

Nov. 12 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Nov. 14 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Nov. 17 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre

Nov. 18 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

Nov. 20 – London, ON – Budweiser Gardens

Nov. 22 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena

Nov. 26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center

Nov. 27 – Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena

Nov. 29 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

Dec. 1 – Portland, OR – Moda Center

Dec. 2 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

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I saw them play at the Starlite Room in Edmonton which is a small, slightly sketchy venue downtown that I personally love. It holds about 300 people probably. My best friend and I got there to wait outside in line about 7 hours before doors opened to guarantee that we got close to the stage, which we did. But the whole time we were waiting, all of the band members were walking in and out of the front doors, or they would linger around the venue. At one point I ran to the Tim Hortons down the street to grab something to eat, and I was behind George.. Like it was insane.

But anyways , the show.

My friends and I were in the front left of the stage. And at Starlite, they have no barriers so you're pressed right up against the stage. Sirsly came on first, which I hadn't heard of them before the show. They did an incredible job opening the show. Next was Bad Suns, which I left the show being a huge fan of them. They have the perfect young alternative rock feel. They did a wonderful job connecting to the crowd and their whole set just flew by. I was lucky enough to meet them after the show to chat with and they were such lovely guys. And next was the 1975. The word to describe how great of a show these guys put on is something beyond my vocabulary. They are edgy, raunchy, loud and extreme. I have always fancied the lead singer Matt Healy, and he knows just how to work the crowd. He loves to tease, chat and just flaunt himself at everyone. There was no equipment set up in front of my friends and I, so we had lots of opportunities where the band members would come right up to us. A moment that was a highlight for me was during Talk! Matty knelt down grabbed my hand and sang the line, "I've been thinking lots about your mouth.' It was a big deal for me. HAHAHA. But I could honestly write for hours about these guys. Their connection with everyone was undeniable. I'd say my favourite song to see like was probably "Sex". Its the last song they performed and Matty introduced it saying, "this song is about fucking each other." But its incredible to see live where everyone knows all the words and just goes insane, including the band.

Then after the show, the band came out and met every single person who waited. It was magical. Matt was the first to come out and because of how calm he was, the crowd literally waited in close to silence. No screaming or fan-girling. It was sweet to see him take his time with every single fan. He gave everyone hugs and listened to everything they had to say. I explained to him how much the bands music meant to me personally and he gave me three hugs and seemed so gracious to hear everything I had to say. Honestly, he is an angel. I didn't have the chance to meet the members sadly but next time i guess.

Anyways, never pass up an opportunity to see these guys... ever. Its been almost 2 1/2 months and the post concert depression is stronger than ever.

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My first concert. My favourite band.

Belsonic music festival is an intimate venue so I was in touching distance of the foursome. As the intro played in, the crowd erupted as we caught the first sight of Ross (bass guitar), followed by George (drums), Matty (vocals) and finally Adam (rhythm guitar). The boys filed on to 'Love Me' and got the party started. Favourites from both albums followed such as 'A Change of Heart' and 'Menswear'.

As the sky began to darken Matty decided it was time to address the audience, cigarette in hand. Stating he loved Belfast and reminiscing about the time they first played Belfast to only 25 people, I could hear loyal fans shouting, "we were there! We were there!" Matty continued to talk about the world and how a 'revolution' was imminent, saying that it looked a lot more "emo these days". I tried to capture his little speech on my phone like many others, when Matty told us all to put our phones down for one minute, telling us we would "enjoy the next ten minutes much more than if it was on our iPhone." The sea of people dropped their devices (me included) and swayed to the transcendent sound of 'Me'.

The second half of the show was truly electric with a rainbow flashing on stage to 'Loving Someone' as two shared a kiss to my left. Then came the ever a party starter 'Girls' and 'She's American'. The true spectacle of the night was 'Sex' however, a light show in its own right, and a religious experience.

Finishing their set the crowd chanted, "one more song! One more song!" The guys obliged and then some, coming back out to play three scintillating tracks: the hymn - like 'If I Believe You', the classic 'Chocolate' and banging 'The Sound'.

The 1975 are a band that not only perform with such energy track after track, but put on an impressive light show and with a prophetic front man foretelling the future, I would recommend anyone witness their excellence for themselves.

Well lets just say this: They rocked it but it didn't start out that way.

First let me say that I am 51 and have been going to live shows, big and small, for 35 years. So, I saw Depeche Mode way back in the day and this show felt very much like what I saw back in the 80's. For you younger ones, and The1975 fans, you will really enjoy it but for the first half of the show, I felt like I was watching Depeche.

The "show" and set are really cool. I have never seen any light show like that before but the problem was that the entire band basically stayed in place and left the "entertaining" part to the lead singer. I have no problem with that but I felt sorry for him as this was their first time in Red Rocks and for those of you who don't know, while it is an amazing venue, it is pretty hight in altitude and every band that comes through complains about not being able to breath. You could see that it was a struggle but he was still awesome and pulled it off.

The sound was great! The band was very tight and way better than what I saw on SNL. I am not a huge fan of their new stuff because I became a huge fan back in 2014 when I saw them at a small club in San Diego. But the new stuff was still good and it made the end great because they finally got to the rocking out.

The opening acts, The Japanese House and Wolf Alice were really good opening act and Wolf Alice now has a new fan in me.

To sum it up, they did a good job headlining and it was totally worth the time and money but unless you are a The1975 fan, you may feel wanting during the first half. Make sure you stay for the end!

