LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - SATURDAY
THE 1975 deliver and prove why their headlining major festivals, as they close the second day of ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘ leaving the crowd in a buzzing mood.
THE 1975 headlining and closing the second day of ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘
PICTURE BY: SARAH KOURY
★★★★☆ (4/5)
Festival goers at second day of Leeds’s biggest and annual music festivals were blown away by a spectacular show from headliners ‘ THE 1975 ‘ who close second day of ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘ with an outstanding show of music and light projections. They prove the critics wrong why their actually headlining Reading and Leeds festivals this year.
Through-out the second day of the festival seen some massive and great performances from the likes of… Royal Blood, Dave, Bowling For Soup, Dappy, Hobo Johnston, Marsicans, YOU ME AT SIX, The Wombats, Juice WRLD, Charli XCX, Pale Waves, Ten Tonnes, Black Honey, Mini Mansions, TWIN ATLANTIC, The LaFontaines and many more.
Kicking off the second day at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘ on the Main Stage were London’s indie-alternative rock band ‘ KAWALA ‘, over on the BBC RADIO 1 stage seen ‘ BLOXX ‘ from Uxbridge open up the stage. On the BBC Radio 1 Stage seen one of Scotland’s greatest current bands ‘ THE LAFONTAINES ‘ open up the tent. ‘ IN YOUR PRIME ‘ opened THE PIT STAGE, on the Festival Republic Stage seen ‘ ZUZU ‘ open the tent, and on the BBC Introducing Stage seen ‘ LEODIS ‘ open up the second day at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘.
‘ KAWALA ‘ are an indie-alternative rock band from London. The five-piece band are consisting of ‘ Jim Higson ‘ on lead-vocals, ‘ Daniel McCarthy ‘ on guitar and vocals, ‘ Ben Batten ‘ on drums, ‘ Reeve Coulson ‘ on bass and ‘ Dan Lee ‘ on guitar. ‘ KAWALA ‘ are building up to release their forthcoming debut album, in the past the year they’ve release two EP’s titled ‘ D.I.L.Y.D ‘ last year and ‘ Counting the Miles ‘ this year. As well as releasing a number of singles such as ‘ Beautiful Escape ‘ , ‘ Do It Like You Do ‘, ‘ Kept in the Dark ‘, ‘ Runway ‘, ‘ Moonlight ‘ and many more.
The band bought in a decent size crowd to the Main-Stage, this would have been a massive achievement for their career as a band so far but would have also been a very scary moment as well performing somewhere as massive as Reading and Leeds Festivals on the Main-Stage for a small upcoming band. I personally think a much smaller tent stage would have been more ideal for them but giving the chance to play on Main-Stage gave them a much wider audience to explore and listen to their music and maybe ending up liking their music.
The band’s set was a great performance and the crowd’s engagement was shown they were really loving the band’s set on the Main-Stage. ‘ KAWALA ‘ themselves also looked like they were really enjoying it as well and really engaging with the Yorkshire crowd. The band are definitely making something for their name and will hopefully be playing on other stages at future years of Reading and Leeds festivals later in the day.
KAWALA performing at Reading Festival 2019 on the second day - 24th August 2019
Picture By: Thom Robin
Now over on the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage, seen one of Scotland’s dance and hip-hop, indie-rock band’s ‘ The LaFontaines ‘ took to the stage in front of a decent size crowd in the tent. Formed during 2008 in Motherwell, Scotland. The now three-piece band used to be a five-piece, is now consisting of ‘ Kerr Okan ‘ on lead vocals, ‘ Jamie Kennan ‘ on backing vocals and drums, and ‘ Darren McCaughey ‘ on guitar and production.
Signed to ‘ So Recordings ‘ the three-piece have released three studio albums since 2015, their debut album titled ‘ Class ‘ was released during 2015, their successful sophomore album ‘ Common People ‘ was released during 2017, and their current released third studio album ‘ Junior ‘ which was released this summer.
‘ The LaFontaines ‘ are known for their belters such as ‘ All She Knows ‘, ‘ Under the Storm ‘, ‘ King ‘, ‘ Release the Hounds ‘, ‘ Asleep ‘, ‘ Up ‘, and most recently released single ‘ Alpha ‘. The band have been touring non-stop over the past ten years or so, since forming they’ve have had the lucky chance to open up for the likes of ‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘, ‘ DEAF HAVANA ‘, and ‘ DON BROCO ‘ on tour around the United Kingdom and Europe. They’ve also played some big festivals over the years as well including… ‘ T IN THE PARK ‘, ‘ Reading and Leeds Festivals ‘, ‘ Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival ‘, and ‘ TRNSMT Festival ‘. As well as playing some notable hometown shows at Glasgow’s ‘ Barrowland Ballroom ‘, ‘ King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut ‘, ‘ O2 ABC ‘, and Motherwell’s ‘ Concert Hall Theatre ‘.
Storming onto the stage at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘ to their latest released single ‘ Alpha ‘from their latest released album ‘ Junior ‘, the crowd were already getting started in tent by dancing, moshing, jumping and singing along to their songs. There was some home-crowd in the tent as the Scottish flag was noticeable in the crowd. Their set continued to prove why their one of the best current upcoming bands in Scotland right now.
‘ The LaFontaines ‘ are definitely needing to be given the chance to get their name out there now especially away from Scotland where they’ve already made their name as a band and who already love them. The band also performed their mash-up track ‘ Pon De Fonts ‘ which also included elements of Beyonce’s ‘ Run The World (Girls) ‘, which really got the crowd going especially when front-man ‘ Kerr Okan ‘ was asking the crowd to jump and come closer to the stage, which the crowd did do.
