The 1975

[Johndenis]

10 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Other "Glasto moment" song contenders are Love It If We Made It, The Sound and About You.

I've tried listening to them multiple times and the most notable thing is the extent to which they copy The Blue Nile. I know this is now old news. These ones you've mentioned are I think their best songs by a distance. I don't think they are headline material at all but they're one way or another less boring than Sam Fender, so there's that 

[chino1]

1 hour ago, Johndenis said:

I've tried listening to them multiple times and the most notable thing is the extent to which they copy The Blue Nile. I know this is now old news. These ones you've mentioned are I think their best songs by a distance. I don't think they are headline material at all but they're one way or another less boring than Sam Fender, so there's that 

To say they are not headline material is truly inappropriate behaviour 

[chino1]

I am just joking by the way, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

 

I do think this is one of the things which draws people to The 1975. The fans of the bands know that some folk can't stand the singer & the band. It makes you feel like you're supporting the underdog. After all these years the underdog is finally getting the moment they deserve & you almost feel like you played your part by supporting the band. 

 

Go along on the night & you will find a band on stage, who are very grateful to be there & who will give it everything they got. If that is not enough for you. That's okay too!

[NorthernSoul52]

8 hours ago, DareToDibble said:

Gutted this is my first festival without a ticket (c'mon resale gods!) but I know they will smash it. Feels like it's long overdue. I've They will surely play 2 hours, enough material to fill that comfortably.

Honestly not too sure they will. Know their own headline shows tend to be touching that, but reckon they could play as little as ninety still.

[Crazyfool01]

10 hours ago, DareToDibble said:

Gutted this is my first festival without a ticket (c'mon resale gods!) but I know they will smash it. Feels like it's long overdue. I've They will surely play 2 hours, enough material to fill that comfortably.

We’ll get you there 

[NorthernSoul52]

Starting to think this June 1 might be the new record. Seems far out to nudge a potential single.

 

That arguably opens it up to three, even four - or if they are very confident, five - songs.

 

Working on that last-gasp scenario, think you're looking:

 

1 - - -

2 Sex

3 Happiness

4 A Change of Heart

5 Chocolate

6 - - -

7 It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)

8 I'm In Love with You

9 - - -

10 Robbers

11 Somebody Else

12 - - -

13 If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)

14 Love It If We Made It

15 - - -

16 About You

17 Give Yourself a Try

18 The Sound

[NorthernSoul52]

I mean, until you hear the new tunes, it's anybody's guess. I'd personally hope if there is any such material, it's just one or two, tops.

 

But you never can tell.

[Dales]

The smart thing would be just to stick to a greatest hits style set and only bring in new songs if they do well in advance of the  festival. Although, they don't mind dropping out their popular tunes when it suits them. So would not be surprised if they did end up debuting a bunch of songs no one has heard before.

 

Always think at a festival most of your songs are "new" to a lot of the audience, so keep it fairly safe. Bore, the crowd with new tunes at Glastonbury and unless they are your fans, they have plenty of other distractions to wonder off and see. Plus, its also a chance to promote your self to the millions watching on TV.

 

The 1975 are good but how many of their solid fanbase will have tickets, you can say that about any act but they are real marmite. I like them and have seen them 5 times headlining  their own shows, Always with my partner as she likes them. I don't actually have any other friends who like them. They have always been great when I have seen them but the crowd is full of people who like them and a really big hard core set of bat s*** crazy wierd fanatical fans who REALLY LOVE THEM, and cry when they walk out on stage and spend most of the time screaming. I sort of wish, I had seen them at a festival to see what they are like without their own hardcore fans.

 

Bw fun is Matty walks out on stage and announces I hate nostalga and plays the new album in full with other half finished songs they are working on 🙂

[NorthernSoul52]

Wouldn't be the first thing. My fear is that they could be really contrarian, which is a gamble.

 

As my other setlists lean, I think the hits is the way they should hopefully go. They have thirty - thirty - certified hit singles by BPI metrics, at the very least, so there is no shortage. A dozen of them have gone gold too. (I haven't been listing Girls as one option because it seems to have been pretty much phased out of regular rotation, but that is indeed one of them.)

[Dales]

Think they should go with Girls but yeah may well not make the cut.

[NorthernSoul52]

Think the platonic ideal of a set, if it is a dozen-and-a-half songs with no new material would be four apiece from each record, bar Notes on a Conditional Form, which gets two.

 

Probably looking at Sex, Chocolate, Robbers and Girls; Love Me, The Sound, Somebody Else and A Change of Heart; Give Yourself a Try, Love It If We Made It, TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME and It's Not Living (If It's Not With You); People and If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know); and Happiness, Oh Caroline, I'm In Love With You and About You.

