The 1975 have announced that news regarding a forthcoming UK tour will land next week, saying in a Twitter post: “UK tour news, 1 week”. The band are currently getting ready to release Being Funny In A Foreign Language, their fifth studio album, on October 14th via Dirty Hit. They have already released the singles “Happiness” and “Part Of The Band” in anticipation of the new album.
UK tour news, 1 week
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— The 1975 (@the1975) August 25, 2022
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The Manchester lads will controversially headline this weekend’s Reading & Leeds festival, stepping in at the last minute to take Rage Against The Machine’s spot. The band first headlined the festival back in 2019. Talking to Music Week Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn addressed the disappointment felt by many fans who had bought tickets to see RATM, saying “I’m shocked we got The 1975 booked so quickly. I mean we have a close relationship with Jamie Oborne and Matt Bates who represent them. And Matty and the band have been Reading Festival fans since, frankly, they were really too young to be here. We’d also been talking to them about arena shows. And they are touring in Japan at the moment, so they had a show ready to go.
He finished, “Jon Mac, who’s the music booker for Reading and Leeds, probably went 48 hours without sleep to get it sorted. And, look, we know The 1975 are a very different band to Rage, but you don’t really get much of a level of choice when a band cancels 10 days before a gig. Of course we will miss Rage, but I think having The 1975 is one of the most extraordinary things to happen to the festival.” The 2022 line-up also includes headline sets from Megan Thee Stallion, Halsey, Bring Me The Horizon, Dave and Arctic Monkeys. Click here for a running order and stage times.
#LiveLoungeMonth is back
Starting 5th September, we’ll have a brand new Live Lounge session every weekday (Mon-Thurs) from the likes of @the1975, @OfficialWillow, @wetlegband, @OfficialAitch and many more pic.twitter.com/IRAhCLBQaC
— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) August 24, 2022
The band are also set to play BBC Radio 1’s Live lounge Month 2022 joining the likes of Wet Leg, Yungblud, Self Esteem and Raye. Healy and co will round off the month of live sessions on September 29th. You can pre-order the forthcoming Being Funny In A Foreign Language here.