The 1975 was amazing live. I've been to several concerts and I can easily say that this concert was one of the best ones I've ever been to. I love their music. I think they're a very unique and talented band, and it amazes me how the different instruments and sounds blend together perfectly to create a beautiful song telling a beautiful story.

Matty Healy was the one who mainly talked to us, and the things he did on stage were incredible. There were beautiful moments such as during a song called "Me", he asked everyone to put their phones away and just enjoy the music, and then during the second half of the song, he asked everyone to turn the flashlight on on their phone, and wave it in the air to the song. It was such a beautiful sight.

At some point in the concert, he kindly asked everyone to take a step back because the people in front were getting squashed. He also went backstage for a while to get water for the people in the audience who were dying of thirst. He also said some funny things such as "the weather does horrible things to my hair". I just think that Matty is such a genuine, kind and great man.

Apart from Matty's great character, the music was really good, and all 4 band members put on an amazing show. There were more upbeat tracks such as "Girls" and "Sex" which got everyone pumped and dancing, interchanged with groovy instrumentals and slow, sad songs such as "Fallingforyou" and "Me" which touched the audience. Great music, great band, and great live.

The 1975 is one band you definitely should catch live.

This concert was certainly a shock.

I had seen the 1975 about a year ago at Ally Pally and although that was a good concert, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would and that meant that I didn't have high hopes to see them again this time.

However I was proved wrong.

The concert was absolutely awesome! Travel to the venue was straightforward and not too busy for starters and waiting in the cold for 2 hours was not as cold as I had feared. I was standing and although I wasn't that close to them, the venue had a slanted floor, so the combination of this and my highest heels allowed for a good view.

Everyone there tended to be the same age as me or older, that is over seventeen, and I felt that this added to the experience as we were all as excited and into the music as each other.

There was some moshing and although I tried to avoid it at first, I joined the pit during "Sex" and that was definitely the right choice; although it was very violent and fast and probably dangerous, it was loads of fun and got me into the music and got me right to the front!

The boys' playing was just brilliant, they really made us all get completely hypnotised by the music and they played some of their new album which sounded great. Matty looked really fit and shoutout to the guy on the sax, he was absolutely wicked!

They were just brilliant so as soon as I got home I bought a ticket to see them again in March hahaha. Definitely recommend!

The 1975's Melbourne show was insanely energetic even though Matty was apparently not feeling 100%. You wouldn't have known that he'd tweeted the night before apologising for being sick and mentioning that People might be dropped off the setlist due to his voice not being able to cope. Luckily, it was not dropped and proved an amazing opening song to get everyone up and dancing. There were three songs which really stood out over the course of the show: firstly, Love It If We Made It. It was apt that the climate strike had taken place the actual day that the Melbourne show was on, so Matty took it upon himself to do a little spiel about climate change which was (as usual) inspiring. The song itself was full of energy and great staging. Love Me sounded much better live than in studio which was a surprise for me! Finally, Sex was absolutely fantastic: everyone was screaming every word and Matty jumping up and down on stage. My only issue was that Girls was taken off the setlist which is understandable seeing as they're probably sick to death of playing it but I think they owe it to everyone to play their classics like Girls (Arctic Monkeys would never drop Do I Wanna Know despite Alex constantly complaining about how he's sick of it nor would Green Day drop American Idiot!). Genuinely an 8.5/10 and a fantastic night. (Matty in the pleated skirt was also a highlight!!!)

I attended the 1975 concert at LC Pavilion in Columbus, OH. This is a great venue that is standing room only. The pit at the front of the stage is always crowded and filled with fans ready for a good show. 1975 delivered!! The guys used the stage and interacted well with the crowd. They got everyone involved and singing along. They were all dressed in black pants and various black shirts. They used a nice back drop of the single lighted rectangle from the album art. The stage lighting was great and they used lots of smoke along with the lights to really highlight the band members.

They opened with The City which was truly awesome, they played a long intro to it to get the crowd really riled up! At one point they had the crowd hold up all their cell phones like lighters, it seemed like a special moment for them and they appreciated the large crowd in attendance. The highlight of the show was definitely their current hit song Chocolate.

Set list included, Milk, M.O.N.E.Y., So Far (It's Alright), Talk, She Way Out, Settle Down, Heart Out, Me, fallingforyou, You, Girls, Robbers, and Sex. Overall a great show and one of the better live shows I have seen.

From Vancouver, BC. PNE Forum May 1, 2017.

First opening band was Colouring, and I have to give them kudos for a job well done! I might be searching for their tunes. Second opening band instrumentals and music were good, but I was not a fan of the vocals.

On to The 1975: THANK YOU for an INCREDIBLE SHOW! The light show was AMAZING! STILL the best I have EVER seen! Matty kept all his attire on, lit up, and I swear there was a bottle of beer and a couple of wine glasses on stage. He danced on the piano and beckoned the sexy sax player. Mesmerizing. Merch was stocked! Unfortunately they did not carry the rose gold necklace I wanted. Set list was a mix of both albums and Medicine. He played 'Me' after kindly asking to put our phones away. Live in the moment for a memory no one else needs to know. Also played 'Robbers' after mentioning he'd never play it again, but they'll play it anyway. I was surprised how ok the acoustics were in the cement building of the PNE Forum. My friend and I had a tonne of fun! If you want a band that can give hot, steamy, sultry sex to your eyes and ears, see this band. MUSIC FOR CARS 2018!!!!

