Tag Archives: Matty Healy
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Outside Lands: The 1975 play it straight on festival’s final night
The 1975 performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 13, 2023. Photo: Alive Coverage. SAN FRANCISCO — There were a lot of tired people at Golden Gate Park on Sunday for the final day of Outside Lands. The telltale signs: more…
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REVIEW: The 1975 self-flagellatory on ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’
The 1975, “Being Funny In A Foreign Language.” It’s an odd assertion that in 2022, a record 44 minutes in length is considered “pared down.” Yet it’s apt when the artist in question is The 1975. Being Funny In A Foreign Language The 1975 Dirty Hit, Oct. 14 7/10…
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REVIEW: The 1975 creates a sensory experience at Bill Graham Civic
The 1975 performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on April 22, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Manchester’s The 1975 provided a full sensory experience to a sold-out Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Monday night. The group began with “Give Yourself A Try” and “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME.” Striking, bold…
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Sincerity a necessity for The 1975 on ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’
The 1975, “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.” Conversations these days embrace a plethora of expressions popularized in 2018, from encouraging others to “go off” to calling a good friend “fam.” But another buzzword to look out for, usually in a warier sense, is “oversharing.” More specifically, searching for…
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Photos: The 1975 capture hearts at Bill Graham Civic
Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — The 1975 took the stage to an near-thundering collective scream of fans, many of whom had created a line several blocks long outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. They brought flowers and other gifts for frontman Matthew Healy, the object of affection for…
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The 1975’s Matty Healy on the truth of three chords and hair battles with Bastille
Matty Healy of The 1975 and Dan Smith of Bastille. The mohawked frontman of Manchester’s The 1975 drops the phone just as our call is connected. “Oh, for f—‘s sake,” Matty Healy cringes, and I can tell I’m not his first interview of the morning. But just as quickly the…
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Interview: Life surpasses wildest dreams for The 1975
The 1975 performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on April 17, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Matty Healy describes his life, at this moment, as a series of surreal situations strung together by his and his bandmates’ tales of other surreal stories: being approached by David Bowie; opening for the…
