The tour, entitled ‘Still At Their Very Best’, includes two nights at London’s 02 Arena and will round out all touring off the back of their latest album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language.

The band kicks off the tour in the UK on February 9 at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, before heading to London for two nights at the 02 Arena on February 12 and 13. The Band rounds up the UK portion of tour with dates at Manchester’s AO Arena on February 18 and then Birmingham’s Resorts World Arena on February 21.

The European portion of the tour begins in Lisbon, Portugal on February 26 whilst then heading to Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Berlin, Prague and Milan just to name a few before rounding the tour out in Cologne, Germany on March 22.

This UK/EU tour follows the 1975’s massive 32-date tour of North America which includes headline shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl.

The 1975. Still… at their very best
UK & Europe 2024

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General sale 8th September at 10am local time.https://t.co/tJ6XE1uDF9 #The1975 pic.twitter.com/nFuR6D7BHl

— The 1975 (@the1975) August 31, 2023

This upcoming tour announcement was hinted by the band as teaser posters were spotted at Reading Festival last week, which the band headlined in replacement of Lewis Capaldi by playing their entire debut album, The 1975, in celebration of its 10-year anniversary from its release in 2013.

Tickets for the tour will be available to purchase via a fan-exclusive presale, which you can sign up for here, on Wednesday, September 6 at 10am BST. General sale will be available on Friday, September 8 at 10AM BST and tickets can be found here.

The full tour dates are as follows:

UK Dates

09/02/2024 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, UK

12/02 – 02 Arena – London, UK

13/02 – 02 Arena – London, UK

18/02 – AO Arena – Manchester, UK

21/02 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham, UK

EU Dates

26/02 – Campo Pequeno – Lisbon, Portugal

27/02 – WiZink Center – Madrid, Spain

01/03 – La Zenith – Paris, France

02/03 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, Netherlands

03/03 – Forest National – Brussels, Belgium

05/03 – Barclays Arena – Hamburg, Germany

07/03 – Oslo Spektrum – Oslo, Norway

08/03 – Annexet – Stockholm, Sweden

10/03 – KB Hallen – Copenhagen, Denmark

12/03 – Verti Music Hall – Berlin, Germany

13/03 – Torwar Hall – Warsaw, Poland

14/03 – Fortuna Hall – Prague, Czech Republic

16/03 – Hallenstadion Zurich – Zurich, Switzerland

18/03 – Zenith – Munich, Germany

19/03 – Mediolanum Forum – Milan, Italy

21/03 – Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt, Germany

22/03 – Palladium – Cologne, Germany

The 1975 took over Lewis Capaldi’s headlining slot after Capaldi announced that he’d be taking a break from performing to prioritise his health. Capaldi has faced struggles with Tourette’s syndrome, leading him to cancel multiple performances as he learns to live with his condition.

During The 1975’s Reading set, frontman Matty Healy addressed the crowd, saying “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.”

Matty Healy had previously touched on his friendship with Capaldi during the band’s headlining performance at Finsbury Park, saying, “I want to send my sincerest thoughts to Lewis Capaldi who is a dear friend of mine, who on the day when he had to cancel his tour, checked in on me. And it’s also a reflection on how hard being a solo artist is as I would not be doing this show if I didn’t have these amazing men and women behind me.”

The 1975 used the opportunity to play an anniversary show to mark 10 years since their self-titled debut album was released. The band played the album in full, playing throwback crowd-pleasers including “Sex,” “Chocolate” and “Robbers.”

The performance was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, as fans basked in the nostalgia of hearing the debut album performed a decade on. One fan described the atmosphere as being “like one big family” as well as being “insane and incredible.”

the atmosphere of this show was INSANE. Like, i cannot explain it in words, but it felt like one big family, we could laugh together and cry together. it was fucking incredible. i will never regret going to this show. god bless the 1975 THE WORLD’S GREATEST BAND pic.twitter.com/qHxAH2aU9m

— Iris (@irissversion75) August 26, 2023

The said insane and incredible atmosphere:

god i love the 1975 pic.twitter.com/ZXdFmj8NfN

— Iris (@irissversion75) August 26, 2023

The band also went on the play newer tracks including “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You),” “Happiness” and “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)” to satisfy fans of their later albums.  

Matty Healy’s happiness during Happiness at Reading Festival 2023#the1975 #the1975live pic.twitter.com/GJmhWdWd8l — The 1975 TH (@the1975_thteam) August 27, 2023

The complete performance is available to stream on BBC iPlayer, with the BBC feeding into the nostalgia themselves, writing “let’s go 2013 tumblr girlies.”

let’s go 2013 tumblr girlies @the1975 played their debut album IN FULL for their @officialrandl headline performance❗️

watch back on @bbciplayer or listen on @bbcsounds. pic.twitter.com/ULPloBx20c

— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) August 26, 2023

The 1975 are also releasing special edition formats of their debut album, The 1975, in honour of its 10 year anniversary. Set to be released on 1st September 2023, The 1975 (10th Anniversary) is available for pre-order now.  

