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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.

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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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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 Still… At Their Very Best run of shows has spawned a string of viral moments this year, most of which were focused on Healy’s attention-grabbing stage antics. After the singer made comments critical of Malaysia’s anti-LBGTQ laws and kissed his male bandmate on stage at the Good Vibes Festival in July, the event’s organizer said they are seeking $2.7 million in restitution from the group. Healy then appeared to joke about his group’s Malaysian “ban” during a headlining slot at Lollapalooza in Chicago in August; the 1975 cancelled shows in Indonesia and Taiwan following the incident in Malaysia.

In June, Healy said he was “ not very online ” following his reported split with Taylor Swift after a rumored brief fling; neither side ever commented on or confirmed any relationship after photos of the two holding hands in New York sparked heated speculation. In other provocations on the road, Healy kissed a security guard in Denmark in June, sort of apologized for offensive racist remarks he made about Ice Spice in a podcast interview in April and sucked a fan’s thumb at a show in January.

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They will be going on a hiatus after this tour… pic.twitter.com/lS1MXo6KeW — The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) September 27, 2023

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Matty Healy says The 1975 will go on an “indefinite hiatus of shows” after current tour

The band began the north american leg in california last night..

The 1975 kicked off their "Still... at their very best" tour in Sacramento on Tuesday night. During the show, frontman Matty Healy seemingly announced that the band will be going on a lengthy break from performing at concerts after the tour concludes.

"We love coming to this place and playing for you guys and it's wonderful you're all here," Healy said in a break between songs. "After this tour we'll be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows so it's wonderful to have you guys with us tonight."

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They will be going on a hiatus after this tour… pic.twitter.com/lS1MXo6KeW — The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) September 27, 2023

The band's current tour is due to make its way across North America until the end of the year before resuming in Europe in the new year. The final show on the tour is scheduled to take place in Amsterdam on March 24.

The 1975, Healy specifically, have become a lightning rod for controversy and headlines this year including his appearance on a podcast where racist jokes about Ice Spice were made. Healy subsequently apologised for being part of that conversation but was later called out by Rina Sawayama , who is signed to the musician's label. He was also in a brief relationship with Taylor Swift and caused an incident in Malaysia after criticizing the country's discriminatory LGBTQ laws .

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Matty Healy, frontman for pop band 1975 and a lightning rod for controversy of late , has announced that his group is going on "indefinite hiatus."

The British singer and guitarist, whose top songs with the group include "Chocolate" and "Love It If We Made It," told a concert crowd Tuesday in Sacramento, California, that "it's wonderful that you are here, but after this tour we will be going on an indefinite hiatus, so it's wonderful to have you guys with us. Thank you so much."

The 1975's Still ... At Their Very Best Tour, in support of the band's fifth studio album "Being Funny In A Foreign Language," kicked off September in Atlanta and will continue across the U.S. through early December before shifting to a series of European dates in 2024.

USA TODAY has reached out to the band's reps for comment.

Reaction to Healy's hiatus announced was mixed on social media.

Some lamented the news, commenting "Oh God I just felt my heart shatter." Others seemed to refer to the singer's various controversies, noting, "You reap what you sow ... what goes around comes around."

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Healey generated backlash when he appeared to be giving a Nazi salute during a concert in January.

In March, reports of a resurfaced podcast episode featuring Healy laughing as derogatory remarks were made about rapper Ice Spice , a new artist who had expressed her admiration for The 1975's music.

A TikTok clip shows Ice Spice saying that she listens to alternative music, noting that she's "obsessed" with The 1975. The clip then cuts to a recording of a podcast, "The Adam Friedland Show," in which Healy says he had DMed Ice Spice.

Healy later apologized during a 1975 show , saying, "I just feel a bit bad, and I’m kind of a bit sorry if I’ve offended you. Ice Spice, I'm sorry." In response to the podcast comments, Ice Spice told Variety in an interview published Thursday that she was "confused" by Healy's comments.

In July, during a concert at a festival in Malaysia, Healy went on a rant condemning the country's repressive anti-LGBTQ laws, and capped his comments by kissing his bass player. The country's government then cancelled the festival. Some LGBTQ activists were critical of Healy's actions, saying it potentially put some in that community at risk.

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Healy also reportedly briefly dated Taylor Swift during the summer ; the pop superstar has more recently been linked to football player Travis Kelce .

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The frontman shared the news at this week’s show at the Golden 1 Center, in Sacramento, California.

Towards the end of their set and just before they performed the track ‘Sex’, Healy made the announcement.

“It’s wonderful you’re all here,” he told the crowd. “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.”

They will be going on a hiatus after this tour… pic.twitter.com/lS1MXo6KeW — The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) September 27, 2023

Healy and co. are currently on the North American leg for their ‘Still … At Their Very Best’ tour . This week they will perform in San Jose and San Diego, before kicking off their October string of shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. You can find the full list of dates and purchase any remaining tickets here .