I have been a huge fan since their debut album, and last night got to see The 1975(first time) at the LC Pavilion in Columbus Ohio.Swim Deep opened for them and there was much anticipation and waiting for The 1975 to come on stage. There was a sensual smoky sound then the lights turned out and BOOM! They came out and killed the show with "Love Me". I'm 35 and I was sweating,singing,yelling and had the time of my life at this concert.Thier music is something special my 17 year old daughter and I share the same love for. Every damn song was phenomenal with the lights and screens.Matty interacted with the crowd throughout the night while sipping his wine. The long line outside, the standing was worth it in the end. Everyone loves The 1975, all ages and backgrounds it was exhilarating singing to all the songs with the crowd. They put on such an mind blowing show beginning to end. You can definitely feel the love.I can't wait for the new album, and the 2016 tour.When I listen to them I get lost in my feelings with thier atmospheric, sexy vibe. Great show from my favorite guys.

Starting with the opening act, it was really good DJ set.

The 1975 is band you shouldn't miss live. Really energetic even during slow songs. They're perfect live, as if you were listening to the album but with an extra vibe.

For this tour they have huge led screens everywhere with great graphics setting up the mood which is awesome and not usual as some bands do have led screens alternating graphics and live shots of themselves.

In one point of the concert I guess in one side of the Golden Circle people started pushing too hard against the barricade and Matt (front man) told them to hush and move two steps backwards, i guess there were some girls in trouble because he kept asking if someone was ok. He really cares about the fans, most artist would've let security handle it as they watched horrified.

This is one of my favorites bands and for sure they're awesome! So if you know too little this guy's go ahead and listen to more songs and watch videos and if they're coming on tour somewhere near you go see them live ;)

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Who Is Opening The 1975’s ‘Still… At Their Very Best Tour?’

Last year, The 1975 turned a lot of heads with their chaotic At Their Very Best Tour . Matty Healy ate raw meat on stage, made out with fans , brought out Taylor Swift , and more .

The band is getting ready for their Still… At Their Very Best Tour , which kicks off in just a few days. Opening for them is Dora Jar, the 26-year-old bedroom pop artist based in California. She’s known for endearing songs like “Multiply” and “Bumblebee” and has toured with King Princess .

Find the tour dates below.

09/16 — Atlanta, GA @ Music Midtown 09/23 — Las Vegas, NV @ Life Is Beautiful 09/26 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center 09/28 — San Jose, CA @ SAP Center 09/30 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego 10/02 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl 10/05 — Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena 10/07 — Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre 10/12 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center 10/17 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center 10/18 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena 10/20 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center 10/22 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 10/23 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Arena 10/25 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center 10/26 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center 10/28 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum 10/31 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 11/02 — Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse 11/03 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena 11/05 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena 11/08 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena 11/10 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena 11/12 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden 11/14 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 11/17 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre 11/18 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 11/20 — London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens 11/22 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena 11/26 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Delta Center 11/27 — Boise, ID @ ExtraMile Arena 11/29 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 12/01 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center 12/02 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

Matty Healy says the 1975 will take an ‘indefinite hiatus’ from performing after this tour

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The 1975 announced this week that the band will go on an “indefinite hiatus” from performing after the end of its ongoing tour, which ends in the spring.

The band made the announcement during Tuesday’s performance in Sacramento at the Golden 1 Center, the first stop of its Still ... At Their Very Best tour.

“It’s wonderful you’re all here,” the band’s frontman, Matty Healy , told the crowd on Tuesday evening, according to video of the performance . “After this tour, we will be going on an indefinite hiatus with shows, so it’s wonderful to have you guys with us tonight. Thank you so much.”

Representatives for the 1975 did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment.

The 1975 set cut short in Malaysia after Matty Healy criticizes country’s LGBTQ+ laws

The 1975 had their set at a Malaysian music festival cut short after lead singer Matty Healy called out the country’s government for its LGBTQ+ laws.

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The 1975’s tour includes shows across North America and Europe, including a sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl in October plus a Pechanga Arena gig in San Diego this coming Saturday. The tour’s final show is scheduled for March 24 in Amsterdam.

The British pop rock band, which formed in 2002, has been performing almost nonstop for the past several years, whether at festivals or on the road for their buzzy At Their Very Best tour, which ran from November 2022 until August. Their performances became viral as Healy regularly kissed doting fans on the lips after serenading them throughout the tour.

Most famously, at a music festival in Malaysia in July, the 1975’s bassist, Ross MacDonald, kissed Healy on the lips after the vocalist blasted the Malaysian government’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws, such as criminalizing same-sex relations. The crowd cheered on the speech and the kiss, but the set was subsequently cut short by organizers as government officials halted the music festival . The 1975 is now banned from playing in the country.

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Pop superstar Taylor Swift and the 1975 frontman Matty Healy have reportedly called it quits less than two months after they reportedly started dating.

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However, Healy ultimately stole the spotlight throughout tour due to a highly publicized yet ultimately unconfirmed romantic relationship with Taylor Swift, which reportedly came to an end in June .

Swift and Healy sparked romance rumors shortly after the “Lavender Haze” hitmaker broke up with her actor boyfriend of six years , Joe Alwyn. Though neither musician publicly confirmed their relationship, Healy attended multiple Swift shows during her sold-out Eras tour — even joining opening act Phoebe Bridgers onstage in Nashville.

Healy also made headlines for a controversial podcast interview in which he and comedians Nick Mullen and Adam Friedland mocked rapper Ice Spice’s ethnicity. Healy also egged on jokes about Japanese incarceration during World War II and joked about his own sexual behavior related to a porn website that prominently features Black women.