 

I could happily leave People. Appreciate it for what it is, but there's plenty of better material in my opinion to air at a Glastonbury headline slot. I'd rather see it go to something else from the record, or even swapped out for a Paris or fallingforyou.

[WhoOdyssey]

On 06/03/2025 at 16:45, NorthernSoul52 said:

At a cursory glance, this is your source, but no idea how reliable they are dropping nuggets like this.

 

 

This is just a fan account, nothing to do with the band. 

[chino1]

They will definitely have some new material before the festival. When you're in a band & have a new song, you really want people to hear it. Most certainly will be new music in the setlist.

 

Also they will certainly be playing a few warm up shows in tiny venues.

 

[circus92]

9 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Starting to think this June 1 might be the new record. Seems far out to nudge a potential single.

 

That arguably opens it up to three, even four - or if they are very confident, five - songs.

 

Working on that last-gasp scenario, think you're looking:

 

1 - - -

2 Sex

3 Happiness

4 A Change of Heart

5 Chocolate

6 - - -

7 It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)

8 I'm In Love with You

9 - - -

10 Robbers

11 Somebody Else

12 - - -

13 If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)

14 Love It If We Made It

15 - - -

16 About You

17 Give Yourself a Try

18 The Sound

Not having this at all 🤔.  
Can’t be leaving out fallingforyou and Heart Out … and I have just had I always wanna die sometimes blasting out and found myself imagining how good it would sound on the Pyramid

Edited March 8, 2025 by circus92

[circus92]

9 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said:

We’ll get you there 

100% this

[NorthernSoul52]

9 minutes ago, circus92 said:

Not having this at all 🤔.  
Can’t be leaving out fallingforyou and Heart Out … and I have just had I always wanna die sometimes blasting out and found myself imagining how good it would sound on the Pyramid

I think the likelihood of Heart Out is less than eight percent.

 

fallingforyou has a higher probability, but again, can't see it making the cut unless they're dropping some big hitters or pushing on for the two-hour mark.

 

To be fair, if I'm just sticking my dozen-and-a-half favourites up, I think those two would make the cut for me. But beggars cannot be choosers, etc, etc.

[NorthernSoul52]

Sounds like a vinyl edition of the new live record is coming in limited numbers.

[Superscally]

So...I've begun my dive into the 1975 by listening to the new live album. Found it all a bit samey. Could genuinely find myself sat off at the Pyramid being a chair w*nker and have it wash over me and maybe it will grab me. All very samey until the last song - which was "People". Why don't they do more like that? Best song on the album and if they did more like that than remaining in a permanent state of "wet", I reckon their live shows would be a lot more interesting, but that's just my take. Will persist. 

[Alvoram]

10 minutes ago, Superscally said:

So...I've begun my dive into the 1975 by listening to the new live album. Found it all a bit samey. Could genuinely find myself sat off at the Pyramid being a chair w*nker and have it wash over me and maybe it will grab me. All very samey until the last song - which was "People". Why don't they do more like that? Best song on the album and if they did more like that than remaining in a permanent state of "wet", I reckon their live shows would be a lot more interesting, but that's just my take. Will persist. 

I think Sex comes across as a really good live song on that album too.

Same boat as you, I really 'want' to enjoy them, but I'm struggling... I do like some of their songs, but wet is a great description. Plus I just can't get past his cringe, even on that album, some of his comments make me want to spew.

[NorthernSoul52]

I thought @Superscally might like People. 

 

You not care for Love It If We Made It, or Give Yourself a Try? 

[thatTFBguy]

I'm living for the moment Healey does his usual "ladies and gentlemen give it up for the greatest band in the word" line and this forum has a meltdown .

[chino1]

Could potentially be headliners for the bbc big weekend (pure guess work)

[DareToDibble]

On 08/03/2025 at 08:27, NorthernSoul52 said:

Honestly not too sure they will. Know their own headline shows tend to be touching that, but reckon they could play as little as ninety still.

 

I think they're one of the headliners that "get" the festival. They will know most headliners do around 2 hours. They have enough material to do it, maybe a few fillers I admit, but they definitely could. 

I'm gonna go with a set that is pretty much bang on 2 hours. 

If they play Robbers, About You and A Change Of Heart + the other well known songs I'd over the moon anyway.

[CantWaitForGlasto22]

Just for a bit of balance, I also spent the weekend listening to The 1975 on a couple of long drives. Was on the fence before but was surprised how many songs I already knew and liked. Think they’ll be my Friday headliner after all - think it’ll be pretty energetic and if they stick to the main hits I may even know most of them (still not a fan of Matt Healy though 😬). 

[NorthernSoul52]

Robbers and About You are locks. Would argue the latter is the biggest crossover hit since Somebody Else.