The band recently announced a 2024 UK and European ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ tour .

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The newly announced dates – which includes four nights at London’s O2 – are set to be the band’s biggest European shows to date and will signal the end of the ‘ Being Funny In A Foreign Language ’ era.

They will kick off the 2024 ‘Still At Their Very Best’ tour at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on February 9, before going on to perform at London’s O2 on February 12 and 13, followed by dates in Manchester (18) and Birmingham (21).

A European run will then follow in Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Milan and many more. Their final scheduled date at present is a show at Amsterdam’s AFAS Live on March 24, 2024. You can purchase any remaining tickets  from here .

Speaking to  NME  last year in their cover interview  around the release of fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, frontman  Matty Healy  said the ‘At Their Very Best’ tour name was inspired by their growth as a band.

“When I made ‘ A Brief Inquiry …’, we’d grown up a bit,” he said. “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.”

It was recently confirmed that the band will stage the world’s first “carbon removed” live event at The O2 in London .

This month, The 1975 decided to promote their tour with a video starring Healy that parodies American political adverts .

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The 1975 is looking for a break after a two-year tour.

Matty Healy, the eccentric frontman for the English rock group, revealed Tuesday that the group would be taking an “indefinite hiatus” after their current tour wrapped in 2024.

“It’s wonderful you’re all here,” said Healy, 34, in an Instagram Live that was posted to X (formerly Twitter). “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,” he continued. “We always love … playing for you guys whenever we have the chance. It’s wonderful you’re all here.”

The English group’s announcement comes a mere month after the band’s manager, Jamie Oborne, seemingly teased the hiatus while promoting their European concert dates.

“The final The 1975 dates of this era and for quite a while go on sale next week. Xx,” Oborne  wrote on Instagram  at the time.

The Post reached out to the band for comment.

Reactions to the news divided many, with some fans incredibly saddened by the revelation.

“Oh god I just felt my heart shatter,” one person wrote.

“The 1975 going on a break is the worst news I’ve ever received,” said a second user.

“Please say sike,” a third added .

Not everyone was choked up about the hiatus though.

“You will not be missed,” sneered one fan.

“You reap what you sow,” jeered a second person. “What goes around comes around.”

Healy’s announcement comes after the frontman split from pop singer Taylor Swift in June.

Swift, 33, and Healy were spotted kissing in New York City  and  leaving Swift’s Eras Tour stop  in Nashville, Tennessee, together.

A source later told Page Six that Swift, who has been spotted with Travis Kelce as of late, simply needed to  “let off some steam”  with Healy after her very public breakup from Joe Alwyn in April .

The career update also comes after Healy and the group were officially banned from performing in Malaysia after he broke the country’s anti-LGBT laws.

“Ok well why don’t you try and not make out for Ross [Macdonald] for 20 years,” wrote Healey in a now-deleted Instagram post mocking the ban. “Not as easy as it looks.”

The dig came after the British pop-rock band’s outspoken lead singer took the stage at the Good Vibes Festival Friday at the Asian nation’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.

Healy took the opportunity to slam the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws at the time “I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn’t looking into it,” Healy admitted to his fans. “I don’t see the f–king point … of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with.”

Following the stunt, the Malaysian government canceled the three-day festival, citing “controversial conduct and remarks.”

The Good Vibes Festival  released a statement  shortly after and apologized to ticket holders.

“We sincerely apologize to all our ticket holders, vendors, sponsors, and partners,” the statement read. “We are aware of the time, energy and efforts you have put into making this festival a success, and we value your steadfast support.”

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The 1975 Will Take Hiatus From Live Shows After This Tour, Says Matthew Healy

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The 1975 will take an indefinite hiatus from touring once their current dates wrap up, Matthew Healy said at the band’s North American tour opener last night. “We love coming to this place and playing for you guys whenever we have the chance, and it’s wonderful you’re all here,” he told the crowd in Sacramento, California. “After this tour we will be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows so it’s wonderful to have you guys with us tonight.”

The 1975 have proceeded, with little interruption, through their marathon tours behind last year’s Being Funny in a Foreign Language : The 1975 at Their Very Best and Still… at Their Very Best . At the same time, controversies have mounted: First, Healy did an apparent Nazi salute onstage while performing the “Love It If We Made It” lyric that quotes Donald Trump’s praise of Kanye West. Not long after, on the Adam Friedland Show podcast, he joked about masturbating to racially degrading porn and laughed as the hosts made racially insensitive comments about Ice Spice. He half-apologized onstage, around the same time he reportedly started (and soon finished) dating Taylor Swift. In July, he defied Malaysia’s homophobic laws by kissing bassist Ross MacDonald onstage at Good Vibes Festival, prompting the government to pull the entire event. Festival organizers asked him to pay approximately $2.6 million in compensation .

Healy’s wording indicates the hiatus only applies to live shows, and the band often refer to breaks after album cycles, such as the Music for Cars era, as hiatuses. Pitchfork has emailed the band’s representatives for more details. 

