Matty Healy was his regular, charismatic self on the Pyramid Stage Friday evening as The 1975 kicked off the Glastonbury Pageant headline units.
The Brit spoke earnestly alongside his fellow band members as they thrilled the 100,000+ viewers with hits like “Chocolate,” “About You,” and “Someone Else” from their various discography.
Healy was, as all the time, poking enjoyable at himself and others as he started the hour-and-a-half present with a pint of beer in a single hand.
“I do know I’m meant to be a rockstar, however that is actually scary and I’m actually nervous,” he admitted about performing on the U.Okay.’s crown jewel of music festivals. “It’s tough to inform once I’m being honest on stage… However what this second is making me notice is that, yeah, I in all probability am the most effective. I in all probability am the most effective songwriter of my era,” he joked.
He candidly continued: “It’s the primary time in my life I don’t know what to say.”
The band’s official line was no politics, in response to Healy, who mentioned that folks watching the BBC’s reside Glastonbury protection at residence is perhaps “disillusioned” by the “lack of politics on this present.”
He mentioned: “I would like you to realize it’s a acutely aware resolution… We don’t need our legacy to be politics; we would like our [message] to be love and friendship.”
The singer contradicted himself swiftly after. Screens flanking the band as they performed “Love It If We Made It” displayed, amongst others, clips of KKK rituals, Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, the conflict in Gaza, Kanye West, police brutality within the U.S., 9/11 and London’s Grenfell Tower burning down.
The 1975 are the primary of three acts to headline this 12 months’s Glastonbury: Neil Younger takes on Saturday’s slot and Sunday is reserved for American star Olivia Rodrigo.
The Glastonbury Pageant runs till June 29.