The manager for The 1975 has said that their headline slot at Glastonbury will be the only show they play in 2025, as the band complete their new album.
Jamie Oborne, who has managed the band for years, appeared on The Money Trench podcast earlier this week, discussing the band’s plans for Glasto this year. He confirmed that this will be the only show for the alt-pop rockers in 2025.
“It’s such a big gig, and it’s the only show that we’re playing this year,” Oborne explained. “[Matty Healy] thought doing it in isolation would be a really powerful thing. I obviously agreed with him, as I often do.”
The ‘Chocolate’ hitmakers are headlining the Pyramid Stage on Friday, 27 June. The other names at the top of the bill for this year’s Glastonbury are Olivia Rodrigo and Neil Young.
Fans have been speculating about the next release from The 1975 since the group announced they would be returning to the stage and updated their social media profiles. There have been reports that the new album could see Matt Healy lyrically delve into his short-lived relationship with Taylor Swift.
Oborne let listeners know that something was on the way: “They’re making a record at the moment. I don’t know when it will come out, but they’re making one.”
He hinted at something special coming to fruition with the project, adding that “it’s already a pretty extraordinary record” and he has a “constant discourse about it” with the band. He says that he thinks the band have “earned the right to take their time” as “The world’s gonna be listening, so it needs to be right.”
It’ll be the groups first album since their performance at the 2023 Good Vibes festival in Malaysia, which saw the band banned from the country after breaking its strict anti-LGBTQ laws. Frontman Matty Healy and bassist Ross McDonald shared a kiss onstage during their set, which led to the festival being closed down as the band faced scrutiny and legal action.
A high court judge in Malaysia ruled in February that the band are cleared of any individual liability that would have specifically targeted the four members of the band. Festival organizers Future Sound Asia are still able to continue their lawsuit against the band’s corporate entity, The 1975 Productions LLP.
Oborne said on the matter: “It was a very stressful time. I’m actually now suing the Malaysian promoter in Malaysia, but the press only really reported the salacious side of it, not what subsequently has been found by a High Court judge, that actually, the Malaysian promoter broke contract, and that’s why we have contracts.”
Regardless of the on-stage controversy, The 1975 have made themselves one of the UK’s most successful acts, with the band earning a huge £5 million profit from their last tours. They embarked on the extensive ‘At Their Very Best’ tour in 2022 to 2023, supporting their fifth studio album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’. They carried on with a second tour titled ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ in September 2023, all the way through to March 2024.
This year’s Glastonbury lineup features a wide range of acts, including Charli XCX, Deftones, Doechii, Kneecap, Lola Young, Loyle Carner and more. You can find our latest coverage on the festival here.