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The 1975's Matty Healy Says the Band Is Going on 'Indefinite Hiatus' from Live Shows After Current Tour Ends

The band is currently in the midst of their North American leg of their Still... At Their Very Best tour

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Matty Healy has announced that The 1975  will be taking a break — at least from live shows.

The "I'm in Love with You" singer shared that the group would be going on an "indefinite hiatus" following their current tour during their Golden 1 Center set in Sacramento, California on Tuesday.

According to fan-posted video , prior to the band performing their hit "Sex," Healy, 34, delivered the news to the crowd.

"Thank you so much for coming — this tour will take us about six months. It's crazy to think about. We always love ... playing for you guys whenever we have the chance. It’s wonderful you’re all here,” he told the audience. “After this tour, we will be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows, so it’s wonderful to have you guys with us tonight. Thank you so much.”

The 1975's manager Jamie Oborne has insinuated as much recently, warning fans ahead of the ticket onsale that the concerts would be the "final dates of this era and for quite a while" and that "they are gonna be something to remember !"

A rep for The 1975 had no additional comment.

The 1975 — Healy, drummer George Daniel, guitarist Adam Hann and bassist Ross MacDonald — just kicked off the North American run of their Still ... At Their Very Best tour in support of their latest album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language .

The alt-rock outfit is set to perform in San Jose and San Diego this week before a string of dates taking The 1975 across the country through December . The tour then heads to the band's native UK and Europe in February before wrapping in March 2024.

Earlier this summer, Healy took aim at Malaysia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws during a performance with the band in Kuala Lumpur.

During their set at Good Vibes Festival in the capital city of Malaysia, Healy  expressed his frustrations  about the country's  LGBTQ+ restrictions  and knowingly inviting the band to perform there.

"I made a mistake when we were booking shows, I wasn't looking into it. I don't see the f---ing point, right? I do not see the point of inviting The 1975 to a country and telling us who we can have sex with," Healy told the audience.

"And I'm sorry if that offends you and you're religious, but your government ... I don't care anymore. If you push I'm gonna push back. I'm not in the f---ing mood. I'm not in the f---ing mood anymore."

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He then announced that the band "pulled" their headlining festival slot the day prior before deciding to proceed.

As their 2018 track "I Like America & America Likes Me" played, MacDonald  walked over to Healy and gave him a long kiss . After wrapping the song and playing another, Healy revealed the band had to leave as they "just got banned from Kuala Lumpur."

While the Good Vibes Festival did not confirm the The 1975 was banned, they said in a statement that they "regret The 1975 had to be cut short due to non-compliance with local performance guidelines," and by the following day, the remainder of the festival had been canceled "following the controversial conduct and remarks made by UK artist Matty Healy from the band The 1975."

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Last year, the 1975 announced plans for an indefinite break following the conclusion of their Still… At Their Very Best tour, scheduled to end on March 24. With just over a month of shows left, frontman Matty Healy has continued to reassure fans that their hiatus will turn into something more permanent. At a recent concert in Birmingham, he previewed a few seconds from music the band has been working on for their next album that fittingly reflects their reason for taking the break.

“We’re working on a new record now. I just need to stop for, like, a minute,” Healy told the audience, acknowledging that “everyone’s kind of afraid that we’re going to go away for ages.” Stepping away from the piano, he played a song from a voice note on his phone into his microphone, then recited one of the lyrics: “I take a minute when I think I won’t die from stopping.”

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The 1975’s fifth studio album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, was released in October 2022. They performed 93 shows supporting the record on the At Their Very Best tour, then returned for another 33 shows in North America and 27 in Europe on the Still… At Their Very Best tour. Their time on the road overlapped with a number of controversial moments for Healy, who has used the stage as a podium to explain himself to an audience he seems to feel understands him to a degree more than the general public might.

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The 1975 will go on an “indefinite hiatus” after their ongoing Still… At Their Very Best tour ends, frontman Matty Healy told concertgoers on Tuesday (26 September).

The British band’s world tour, which has seen them banned from Malaysia , is currently scheduled to conclude in late March 2024 in Amsterdam.

The group was performing at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, on Tuesday night when Healy, 34, made the announcement towards the end of their set, according to NME .

“It’s wonderful you’re all here,” he tells the crowd in footage shared on X/Twitter. “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.”

The crowd can be heard booing in response.

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The Independent has contacted The 1975’s representatives for comment.

Last month, Healy’s band was ordered to pay £2m in damages for allegedly breaking contract terms during their controversial show in Malaysia.

The 1975’s July performance at Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur was cut short when frontman Matt Healy kissed bassist Ross MacDonald while criticising the country’s anti-LGBT+ laws, under which homosexual acts are illegal.

“I don’t see the f***ing point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with. Unfortunately, you don’t get a set of loads of uplifting songs because I’m f***ing furious,” Healy told the crowd.