THE 1975 The 1975 (10 Year Anniversary) will be released September 1st 2023. Available to pre-order now. https://t.co/wFHW9VTAj0 pic.twitter.com/iVfTsfSl7c — The 1975 (@the1975) August 25, 2023

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As part of their role as ambassadors, their live performance at The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra will take place on Saturday 22 April. Their double LP recorded in 2016 features tracks from the band’s early career. Primary songs from different albums include, “Somebody Else”, “Chocolate” and “The Sound”. Participating record stores will be available for release.

The 1975 frontman, Matt Healy spoke about the importance of record stores. He says, “The guys and I are really proud to be ambassadors for Record Store Day this year. Independent record stores are the lifeblood of the music industry and have played a crucial role in our story so far. It couldn’t be more important to support their vital community and culture.”

Previous ambassadors including the likes of Taylor Swift, Noel Gallagher, The Big Moon and Sir Elton John remain dedicated to inspiring the team who run record stores all year.

Though they are not strangers to the cultural environment of record stores, they inspire music lovers to feel the joy of collecting vinyl by creating limited-edition versions of their albums which eventually will be compatible on the shelves of independent shops.

An exclusive white vinyl accompanied the band’s latest album, Being Funny In A Foreign Language. This was specifically made for record shops only plus an intimate performance at Kingston’s Banquet Records, the night before the release.

Ever since its release back in October 2022, their album vastly became the best-selling records in the UK and for the first time in 35 years, vinyl oversells CDs.

Three available formats from The 1975’s release come as follows: a 2xLP clear vinyl in a gatefold packaging, 1xCD and 1x cassette of this album released like never before. It will be available on the counter only and will be participating in RSD shops, on a first come first served basis commencing on Saturday 22 April. Please see below the order of the tracklist:

1. “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It.”

2. Love Me

3. A Change Of Heart

4. Somebody Else

5. Loving Someone

6. Please Be Naked

7. Lostmyhead

8. If I Believe You

9. Chocolate

10. The Sound

The band, which was supposed to play Boardmasters festival and Summer Sessions this year, already held a listening party for their self-titled debut album last week. It has not yet been announced on which platform the listening party will be hosted, but seeing as last week’s listening party was held on Spotify it is likely that this Friday’s listening party will also take place on the popular streaming app.

// A L B U M 2 – L I S T E N I N G P A R T Y – F R I D A Y // L O V E #the1975 pic.twitter.com/WaGIXj1du7

— The 1975 (@the1975) May 4, 2020

The sophomore album was released in February 2016 and features some of the band’s most popular songs such as ‘Somebody Else’, ‘Loving Someone’, ‘A Change Of Heart’, ‘UGH!’ or ‘She’s American’. It topped the UK Album Chart just seven days after its release and was later certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Two weeks ago, frontman Matty Healy revealed in a phone call with BBC Radio 1 that he’s self -isolating in the studio in which the last two The 1975 records were produced, and that he’s currently working on new music. The band’s fourth album ‘Notes On Conditional Form’ is said to be released on May 22.

“Like everybody else, I’m in the same situation and taking it day by day,” Healy said in the interview with radio host Annie Mac. “I feel really, really lucky to keep being able to do what I do, when so many people can’t. I’m just trying to not take that for granted.” Even though we still have to wait two more weeks before we get to listen to new music, we can still jam to The 1975 on Friday. If you want to participate, keep an eye out for more information on the band’s social media accounts.

During his interview on Radio 1 last night, Healy said: “Like everybody else, I’m in the same situation and taking it day by day,” 

The ‘Frail State Of Mind’ frontman added: “I feel really, really lucky to keep being able to do what I do, when so many people can’t. I’m just trying to not take that for granted.”

Healy also talked working in quarantine. He said: “As soon as [lockdown] started to happen, I know that it was a safe, boxed-off area that I could go. I’ve been here ever since.”

“We didn’t have any plans to be making our own music right now, because we were going to be on tour, but we managed to make this place a little Dirty Hit thing.”

He added: “We’ve been self-isolating with a couple of people from the label. We’ve been working on their music and working on our music.”

Healy shared his thoughts on the process behind making new music. To which he said: “It’s been natural, but it’s been productive. It’s a weird time, and I didn’t think this was gonna happen. With such a massive seismic shift, I’m very into narrative and drama, and [I was originally thinking] ‘Is this the last thing for the band? Is this the end of an era?’”

“I do get turned on by all those ideas, but now there’s been a massive reset. It feels like a different world already. If we wanna exist in this world, we’re gonna have to do something else.”

Recently, The 1975 unveiled the tracklisting to their forthcoming album, ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’. Check it out here. Sadly, the album has been delayed once again. Originally slated for today, the album’s new release date has been set for May 22.

Come on, the wait will be worth it.