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In April, Healy apologized to Ice Spice during the band’s performance in Auckland, New Zealand, saying his apology was “not because I’m annoyed that me joking got misconstrued. It’s because I don’t want Ice Spice to think I’m a d—. I love you, Ice Spice. I’m so sorry.”

Times reporters Christi Carras, Carlos De Loera and Astrid Kayembe contributed to this report.

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The 1975 have revealed their ‘At Their Very Best’ live show in North America

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• Fri 4th November, 2022

The 1975 have kicked off their new ‘At Their Very Best’ tour in North America, where they debuted three new album tracks within an elaborate stage set-up.

The first appearance of their reworked live concert arrived at Uncasville’s Mohegan Sun Arena. BLACKSTARKIDS were featured as the opening support, offering a quick 8-track set before The 1975 took to the stage at 8:30 pm; a two-tiered stage set was revealed, with the elaborate backdrop imitating the inside of a house.

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The band began with songs from their fifth number-one album, ‘ Being Funny in a Foreign Language ’, which Dork’s 5-star review described as, “a brilliant edit of everything that came before, cast in the self-realisation and not-so-quiet confidence of just how good they can be”.

The 11-track LP was played in order, with ‘Looking for Somebody (To Love)’ swapping position with ‘Happiness’. ‘Wintering’ and ‘Human Too’ were replaced with ‘Roadkill’, ‘Fallingforyou’, and a piano rendition of ‘I Like America & America Likes Me’. The Connecticut performance offered the live debut of ‘ Being Funny in a Foreign Language ’s ‘The 1975’, ‘About You’, and ‘When We Are Together’.

The band went on to deliver 11 further hits from across their discography – the full setlist for The 1975 ’s Connecticut show reads as below:

Being Funny in a Foreign Language 1. The 1975 (Live debut) 2. Looking for Somebody (To Love) 3. Happiness 4. Part of the Band 5. Oh Caroline 6. I’m in Love With You 7. All I Need to Hear 8. Roadkill 9. Fallingforyou 10. I Like America & America Likes Me (BFIAFL Version) 11. About You (Live debut) 12. When We Are Together (Live debut)

The 1975 At Their Very Best 13. If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) 14. Chocolate 15. It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) 16. Paris 17. An Encounter 18. Robbers 19. Somebody Else 20. Love It If We Made It 21. The Sound 22. Sex 23. Give Yourself a Try

The 1975 will tour North America for the remainder of 2022, returning to the UK for their hometown headline shows in January 2023 – tickets are available here . They have also been confirmed as headliners for Glasgow’s TRNSMT Festival next July.

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The 1975 at AO Arena — stage times, supports, setlist, rumoured guest performances and more

Whether it's random autotune speeches or Matty eating raw meat shortly before getting tattooed live on stage, it's bound to be a memorable one.

The big day is fast approaching: local lads and global music sensation, The 1975, are returning to Manchester with a massive gig at the AO Arena this weekend.

In case you haven’t already caught wind from the endless clips online, the genre-defying band are currently on a massive world tour simply entitled, ‘ At Their Very Best ‘, and it looks to be their biggest and boldest yet.

With scenes from their performances across the US and UK are being plastered all over social media night after night, it’s clear that these shows aren’t just like any other ordinary gigs. These lot are putting on a creative, show-stopping spectacle and soon Mancs will be able to see it live.

Rocking up to the legendary venue on Friday, 20 January, the Wilmslow -born outfit will not only be playing tracks from their latest album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language , but they will also belting out some of their biggest hits.

Judging by sights like these, you’re not ready and neither are we:

@08matthunt Fucking decentttttt #1975 #mattyhealy1975 #o2 #thesound ♬ original sound – Username

Yeah, if you’ve got a ticket for Friday, you’re gonna have a good time.

That being said, while we firmly believe that no viral clip or prior 1975 shows can prepare you for what’s about to come, we’re still going to do our best to let you know everything they have in store on Friday — to the best of our knowledge, anyway.

Tickets (we have some bad news…)

As if you haven’t guessed already, these tickets are absolute gold dust and sold out almost instantly, so coming across a spare will take some doing.

On the other hand, we love a trier, and you could always get lucky and spot one on resale sites like Twickets or TicketSwap but, as always, be 100% sure you’re buying from a trusted page and not getting ripped off.

Getting a hold of one of these things is hard enough, we don’t need you adding to your own stress by falling for a scam.

The 1975 support acts

Bonnie kemplay.

As for The 1975’s warm-up acts at their Manchester Arena gig, there has only been one confirmed support artist: Edinburgh singer-songwriter Bonnie Kemplay, who covered their smash-hit ‘If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) ‘ in the BBC Radio Live Lounge back in 2021.

Having joined them for the UK and Ireland legs of their 2023 tour calendar, the 19-year-old songstress has been chronicling her experience on tour with the headliners on social media.

@bonniekemplay first shows of tour &lt3 exeter was fun tonight! #fyp #altmusic #the1975 ♬ Multiply – Dora Jar

Signed to the same label as The 1975, Dirty Hit Records — where frontman Healy is also the creative director — she is clearly one for the future and has been well-received while opening up for the main event. Watch this space.

Special guests?…

While just one support might sound somewhat surprising for a show of this size, it is also worth mentioning that all manner of special guests have popped up and delivered some incredible performances in various cities across Britain and America so far.