“And that’s not fair on you, because you’re not representative of your government. Because you’re young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progressive and cool,” he added.

The festival was then called off entirely by Malaysia’s government due to its “unwavering stance against any parties that challenge, ridicule or contravene Malaysian laws”. Malaysia’s government called the band “extremely rude”, adding that they would not be permitted to perform in the country again.

Future Sounds Asia (FSA), organisers of the festival, alleged that the band had given “a pre-show written assurance” that they would adhere to “all local guidelines and regulations” and should “acknowledge their liability and compensate FSA for damages incurred”.

A source close to the band told The Independent: “Matty has a long-time record of advocating for the LGBTQ+ community and the band wanted to stand up for their LGBTQ+ fans and community.”

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The 1975 Announces 'Indefinite Hiatus' From Live Shows

By Sarah Tate

September 27, 2023

The 1975 is going on an "indefinite hiatus" from live shows after their current tour, according to lead singer Matty Healy .

Healy made the announcement during the band's opening stop of their North American tour in Sacramento, California, on Tuesday (September 26), per Pitchfork .

"We love coming to this place and playing for your guys whenever we have the chance, and it's wonderful you're all here," he said, before dropping the news. "After this tour we will be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows so it's wonderful to have you guys with us tonight."

Despite the term "hiatus," there could still be reason to hope for fans wishing for new music. Healy's wording seems to imply a break from performing live shows and not a break from the band itself. According to Pitchfork , The 1975 often refers to breaks after album cycles as hiatuses. So this could mean that the band is instead going to focus on writing new music after the success of 2022's Being Funny in a Foreign Language .

The 1975 just kicked off the "biggest North American tour of their career," with their Still... At Their Very Best tour. Fans were so excited to see the band back on the road that several shows have been sold out, leading to The 1975 to add even more dates .

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Matty Healy says The 1975 is taking an 'indefinite hiatus of shows' months after he kissed his bandmate and got the group banned from Malaysia

• The 1975 will be taking a break from performing after wrapping up their ongoing tour.
• Frontman Matty Healy said the band "will be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows" on Tuesday.
• The band has become a hotbed of controversy, due in part to Healy's behavior on stage.

Pop rock band The 1975 will take an "indefinite hiatus of shows" after wrapping up their ongoing "Still… At Their Very Best" concert tour, according to the band's frontman Matty Healy .

"After this tour, we will be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows, so it's wonderful to have you guys with us tonight," Healy told the audience at a concert in Sacramento on Tuesday.

The English band has become a hotbed of controversy due in part to Healy's behavior on stage.

Healy has been known to invite his fans onstage for a kiss mid-performance.

In November 2022, Healy kissed a female fan in front of a crowd while performing in Las Vegas. Then, in June, he smooched a security guard while performing in Denmark.

And it's not just hugs and kisses for Healy. The 34-year-old once devoured raw meat when playing a gig at Madison Square Garden in November 2022, per Billboard .

But things got out of hand when the band performed in Malaysia in July.

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Malaysian officials canceled the remainder of a major music festival after Healy kissed his bandmate, Ross MacDonald, on stage.

Before the kiss, Healy had criticized the Malaysian government for their anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

"I made a mistake when we were booking shows. I wasn't looking into it," Healy told the festival audience. "I do not see the point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with." 

Healy then shared a long kiss with MacDonald, before telling the audience that the group had been banned from performing.

"Okay, we have to go, we just got banned from Kuala Lumpur," Healy said before hurriedly exiting the stage.

A representative for Puspal, the Malaysian governing agency that manages applications from foreign artistes to perform in the country, said The 1975 would be banned from playing in Malaysia entirely.

"The ministry will never compromise with anyone who provokes and indulges in indecent acts during their performance in Malaysia," the agency told The Star , a local Malaysian publication.

Some have criticized Healy's actions and slammed him for his insensitivity, considering the conservative aspects of Malaysian society.

"Wow, thanks a lot, The 1975. You have officially made it very difficult for Malaysia to have anymore international concerts," read a post on X, previously known as Twitter.

The festival's organizers are currently seeking $2.7 million in compensation from the band.

The band is currently on the North American leg of their "Still… At Their Very Best" concert tour. The tour, which started this month, will embark on its European leg in February and March 2024, per Billboard .

Representatives for The 1975 did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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The 1975 to Take “Indefinite Hiatus” From Shows After Current Tour

The 1975 have told fans they’ve been taking an “indefinite hiatus” from shows after their long-running tour comes to an end next year. The band have been on a mammoth tour in support of latest album Being Funny in a Foreign Language since 2022; there are dates scheduled until March 2024. On stage in Sacramento earlier this week, frontman Matty Healy confirmed they’d be taking a break after the shows come to an end.

“We love coming to this place and playing for you guys whenever we have the chance, and it’s wonderful you’re all here,” he  told  the crowd. “After this tour we will be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows so it’s wonderful to have you guys with us tonight.”

