August 26th 2023.
Matty Healy paid tribute to Lewis Capaldi at their headline performance this weekend, with the The 1975 frontman taking a moment out of his Reading Festival set to honour his close friend. Lewis has recently cancelled his tour plans to focus on his mental health after a very emotional performance at Glastonbury, where the crowd assisted him amid his Tourette’s.
Speaking to the thousands-strong crowd at Leeds on Saturday, Matty gave Lewis a shout-out. “Well, first of all, can we have the loudest round of applause in our set for Mr Lewis Capaldi who couldn’t make it tonight,” he began before playing the famous tune.
Headlining this weekend also gave The 1975 a chance to play the entirety of their debut self-titled album in full, to mark its 10-year anniversary. Matty announced the news at TRANSMT earlier this year, saying: “So, on Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds in celebration of 10 years of our debut album, The 1975 will be playing that album in full in support of our good friend Lewis Capaldi. If you’ve got tickets, good for you. If you haven’t, go and get them. We’ll see you there.”
Elsewhere during their set, Matty seemed unusually tame. Nope, there was no eating of raw meat tonight although, as he typically does, the Robbers vocalist sipped from a hip flask through the set.
The group are trying to rein it in after making headlines for the wrong reasons recently. They have been ordered to pay more than £2million to a festival that was cancelled by the Malaysian government after Matty and Ross kissed on stage, and Matty attempted to protest against their anti-gay laws. If they don’t pay up, they will face legal action.
It was lovely to see Matty Healy use the platform to remember Lewis Capaldi and pay tribute to his friend. We wish both Lewis and The 1975 all the best for the future.
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