Four years. That's how long I waited to see The 1975 live. and finally after those four years of constant ticket website checking and begging my mum look just one more time, I went. My boyfriend managed to find tickets last minute and surprise me with them. needless to say I cried. A lot.
It was tickets for the Brixton Academy show on the 8th of March, four days after he booked the tickets. I hadn't mentally prepared myself for finally hearing Matty and the boys in real life after so long of waiting.
I'm not going to bore you with the step by step of what happened on the day but i will tell you that without realising we stumbled across the Bowie memorial in Brixton and despite my best efforts, I cried a bit.
We grabbed a coffee and followed the queue round to the back of the venue for the doors to open. We found seats, good seats might I add, and sat down, watching the support act The Japanese House perform. The lights dimmed soon after and everybody started screaming and clapping despite no one being on stage yet. The atmosphere was amazing before the show had even begun.
Soon the lights completely shut off and flashed back on, George, Adam and Ross already on stage with Matty casually strolling out. They started with Love me, Matty occasionally sipping red wine from the glass he kept on the keyboard stand beside him. I kept relatively calm until he asked for people to turn their phones off and just embrace the feel of the room as he sung 'you' which is a particularly hard song for me to listen to. He left stage for a couple minutes after, presumably to refill his wine glass as he came back with not only a full glass but also the bottle. They played some of the older songs from the first album before continuing with new tracks. Considering I was so happy and excited to be there, I cried an awful lot. My boyfriend probably didn't help by when 'somebody else' was playing, he lent over and asked if it was worth living for, (I'd been going through a rough time a few weeks before hand) and caused me to cry even more.
I don't really have much else to add apart from the fact that the new album is stunning to listen to and visually. The set is amazing and The 1975 are beautiful performers. I'm so glad I finally got to see them after all this time. In true respect to writing about a concert, have some pictures and videos of my night:
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| Heart Out |
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| UGH! |
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| Somebody Else |
Girls
Somebody Else
Love me