The 1975 Announce “Indefinite Hiatus of Shows”

“After this tour we will be going on and indefinite hiatus.” Oh god I just felt my heart shatter pic.twitter.com/AGJ8NyAZiz — erinn ⎕ (@beingfunnyonacf) September 27, 2023

As Pitchfork notes , The 1975 have referred to the period between their albums as hiatuses before, and there’s no indication the band intends to stop recording music – just playing shows.

The At Their Very Best and Still… At Their Very Best tours have not been short of controversy. In July the group was banned from performing in Malaysia after Healy and bassist Ross MacDonald kissed on stage in protest of the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

Healy also told the audience that it was “fucking ridiculous to tell people what they can do with that and that [gestured to groin]… If you want to invite me here to do a show, you can fuck off. I’ll take your money, you can ban me, but I’ve done this before and it doesn’t feel good, and I’m fucked off”.

The band was promptly pulled off stage, and the rest of the Good Vibes festival was cancelled. The festival promoters later sought AUD$4 million in damages from the band over breach of contract.

Healy was also embroiled in controversy over his appearance on The Adam Friedland Show earlier this year, in which he laughed along with jokes the hosts made about the racial background of Ice Spice . Healy later apologised on stage in New Zealand , and Ice Spice recently told Variety that the two of them were “good”.

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"After this tour, we will be going on an indefinite hiatus with shows."

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Controversial pop-rock band The 1975 have announced that they’re going on “indefinite hiatus” from touring after their current Still… At Their Very Best tour wraps up.

The band’s At Their Very Best tour saw the band tour from November 2022 in support of their fifth album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language. The tour included 93 shows across the globe, with the follow-up tour, Still… At Their Very Best commencing earlier this month, taking its “newly expanded production” into March 2024.

It’s fair to say that after 158 concerts from November 2022 until March 2024, The 1975 might want to take a break from the road and maybe start writing or recording their sixth LP.

“It’s wonderful you’re all here,” singer Matty Healy told the audience before they performed their hit Sex at the Golden One Centre in Sacramento, California (26 September). “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.”

You can watch the fan-captured footage of his statement below.

The 1975 are touring throughout the US before heading to the UK and Europe in early 2024.

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The group’s long-running tour has been marred in controversy, with Healy often at the centre of it. In July, The 1975’s headlining set at Good Vibes Festival in Malaysia was cut short after the singer broke the country’s laws regarding LGTBQIA+ policies. The Malaysian government has since promised to tighten entry requirements for international artists following their performance, and the band are facing legal action .

Healy has also been called a “ slack-jawed fuckwit ” by Noel Gallagher , criticised by his labelmate Rina Sawayama, and in November 2022, bit into a raw steak while performing on stage.

At The 1975’s stop in Perth in April 2023, The Music reviewer Sam Mead commented , “The night was everything you’d expect from a The 1975 concert, controversy, banter, sex (the song), drugs, and rock and roll. And, of course, Matty Healy nursing a glass of wine and a ciggy. With a hefty run time of 1hr 45mins, there was a lot to play with here, but every moment felt purposeful and warranted. This really is The 1975 at their very best.”

They will be going on a hiatus after this tour… pic.twitter.com/lS1MXo6KeW — The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) September 27, 2023

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British rock group The 1975 will take an “indefinite hiatus” from live shows following their current tour, frontman Matty Healy revealed at a Sacramento concert Tuesday night.

“We love coming to this place and playing for you guys whenever we have the chance,” he told the crowd at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. “And it’s wonderful you’re all here. After this tour, we will be going on an indefinite hiatus of shows, so it’s wonderful to have you guys with us tonight.”

It was only the third pitstop in the band’s 60-date “Still… At Their Very Best” tour when Healy unleashed this shocking news onto the crowd. Just a month prior, the 1975 had finished another mammoth, attention-grabbing tour titled “At Their Very Best,” in support of their 2022 album Being Funny in a Foreign Language .

Now fans are wondering whether all that attention has anything to do with the band wanting to avoid the spotlight for a while.

The 1975’s previous tour and the viral clips of Healy’s strange onstage antics—including eating raw meat and kissing fans—elevated the enigmatic singer to a level of recognition beyond the band’s Tumblr-era followers. Particularly, Healy’s short-lived but highly public fling with Taylor Swift this past spring called attention to a number of controversies , including the time he did a Nazi salute onstage while playing a Kanye West song.

Soon after, he infamously went on the “dirtbag left” podcast The Adam Friedland Show where he joked about watching racially offensive porn and laughed while the hosts made racist jokes regarding the rapper Ice Spice. His proximity to Swift at the time rattled much of the singers’ online fan base. Eventually, the two musicians parted ways, and Healy quasi-apologized for his public offenses.

Perhaps in an act to rectify his behavior, Healy protested Malaysia’s anti-gay laws by kissing bassist Ross MacDonald during their set at the Good Vibes Fetsival in Selangor this past July. However, this move only accrued more backlash for the singer from attendees and the festival’s organizers , as the Malaysian government promptly ended the event.

