The 1975 released ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’, their third album, towards the end of 2018 and toured the UK in the past few weeks, beginning the year in the right way if I do say so myself.
Much to my delight, I managed to blag tickets for the Birmingham date on the 23rd January. After listening to this band for the past almost 3 years of my life, I was pretty happy to finally see them live and experience the music that has literally been the soundtrack of my teenage years.
I can honestly say it was the best concert I’ve been to.
Not only was the set-list amazing (hearing robbers live is a magical experience), but the effort put into the visuals and even stage presence was insane.
No Rome kicked off the night, and ,in all honesty, I hadn’t listened to much of his music except from Narcissist which was purely due to the feature and production from The 1975. But for a fairly new artist, he was incredible. The energy he created through his music and his presence hyped the crowds up in the best way, something that many support acts struggle to do, especially with the first slot. Since the concert though, I have added a few of his tracks to my playlists, a favourite being Seventeen.
The second support act was Pale Waves, a favourite band of mine, and after being unable to make it to their previous gigs near me (the snow last year did really affect my social life), I was quite excited to actually her them live after listening to them for about a year or so. Again, I have only praise for them; I love their music and their vibe was just amazing. I’ll always have a soft spot for Pale Waves mostly due to the fact that I’ve kind of seen them develop since joining Dirty Hit and releasing There’s A Honey.
Welcome my favourite band The 1975! It’s safe to say that my expectations were not disappointed. First of all, the set list was a great mix of classic The 1975 songs and newer ABIIOR bangers; personally, ‘Sex’ was definitely my favourite just because it’s probably my favourite song and the atmosphere was insane. It was nice to hear a mix of all three eras as well- it really highlights how they have developed as a band. In addition to this, the visuals were ridiculous; obviously it has been quite hyped on Twitter, but it was even more beautiful in real life. The use of projections and colour just really animated the songs and brought something extra to the music we all love. There had clearly been a lot of thought put into stage appearance and whoever designed that deserves a round of applause. Not only was the stage visuals unbelievably good, but the stage presence was phenomenal; obviously Matty’s character is entertaining enough (insert “oi no fuckin fightin at my gig“, but the addition of he two dancers (who I unfortunately don’t know the names of) just really brought an energy to the music and the crowds as well.
So it’s pretty obvious that I enjoyed the concert, but I would genuinely recommend it to anyone; I’ve always recommended their music to my friends and the experience live is just ten times better. I would love to see them again at some point in the year but for now I’ll be listening to the ‘This is The 1975’ playlist on Spotify on the bus to college.
Hope you enjoyed my first post! To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what this blog will be but we’ll see where it takes us x
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