As well as a cameo by Phoebe Bridgers and even guitarist Adam Hann’s wife Carly Holt finally joining the band on stage for her part in ‘About You’, those watching The 1975 first night at the London O2 were treated to Taylor Swift just casually popping up and doing a quick acoustic set. As you do.

The reaction was as crazy as you expect.

Screams of pure joy and disbelief. 😭 #The1975 https://t.co/Q1YYaOYYMk — The Manc (@TheMancUK) January 13, 2023

With that in mind, we obviously can’t predict who might make a surprise appearance at the Arena gig but given the stops they pulled out for London, we’re betting they have something even bigger up their sleeve for their home gig.

Some fans even think we could get a bit of Harry Styles given that he is and local lad and was spotted at the first London gig. Who knows?

The 1975 stage times

Now, for those wondering what are the set times for The 1975’s AO Arena concert, although the night is jam-packed, they manage to get it all done in around four hours.

With doors opening at 6:30pm, giving you time to grab a drink and maybe some merch on the way in, opening act Bonnie Kemplay will spend just under an hour warming up the crowd.

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The band are then due to take to the stage at approximately 8:30pm, with the show expected to end around 10:40pm. On the other hand, Matty does whatever he wants in these gigs so they could go well beyond that, just fair warning.

‘At Their Very Best’ setlist (we think)

Following the release of the new record back in October, fans can obviously expect to hear Being Funny in a Foreign Language ( BFIAFL ) in full, all played in order with a couple tracks from previous albums breaking up things in between.

Then, after running through the 12 new tunes, the band will be diving into their biggest bangers, with a total of at least 25 songs on the current setlist which even includes cult-favourites like ‘fallingforyou’, ‘Paris’ and the ‘An Encounter’ interlude from their self-titled debut.

Here’s is roughly what they have been playing so far:

• The 1975 ( BFIAFL version)
• Looking For Somebody (To Love)
• Part Of The Band
• Oh Caroline
• I’m in Love With You
• All I Need To Hear
• I Couldn’t Be More In Love With You
• fallingforyou
• I Like America & America Likes Me (‘Real World’ version)
• When We Are Together
• If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)
• TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME
• It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)
• INTERLUDE : An Encounter
• Somebody Else
• Love It If We Made It
• Give Yourself A Try

There’s a bit of everything on here, with some of the strongest moments from each of their five albums highlighted. After all, it is The 1975 ‘At Their Very Best’. However, it goes without saying that they have been mixing things up as they go to keep fans on their toes, like so:

Plenty of memes and general shenanigans

Last but not least, if there’s one thing we do know will happen during The 1975’s AO Arena gig, it’s simply whatever Matty Healy wants.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock over the past few months, you’re bound to have heard at least one story of the ever-eccentric singer, songwriter and guitarist getting up to all sorts during this tour.

From sucking people’s thumbs and checking their IDs before bringing them on stage to give them a snog, to getting his chest tattooed live on stage and eating a raw piece of steak in between songs, it’s certainly one of the more out-there productions you’ll see on a Friday night of live music .

The band are always striving to be artistic and push boundaries — the use of the beautifully designed set on this tour alone proves that — but sometimes the stuff that sticks with you the most is the simple things, the random moments only that city got to witness and, of course, the memes .

We hope you enjoy repeating 'don't like menthols' over and over again for the rest of your life. 👍😂 https://t.co/ygOP1oET1Y — The Manc (@TheMancUK) December 11, 2022

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We are fortunate enough to be going along to watch The 1975 at the AO Arena later this week, so be sure to your eyes peeled on our main Instagram and Manc Audio feeds for a glimpse of the show.

As for their intimate Gorilla gig scheduled on 1 February, it’s hard to believe anyone managed to cop tickets for that one, so well done to those of you who did.

Nevertheless, we look forward to shouting “don’t like menthols” when the moment of truth arrives (if you know, you know) and, hopefully, we’ll see a few of you there on Friday.

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The Co-op Live finally opens its doors in April 2024 and it already has a huge list of shows planned for this year and all the way into 2025.

Manchester’s newest arena, entertainment venue and arts space, which is the largest indoor arena in the UK, is set to host some huge musicians over the next year or so.

No surprise considering Harry Styles is an investor .

The massive venue officially opens on 23 April, with Greater Manchester legend Peter Kay lined up for the first performance.

Then it will be the Black Keys who take the honour of being the first music act on stage – and this venue has been built with music in mind.

Take That have also signed up for a frankly ridiculous SEVEN shows – but there’s sure to be plenty more revealed in the coming months.

Here’s the full list of artists confirmed for Co-op Live thus far.

What’s on at Co-op Live – gigs, comedy shows and other events

In chronological order, here all the Co-op Live gigs on the schedule over the next two years:

Peter Kay – 23-24 April, 2024

Bolton’s finest export Peter Kay will be the official opening act for the Co-op Live Arena, after selling out shows for literal years into the future at the AO Arena. He’s promised to keep tickets the same price they were when he last toured more than a decade ago too. You can get yours here .

The Black Keys – 27 April, 2024

This rock duo are behind massive hits like Lonely Boy and Gold On The Ceiling, and are stopping off at the Co-op Live for a very special gig. They’ll be performing not long after they release their twelfth studio album, Ohio Players, which features collaborations with names including Noel Gallagher, Beck, Greg Kurstin, Dan “The Automator” Nakamura and more. You can get tickets here .