It’s unclear whether we’ll get any further explanation on the band’s hiatus. But Healy has already pulled some stunts on this current tour, including a naked wax figure of himself lying on a grass mat on the B-stage. Certainly, social media can expect more weird performance art from the singer before he takes a break.

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The 1975 to Take ‘Indefinite Hiatus’ From Shows After Current Tour 

The 1975 is currently on a tour across North America, but according to frontman Matt Healy, this will be the last time fans can see them in concert for some time.

During a gig in Sacramento last week, Healy told the crowd that after the current tour, the band will be going on “an indefinite hiatus of shows,” telling the crowd “so it’s wonderful to have you guys with us tonight.”

They will be going on a hiatus after this tour… https://t.co/lS1MXo6KeW — The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) September 27, 2023

However, during a show in San Jose two days later, Healy confirmed that the indefinite hiatus does not mean the band is breaking up, noting that he “didn’t mean to scare any hardcore fans” by insinuating anything.

“We didn’t mean to scare any of the hardcore fans, we are NOT breaking up” #The1975 #SATVB pic.twitter.com/VReejx8Afn — The 1975 TH (@the1975_thteam) September 29, 2023

While the band has made headlines for positive news like their forthcoming carbon-removed arena gig at the O2 in London, they’ve also stirred various controversies over the past year. Healy reportedly joked about masturbating to racially degrading porn and made an insensitive comment about musician Ice Spice on the Adam Friedland Show podcast earlier this year. Additionally, he kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage in Malaysia, causing the government to pull the entire event and ban the band from the country. They were also asked to pay approximately $2.6 million in compensation to festival organizers. This sparked the group to also cancel shows in Jakarta and Taipei.

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The 1975 announces “indefinite hiatus” from shows after current tour ends

During their show at the Golden 1 Center, in Sacramento, California, frontman Matty Healy announced that The 1975 will be going on an indefinite touring hiatus.

During their set which included songs such as "Robbers", "Love Me", "Love It If We Made It", and "Girls", Healy addressed the crowd before performing "Sex", explaining that this would be the last time they'll be performing in California for a while.

“It’s wonderful you’re all here. 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," he said.

The 1975 are currently on the North American leg for their Still… At Their Very Best tour. When announcing the North American dates, they also revealed that one dollar from each ticket sold will go to One Tree Planted – a non-profit organisation that plants trees all over the world to fight climate change, protect biodiversity, empower communities and restore our planet. Their aim is to reforest the planet, one tree at a time.

They will be going on a hiatus after this tour… pic.twitter.com/lS1MXo6KeW — The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) September 27, 2023

In January and April of this year, The 1975 embarked on the At Their Very Best tour, across the UK and Europe. They recently announced that they will be bringing the Still At Their Very Best tour to the UK and Europe next year.

The newly announced dates include four nights at London’s O2 Arena, and are set to be The 1975's largest European shows to date, signalling the end of the album cycle for Being Funny In A Foreign Language .

The 1975 are set to stage the world’s first “carbon removed” live event at The O2 in London. This will be a part of a series of “pilot” events where various methods would be used to extract the carbon generated by the shows and remove it from the atmosphere.

If the project is successful, this could become the standard model for all future tours, venues and promoters globally. Sam Booth, the Director of Sustainability at AEG Europe, stated, “The perfect large-scale carbon-free event does not currently exist, but while the industry continues to innovate and improve to reduce emissions to their lowest possible level, carbon removals will remain an important piece of the puzzle.”

For information on The 1975's forthcoming tour dates, visit the1975.com .

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Matty Healy , the frontman of the British band, The 1975 , has made a significant announcement during the band’s ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ world tour. He revealed that The 1975 would be going on an ‘indefinite hiatus’ once they finish up their current tour , which is scheduled to conclude in late March 2024.

The band has been tirelessly on the road, performing at festivals and headlining concerts since March 2022. The tour’s first leg commenced on September 16 in Atlanta and has been met with enthusiasm from fans worldwide. However, as reported by NME , it was during the third date of this extensive tour, held at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Healy addressed the crowd, revealing their plan to take an open-ended break after their two-year-long global journey .

     It’s wonderful you’re all here. 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.” – Healy told the crowd in video captured by fans.

They will be going on a hiatus after this tour… pic.twitter.com/lS1MXo6KeW — The 1975 News (@the1975_mfc) September 27, 2023

Undoubtedly, this announcement has left The 1975’s fans both heartbroken and filled with curiosity about the band’s future. However, there’s a silver lining for European fans , as luck seems to be on their side. On August 31st, Healy announced that the band would be extending their European tour into the next year . The first leg of the tour is scheduled to commence on February 9, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland, and will conclude on March 24, 2024, in Cologne, Germany.

