Glastonbury headliners The 1975 issue warning to fans ahead of tonight's set
Fans of The 1975 should prepare for some special surprises when they headline Glastonbury for the first time this evening.
The band, who are playing on the Pyramid Stage from 10.15pm, have been relatively quiet over recent months but will return to the spotlight in style tonight.
Matty Healy and his band mates have 'pulled out all the stops' to ensure their set this evening is one to remember.
'Everyone was so blown away that Matty, Ross, George and Adam were headlining, but it's no surprise given how loved they are universally,' a source close to the band tells us.
'They've played Glastonbury before, but this is the boys at their very best and then some. They're one of the biggest bands in the world, and their tours sell out almost instantly, but to see them on the Pyramid Stage in the headline slot, nobody could have expected this. Everyone behind the scenes has worked so hard to pull out all the stops - fans should expect a few surprises.'
'Matty once said that people should be 'on guard for a year' because he would lose his mind about it and it's certainly been one of their major highlights of their career and it's only going to get even bigger for the four lads."
Healy hit headlines across the world in 2023 when he enjoyed a brief romantic relationship with a newly-single Taylor Swift. Their union fizzled out within weeks but was enough to inspire the Shake It Off singer to mention Healy in a number of tracks on her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department.
On a podcast in October, Healy seemingly revealed he would not be producing a musical reply to Swift's swipes - saying that he is 'not interested in' writing about the 'casual romantic liaisons' he has 'become known for'.
'If I made a record about, I don't know, all the stuff that was said about me, or my casual romantic liaisons, or my, whatever it may be, that I've kind of become known for, just because I was famous,' he mused.
'I think that's an obvious thing to draw from. I'm just not interested in it. And I think that the maintenance of the status quo is something that I always fight against."
'So the idea of making a record about something that personally happened to me, that by the time I put it out is going to be like, two years old. I see people doing that as well, and it's just not interesting.'
Healy, who is now engaged to model Gabbriette, is better known to many as The 1975 frontman who have produced era-defining music for a legion of loyal fans.
The group is made up of singer Healy, bassist Ross MacDonald, guitarist Adam Hann, and drummer George Daniel, who is pop star Charli XCX's fiancé. The four school friends formed the band in 2002 and shot to fame with the release of their chart-topping self-titled album The 1975.
They saw similar success with the release of A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships and Being Funny In A Foreign Language. This is their first time headline Glastonbury. Healy's mother, Loose Woman panellist, Denise Welch, celebrated the news by posting the Glastonbury line-up on Instagram, saying: 'I guess I'll be going to my first UK festival!!!'
Welch also added a post on her Instagram story saying: 'Look who's headlining on the Friday!!! Popping out to buy some wellies.'
The 1975 has won four Brit awards, claiming the British Group award twice, along with British Album of the Year in 2019 and Best Rock/Alternative in 2023.
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