A Boogie Wid Da Hoodie – 1 May, 2024

Known for his collaborations with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Chris Brown and Meek Mill, rising star rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie will be one of the very first to perform at the Co-op Live. He’s on his way to being one of the biggest names in hip-hop.

Olivia Rodrigo — 3-4 May, 2024

Olivia will be hitting up Manchester during her GUTS World Tour. It’s in support of her second album of the same name, which was released back in September. The last time she was in Manchester, fans were shocked to see her casually singing and having a drink in Bunny Jackson’s after the show. Let’s see where she ends up post-gig this time in May.

Keane – 5 May, 2024

They’re back and they’re celebrating 20 years since their landmark debut album Hopes and Fears . They’ll be playing songs from throughout their career, performing the best of the best and to make things even better, they’ll also have support from Manchester’s own, The Lathums .

As if this wasn’t joyous news enough, wait until you see the supports… 👀 Find out more about @keaneofficial 's Hopes & Fears anniversary tour here. 👉 https://t.co/JNh8PAcISF pic.twitter.com/toFQno4esA — The Manc (@TheMancUK) September 9, 2023

Take That — 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 May AND 11-12 June (wow…)

They announced a new tour alongside the announcement of their ninth studio album, This Life . We obviously thought these big hitters would be doing a couple of shows here but no one expected their return to involve them ramming seven massive Manchester Co-op Live shows down our throats — not that we’re complaining.

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Elbow – 14 May, 2024

It’s hard to believe Elbow have been going since 1997 since it wasn’t until 2008 they brought out their magnum opus  The Seldom Seen Kid . Now here they are about to head on their first arena tour since 2018, celebration their tenth album, due for release early in the year.

Eric Clapton – 18 May, 2024

Adding one last show in Manchester to his UK tour, this is Clapton’s first performance here in over a decade. Expect him to be performing all his classics like ‘Tears In Heaven’ and ‘Layla’, as well as reminding everyone why he’s still at it so many years later.

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Barry Manilow – 19 May, 2024

With a huge legacy that includes multiple awards including a GRAMMY and a Tony, as well as officially surpassing Elvis for the longest-running residency in Las Vegas, our Barry has had quite the career. As for how he intends to spend next year, at least one chapter will include him coming to the Co-op Live for an exclusive Manchester-only show.

Nicki Minaj – 24 May, 2024

The ‘Queen of Rap’ Nicki Minaj is heading to Manchester as part of the Pink Friday 2 World Tour – her largest to date. The Starships and Anaconda singer is performing in celebration of her fifth studio album and will make the Co-op Live the first stop on her European leg of the tour.

Eagles – 31 May, then 1, 4, 7 and 8 June, 2024

Legendary US rock, country and folk band the Eagles have announced their last-ever UK gigs and Manchester’s Co-op Live arena has been given the honour of bidding them a British goodbye. One of the most successful and seminal bands of the 1970s and beyond, the LA hitmakers best known for tracks like ‘Hotel California’, ‘New Kid in Town’, ‘Desperado’ and countless others, are rounding off their global Long Goodbye tour with five final shows here in Britain and our city’s newest venue. Tickets are available here .

Pet Shop Boys – 9 June, 2024

Iconic UK duo Pet Shop Boys are bringing their incredible live Dreamland show to Co-op Live in June. The show’s already received a flurry of 5-star reviews and is a celebration of all of their greatest hits.

The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer – 13 June, 2024

Two absolutely massive names will come together to co-headline Manchester’s newest – and biggest – arena. Multi-platinum, GRAMMY® Award-winning, alternative rock pioneers, The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer will gig alongside each other at Co-op Live.

James – 14 June, 2024

One of the longest-running Manc bands , James will be putting on a huge summer hometown show and have chosen to be one of the first artists at the Co-op Live next year to do it, with a little bit of help from Noughties icons Razorlight as support acts, no less.

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Liam Gallagher – 15, 16, 27 and 28 June, 2024

Liam Gallagher is back and he’s heading out on a massive UK tour next year, with not one but THREE Manchester dates on the lineup. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Oasis’s massively influential debut album,  Definitely Maybe , Liam will be embarking upon the ‘Definitely Maybe 30 Years’ arena tour in 2024.

The Killers – 18, 19, 21 and 22 June, 2024

The Killers have announced four massive arena shows here in Manchester for next summer on their Rebel Diamonds Tour. The Las Vegas indie rock legends have announced the tour to celebrate 20 years of hits together, and will release a brand new compilation album of the same name next week.

Pearl Jam – 25 June, 2024

These Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be another huge rock name playing the Co-op Live, bringing their Dark Matter World Tour to the city. They’ll be supported by special guests The Murder Capital.

Megan Thee Stallion – 5 July, 2024

Megan Thee Stallion is visiting Co-op Live as part of her 31-city world tour, called the Hot Girl Summer Tour. She’ll be heading across the US and Europe with her first-ever headline arena tour, which will feature a special Chicas Divertidas VIP section. The star will visit several major cities in the states before beginning her international leg here in the UK on 4 July.

Stevie Nicks – 9 July, 2024

Rock legend Stevie Nicks, famed for her work with Fleetwood Mac as well as her impressive solo career, will be in town in summer. These will Stevie Nicks’ first UK shows in almost seven years, and she’ll be one of the first rock acts to perform at Manchester’s shiny new Co-op Live arena.