The 1975 & the Million-Dollar Fine for ‘Man-to-Man’ Kiss 

The 1975’s ‘Still… At Their Very Best Tour’ encountered some viral moments, such as the incident at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur . During the performance, Healy openly criticized Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws on stage and shared a –long– kiss with the band’s bassist .

This action resulted in the band stopping their performance and the cancellation of all their remaining concerts in the region. As a consequence of this incident, The 1975 members have been banned from returning to the Asian country, and they were hit with a substantial fine of $2.7 million dollars .

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Concert Review: The 1975 start off slow, finish strong in Columbus

The 1975 returned to Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 3, playing Nationwide Arena to a sold-out crowd of die-hard fans. With the recent controversies the band has faced thanks to their frontman Matty Healy, the energy in the room was certainly palpable, as many were curious as to what would come out of the singer’s mouth.

However, the show was not like their previous performances. Instead, the band created an immersive theater experience, using a stage setup that looked like the inside of a 1950s nuclear family-esque house. The introduction to the setlist was quite theatrical as each member of The 1975 entered the stage.

Of course, Healy led the group out, and the crowd erupted into screams. The stage lit up like a Christmas tree, with beautiful lighting imitating the stars outside of the house. Then the group went straight into their first song “The 1975” from their most recent album, “Being Funny In A Foreign Language.”

Healy’s piano playing matched with the rest of the instrumentation made the opening song seem more meaningful than most, especially as the crowd watched in awe. Following this came more songs from the album, including “Looking For Somebody (To Love),” “Happiness” and “Part Of The Band.” While all those songs were good live, the band didn’t seem too full of energy during them, nor did the crowd, which made the first part of the set lackluster.

Luckily, The 1975 knew their audience, transitioning into “Sincerity Is Scary,” “Oh Caroline” and “I’m In Love With You,” all songs that had high energy and saw Healy strut around the stage, waving to the crowd and encouraging them to do a call and response. As per usual, the singer walked around with a flask in hand, his signature move on stage that many fans weren’t afraid to laugh at.

One of the best parts of the set came with “A Change Of Heart” and the beloved “Robbers.” Hearing the latter track live was a moment I had been waiting for since I first heard this song back in middle school, and you could feel all the other former middle schoolers in the room swoon as soon as the intro to the track started playing. Some fans cried while others screamed the lyrics, “You look so cool,” at the top of their lungs, and that was symbolic of what The 1975 means to people.

The band played “I Like America & America Likes Me” and “You” by surprise, as they’ve been switching up their setlist every night. The setting changed during those songs, with a moon rising above the house and Healy climbing to the roof to bask in its light. Then it changed again to a bright pink for the latter track, reminiscent of The 1975’s early days.

The weirdest part of the night was during “Be My Mistake,” where Healy laid down next to a replica of his naked body, crying. Even though this song is one of the band’s best, it was honestly just creepy and made no sense to the plot of the show which all fans seemed to agree with. 

After that weirdness finally came the songs all fans were here for. The group performed “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME,” “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know),” “Heart Out” and “It’s Not Living( If It’s Not With You),” all songs that almost every The 1975 fan knows by heart. With the set behind them flashing bright colors, the room exploded into cheers as the band let loose and grew more comfortable with the crowd.

 “The Sound” and “Somebody Else” followed, and everyone was captivated by Healy’s spot-on vocals and guitar playing. Soon after, the band paused to take a moment to thank the crowd, as well as to explain the purpose of the concert. Healy said the show is all about being chronically online and how that plays into his persona as a musician. The theme shined through, proving somewhat to fans that maybe the singer is moving on from his lack of a filter.

A fan then requested the band to play “UGH!,” and one could visibly the pit shake and move around as The 1975 played the nostalgic guitar riff. Although, my favorite part of the night came shortly after with “Love It If We Made It.” Healy screamed into the microphone as images of police brutality, pro-choice supporters and climate disasters went in and out on the screen, blasting the audience with bright reds and greens.

It was a moment of release for many people in the crowd, including myself, and the band did an amazing job of performing it live. Next came “Sex” and “Give Yourself A Try,” two songs that perfectly helped close out the rest of the show. Fans jumped around and screamed the lyrics, which echoed throughout the arena.

Last came “People,” and The 1975 migrated to a B-stage closer to the back of the arena. A hardcore song, Healy once again screamed his heart out as he sang of the world ending which honestly everyone in the room could sympathize with. Letting the crowd take over most of the song was a heartfelt way to end the show, especially after Healy recently announced The 1975 would be taking an indefinite hiatus after their tour ends.

Overall, The 1975 may have started slowly in Columbus but ended up regaining their energy and charisma over time, making it perhaps one of the best live music acts to come to the city this year.

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“It’s about a dramatic, artistic, tragic kind of take on love and loss,” she shared.

Swift, 34, did not name names while dishing on “Fortnight” and “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys,” but she gave rare insight into the relationships that inspired them .

The Grammy winner said she “always imagined” the former took place in an “American town where the American Dream you thought would happen to you didn’t.”

She explained, “You ended up not with the person you loved and now you have to just live with that every day, wondering what would’ve been, maybe seeing them out.

“And that’s a pretty tragic concept, really,” Swift continued. “So I was just writing from that perspective.”

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The Eras Tour performer called the other breakup song a metaphor “from the perspective of a child’s toy being somebody’s favorite toy until they break you, and then don’t want to play with you anymore.”

She recalled being “so valued by a person in the beginning” of a romance before things turned south.

“Then all of a sudden they break us, or they devalue us in their mind, and we’re still clinging on to, ‘No, no, no, you should’ve seen them the first time they saw me. They’ll come back to that. They’ll get back to that,’” she noted.

Swift called the track a “song about denial” in which one “can live in this world where there’s still hope for a toxic, broken relationship.”

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The songwriter also spoke to her motivations behind writing “Florida!!!,” “Clara Bow” and “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”

She did not, however, address the songs eagle-eyed fans believe to be about her exes Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy and John Mayer.

Swift also refrained from commenting on “thanK you aIMee,” a viral diss track seemingly shading Kim Kardashian amid their years-long feud .

While the reality star, 43, has remained mum about the scathing lyrics, even during her “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” interview Monday, Healy, 35, has spoken out — via his aunt.

“ Nothing surprises him . … Him and her know what went on,” Debbie Dedes told the Daily Mail over the weekend, going on to call the 1975 frontman “very happy” with his girlfriend, Gabbriette Bechtel .

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Eyewitness Takes Us Back to ‘Smitten’ Taylor Swift Cheering for Matty Healy at a 2014 Concert (Exclusive)

In 2014, the debut, self-titled album by The 1975 became the soundtrack to the heady early days of a relationship with the man I would go on to marry.

When it was announced that The 1975 were coming to the Palladium in Los Angeles in November 2014, we decided to make a night of it. We got VIP tickets and booked a fancy dinner at a posh restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, just across the street from the venue.

Entering the Palladium, we checked into the VIP lounge, which is a large-ish balcony on the venue’s right-hand side. We were there early enough to snag spaces against the railing, so we camped out, guarding our space – and our perfect view of the stage – like wolves.

As we waited for The 1975, we began to notice that the crowd below us was behaving strangely. Instead of staring forward at the stage, most of the young women in the crowd were turned sideways and gazing up at the balcony where we were standing, their phones pressed against their faces as they took photos. But of what?

We realized pretty quickly that the objects of their attention were about fifteen feet to our left: Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez.

Given the curve of the balcony in the VIP area, we had a pretty good view of the pair as they waved and blew kisses to the fans below, then turned their backs to the crowd, laughing and enjoying cocktails with their friends. Soon enough, they were joined by Ellie Goulding .

Finally, the lights dimmed and The 1975 took the stage. Swift and Gomez went into full fangirl mode, leaning over the railing and screaming along with every song. It was funny watching the fans on the venue’s floor as they alternated between screaming for Matty Healy and then turning and screaming for Swift.

I wasn’t entirely impressed with The 1975’s performance, and I found my attention wandering to Swift and her behavior. I’d worked in magazines long enough to know that most celebrities did not carry on like this at shows for no reason, and I began to wonder if Swift was just a 1975 superfan, or whether she was actually dating the singer.

Related: Taylor Swift and The 1975 Singer Matty Healy’s Relationship Timeline

About halfway through the show, Healy addressed the crowd for the first time. “Hello Los Angeleeeeeez,” he said. “We’re actually moving here in April.”

Predictably, the crowd went insane at the news, and so did Swift, yelling “Oh yeah” and raising her fists in the air. After this she turned to Gomez and whispered something, and Gomez smiled, nodding.

A little later, before the band performed “fallingforyou,” Healy asked the crowd to put away their phones and “embrace the moment” and a hush fell over the crowd as Healy and the band finally clicked, delivering a gorgeous version of the song.

I watched Swift as the song played, her eyes closed much of the time, one hand on her heart. When the song ended, she made (then-classic) heart with her hands, holding it in the direction of the stage. She seemed completely smitten with Healy.

Related: Every Song About Matty Healy on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

A few songs later, Healy unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his chest tattoo, and Swift screamed and fanned herself, making me laugh.

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But the best moment came at the show’s end. After saying that “Chocolate” was to be their last song of the night, the crowd would not let the band leave, especially since they had not played their biggest hit, “Sex.”

Suddenly, the entire venue began to chant “We want Sex, we want Sex” and Swift and Gomez chimed in, leaning over the railing and banging their hands in time with the call, yelling the same and laughing. Finally, the band played the song and the place went wild. While the song was still being played, Swift and Gomez made their exit, not taking the stairs that lead down into the crowd, opting for the elevator at the rear of the balcony.

A few days later, I heard that Swift and Healy were indeed dating. It was not a surprise, and when The 1975 released their sophomore album a couple of years later, it was definitely fun to guess which songs were about Healy’s breakup with Swift.

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