Kings of Leon – 10 July, 2024

Kings of Leon have announced a new run of UK shows as part of their 2024 world tour, and they’ll be coming to visit us here in Manchester. Following on from the announcement of their brand-new album, as well as a headline performance at BST Hyde Park this summer, the beloved American rock band have now revealed details of their long-awaited Can We Please Have Fun World Tour that’s kicking off later this year. Tickets are on sale here .

Justin Timberlake – 8 August

Mr Sexy Back himself is indeed back, with the so-called Prince of Pop announcing a Manchester date on the European leg of his massive The Forget Tomorrow World Tour. He’s the voice behind songs like SexyBack, Mirrors, and Trolls hit Can’t Stop The Feeling.

Arijit Singh – 11 August

India’s undisputed superstar Arijit Singh will be delivering a night of massive Bollywood hits when he arrives in Manchester this summer. The multi-award winner has become one of the most sought-after playback singers in the Indian film industry, lending his voice to numerous hit songs.

Noah Kahan – 13 August, 2024

Singer-songwriter sensation Noah Kahan is heading to the Co-op Live next summer, showing off his incredible music from three full-length albums as well as his collaborations with Hozier and Julia Michaels. He had his highest album position in the UK to date with last year’s Stick Season.

Niall Horan – 27 August, 2024

He’s already announced he’ll be playing in Manchester at the AO Arena in March. He’ll be back though after his world tour ends as he’s also announced he’ll be playing at the Co-op Live in August. With Harry Styles an investor in the new arena, One Direction reunion when?

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Jonas Brothers – 12 September, 2024 (RESCHEDULED from 17 June)

They’ve been doing their own solo stuff for so long that we almost forgot they were a highly successful boy band in the 2000 and 2010s. In case you weren’t aware, they’ve been back making music together since 2019 and in May released their sixth studio album, but we’re looking forward to them playing all the hits, of course. Alexa, play ‘Burnin’ Up’…

Jonas Brothers first act announced to headline Manchester’s new Co-op Live arena

Melanie Martinez – 21 September, 2024

Pop phenomenon Melanie Martinez has just announced arena gig here in Manchester as part of her The Trilogy Tour. The singer is currently performing as her alter-ego ‘Cry Baby’, which involves her wearing an other-worldly mask that transforms her into a cat-like creature with four eyes and gigantic ears.

Glass Animals – 2 November, 2024

Glass Animals have announced details of their long-awaited global tour, including a gig here in Manchester. The Grammy and BRIT-nominated British band already have three studio albums to their names and smashed into the UK Singles Chart with their biggest hit, the four-times Platinum certified Heat Waves. That song? Oh yeah, it’s just the biggest international hit from a British band in almost 30 years.

Hits Radio Live – 23 November, 2024

This night will bring together the biggest current names in music – previous years have featured Ed Sheeran, Busted, Sam Smith, Anne Marie, Lewis Capaldi, Rita Ora, Becky Hill, Tom Grennan and many, many more.

Sleep Token – 26 November, 2024

The fast-rising and genre-bending rock group Sleep Token have announced their biggest-ever headline tour in the UK and will be coming to Manchester later this year. The masked outfit is probably providing one of the most unique and sprawling sounds in the industry right now.

Charli XCX – 27 November, 2024

British singer Charli XCX has announced the tour in support of her forthcoming album BRAT, her sixth studio album. Charli XCX was discovered through Myspace way back in 2008, hitting the big time in 2012 with the release of the two-time platinum single I Love It. She went on to have huge success with tracks like Boom Clap and Doing It, as well as featuring on huge songs like ‘Fancy’ with Iggy Azalea and ‘Girls’ with Rita Ora.

Slipknot – 17 December, 2024

Heavy metal legends Slipknot will visit the Co-op Live on a massive European tour, which will celebrate 25 years since they first played on the continent. They’ll also bring Scottish heavy metal group Bleed From Within on the tour as support.

Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium – 30 January, 2025

Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium have announced a huge joint arena tour, including a date in Manchester, where they’ll be playing their respective albums in full to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Both bands will be performing at the Co-op Live arena as part of The Poisoned Ascendancy UK Tour in 2025.

Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds – 6 April, 2025

Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds will be coming to Manchester as part of a monumental new arena tour. The much-loved musical spectacular, based on the dark Victorian tale by H. G. Wells, will feature a 3D hologram of Liam Neeson, who recounts his story of survival from the Martian invasion of 1898.

Simply Red – 27 Sept, 2025

We don’t know what we’re doing next week, never mind in winter 2025. Mick Hucknall does though as he already has ‘playing in Manchester’ on his calendar for September 2025 to celebrate 40 years of Simply Red.

Jason Manford – 24 October, 2025

Lastly, Jason Manford was the first comedian to be announced to perform at the Co-op Live. Jason Manford fans will be beaming to see the local funny man performing on such a big stage. Unfortunately, they’ll have to wait two whole years to see him — but at least you’ve got plenty of time to sort tickets!

And that’s your lot: top acts for you to enjoy in 2024 and 2025 already with plenty more to come.

It’s been a while since we’ve had a brand new venue of this kind of size and calibre open anywhere in Greater Manchester , so we’re looking forward to seeing what it looks like in the flesh once it’s open.

In fact, The Manc even had the pleasure of popping inside earlier this year to take a glance at how it’s coming along.

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Irish post-punk pioneers Fontaines D.C. have just announced a brand new UK and Ireland tour ahead of their new album later this year and leading new arts and live entertainment venue, Aviva Studios, has been selected for their massive Manchester date.

The Dublin powerhouses have emerged as one of the most exciting acts on the planet for our money, combining everything from new wave , alternative and often grungey guitars, to more classic rock and even indie sounds, making them one of the most instantly recognisable sounds on the modern scene.

With all that being said, we cannot wait for their return to Manchester and what will no doubt be one of the biggest and best gigs Aviva Studios has seen yet.

Fontaines D.C. roll up to 0161 in Fall 2024 and they’ll have a brand new album under their belt to boot.

Become a Factory International Members to gain early access tickets on Wednesday 24 April, 10am. General tickets on sale on Friday 26 April, 10am. More info 👇 https://t.co/tUh38eAeGU — Factory International (@factoryintl) April 19, 2024

Home to Factory International , which kicked off an incredible debut calendar of cultural events last year, Aviva Studios is already proving to be an impressive addition to the Manc skyline, especially now it’s coaxing names like Fontaines D.C. to come and perform there over other gig spaces.

Tipped to generate over a £1 billion in revenue for the local economy over the next decade, the importance of this new state-of-the-art venue is hard to overstate.

As for the band themselves, they dropped the lead single entitled ‘Starburster’ this week and it proved to be quite the sea change for often fast, frantic and no-nonsense five-piece. If you haven’t heard it yet, strap in and get ready to be over-exhaling out loud non-stop for the next hour – you’ll see what we mean.

With their fourth record Romance set to release on 23 August, we think it’s fair to say this new record – the first with new producer James Ford (Blur, Arctic Monkeys) – is off to a much more experimental start than their heavily acclaimed 2019 debut, Dogrel .

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Set to take the stage in Aviva Studios’ Warehouse space on Friday, 29 November, Fontaines’ Manchester date is part of a new run of shows announced as part of their full European which kicks off in June.

Heading back from the continent in August and starting off the UK leg in Wolverhampton on 20 November, it’ll be a fast and furious nine-show run culminating with a homecoming concert in Dublin.

Tickets for all headline dates go on general sale at 10am next Friday, 26 April and for first access to presale, fans can pre-order the album by 3pm on 23 April.

You can grab your tickets HERE .

Featured Images — Press Images/ Aviva Studios

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The 1975’s 2024 Tour: Everything You Need to Know

The 1975 announces 2024 music tour dates. The tour is called the “ Still… At Their Very Best ” tour. The band has been promoting their most recent album named – “ Live From Gorilla ” and many others like “ Being Funny in a Foreign Language ,” etc. We will help you find dates for the upcoming The 1975 ’s UK and Europe music tour in 2024 , where the band will perform with a bang!   

The 1975 Announce 2024 UK and Europe Tour 

“ The 1975 ,” a British pop-rock band, has scheduled multiple dates for their 2024 European tour, including a stop in the UK. According to reports, The 1975’s 2024 tour will continue their ‘ Still… At Their Very Best ‘ tour from 2023. Adam Hann , Matty Healy , George Daniel , and Ross MacDonald will tour the UK and Europe. Their schedule includes two nights, and the 2024 London shows will take place at Greenwich’s  The O2 and a homecoming performance at the AO Arena in Manchester. 

The group has been touring in support of ‘ Being Funny in a Foreign Language ,’ their fifth and most recent album, which was made available on October 14, 2022. Since November 2022, The 1975 band has been touring the US, Mexico, and Canada. They will play there through December 2023, at which point, on February 9, 2024, in Glasgow, they will start their European tour. 

The tour will conclude in Cologne on March 22, 2024, after the group plays shows in Paris, Manchester, Lisbon, Berlin, Madrid, Birmingham, and Oslo. In January 2023, the group embarked on a European tour and then proceeded to Latin America and the Asia-Pacific area before returning to Europe.  

The forthcoming performances mark the continuation of The Very Best Tour ‘s European leg. It will head back to North America on September 16 for a performance at Atlanta’s Music Midtown festival. On September 24, the band will play at the Life Is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas.

Matty Healy talked about the upcoming The 1975’s 2024 tour:

“‘When I made ‘A Brief Inquiry…’, we’d grown up a bit. The idea of The 1975 continuing to grow up wasn’t a fear because it wasn’t unsexy. Now, it’s kind of the sexiest thing about us. That’s why the tour is called ‘At Their Very Best.’ We’ve got our shit sorted.”

Related: How did The 1975 band get their name?

The 1975 UK and Europe 2024 Dates 

The band will perform live concerts across the UK and Europe in 2024. Discover The 1975 ‘s tour dates and the venue for the same below!

How Can I Buy Tickets for The 1975 Tour?

On September 6 at 10 a.m. BST, there will be a limited-time fan presale for the new dates. The general on-sale will begin on September 8 at 10 a.m. BST. You can register and get the tickets for the fan pre-sale online. 

You can buy tickets online via the official website or from here .

Who is the Opening Act for The 1975 on the 2024 tour? 

It is believed that Matty Healy will be the opening act for the 1975 on their 2024 tour, with special guests yet to be confirmed. But the band didn’t give any official statement regarding the same.   

Healy and the group have had a busy summer on touring, with the band potentially paying a $2.7 million fine over Healy’s same-sex on-stage kiss at a concert in Malaysia, during which he denounced the nation’s anti-LGBTQ laws. The band postponed shows in Taiwan and Indonesia due to the controversy.

I'm Daniel Alvarez and I have loved writing about heavy metal and rock since 2005. During my free time, I attend concerts, festivals and meet with famous heavy metal and rock musicians. From time to time I like to dress up like my first favorite rock band, KISS.

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