‘ Kerr Okan ‘ did also take a moment to “ Thank the crowd for coming to see them perform at… LEEDS FESTIVAL and also asked them to go and buy their new record “ Junior “ joking to the crowd at they needed petrol money to get back home to Scotland “.
Their set was definitely a great way to start a second day at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘. For sure it kept the great mood from yesterday’s great line-up and epic headline performance from the mighty ‘ FOO FIGHTERS ‘. One day definitely hope we will see ‘ The LaFontaines ‘ playing on the bigger stages later in the day at future ‘ Reading and Leeds Festivals ‘.
THE LAFONTAINES PERFORMING AT READING FESTIVAL 2019 ON THE SECOND DAY - 24TH AUGUST 2019
Picture By: James Bridle
The second day continued to be another day of great all-genre music on all stages across the day. On the Main-Stage seen epic performances from the live comeback from ‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘ and also performances from… Charli XCX, Juice WRLD, YOU ME AT SIX, and The Wombats. Over on the BBC Radio 1 Stage seen performances from… Sea Girls, Mini Mansions, The Night Cafe, Hayley Kiyoko, Pale Waves, and Circa Waves. The PIT Stage seen performances from the likes of… Press Club, Dream State, Puppy, and PUP. Over on the Festival Republic Stage seen upcoming talent from the likes of… Ocean Valley, No Rome, Twisted Wheel, Black Honey and Ten Tonnes. The BBC Introducing Stage showcased upcoming talent and discovery of likes of… Swimming Girls, SPINN, Inka Opendo, Do Nothing and Black Waters, as well as a Special Guest Performance from ‘ Drenge ‘.
TWIN ATLANTIC performing on the second day of ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘ - 24th August 2019
PICTURE BY: Sarah Koury
Now back on the Main-Stage seen the anticipated live comeback from one of Scotland’s greatest bands ‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘. The four-piece band who are currently taking a break from the studio, who are working on their fifth forthcoming new studio album took a break to play three special shows at ‘ Reading and Leeds Festivals ‘ and ‘ Glasgow Summer Sessions ‘ for the weekend alongside tonight’s headliners ‘ THE 1975 ‘.
‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘ are a four-piece Scottish alternative-rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band formed in 2007 and are signed to Red Bull Records. ‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘ consists of ‘ Sam McTrusty ‘ on lead vocals, and rhythm guitar, ‘ Barry McKenna ‘ on lead guitar, cello, keyboards, and backing vocals, ‘ Ross McNae ‘ on bass, keyboards, and backing vocals and ‘ Craig Kneale ‘ on drums, percussion and backing vocals.
The band have released four studio albums since 2009. Their debut album titled ‘ Vivarium ‘ was released during 2009, followed by their successful sophomore album ‘ Free ‘ during 2011, which made their name as a band, then followed by two more successful albums titled ‘ The Great Divide ‘ during 2014 and most recently released ‘ GLA ‘ during 2016. ‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘ are well known for their belters such as ‘ Edit Me ‘, ‘ Free ‘, ‘ Make a Beast of Myself ‘, ‘ Yes, I Was Drunk ‘, ‘ Heart and Soul ‘, ‘ Brother and Sisters ‘, ‘ Hold On ‘, ‘ Oceans ‘, ‘ Fall into the Party ‘, ‘ No Sleep ‘, ‘ Gold Elephant Cherry Alligator ‘, ‘ Ex EL ‘, ‘ The Chaser ‘, ‘ The Mothertongue ‘ and many more.
Recently ‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘ have been touring and opening up for the mighty ‘ CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN ‘ on their current world tour on their UK legs during February and May earlier this year. Playing in some massive arenas, this isn’t new to the band. The band have played some big shows in their time so far including some iconic hometown shows at Glasgow’s ‘ Barrowland Ballroom ‘, ‘ The SSE Hydro ‘, ‘ King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut ‘, ‘ Saint Luke’s ‘, ‘ O2 ABC ‘ also appearing at ‘ Bellahouston Park ‘ last year, As well playing at shows at Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre, T IN THE PARK and TRNSMT Festivals and also headlining at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Celebrations.
The band kicked off their comeback performance at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘ with their belter ‘ No Sleep ‘ followed by ‘ Hold On ‘ and ‘ The Chaser ‘ which already left the crowd in a Frenzy. The Yorkshire crowd were already jumping, moshing and singing back lyrics to the songs which was a great atmosphere.
Front-man ‘ Sam McTrusty ‘ even came off the stage during the first song to get the crowd warmed-up. They continued to play belters like ‘ Make a Beast of Myself ‘, ‘ Brothers and Sisters ‘ and ended their set with ‘ Heart and Soul ‘. They also included a new song in their set titled ‘ Volcano ‘ which left the crowd in a great mood and gave glimpse and teaser what to expect on their forthcoming fifth studio album. The band performed in front of a massive green backdrop with had ‘ TWIN ATLANTIC ‘ written all over it which suggests their forthcoming album is going to have green affect to their album compared to their previous album which was red. Overall it was a great performance and always great to see the band live and can’t wait for their forthcoming album.
TWIN ATLANTIC performing on the second day of ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘ - 24th August 2019
PICTURE BY: Sarah Koury
Staying at the Main-Stage seen ‘ Charlotte Emma Aitchison ‘ aka… ‘ Charli XCX ‘ take to the stage. Charli XCX who’s from Cambridge and who is only aged 27 years old, bought in the massive crowd of the day so far to see her performance. Last time she played at Reading and Leeds festivals she was headlining on BBC Radio 1 Stage in 2017. Since her carer kicked off during 2007, she has released two studio albums, her debut studio album ‘ True Romance ‘ released during 2013, and her sophomore album ‘ Sucker ‘ during 2014. ‘ Charli XCX ‘ will be releasing her third studio album titled ‘ Charli ‘ this month.
She’s known for single such as ‘ You (Ha Ha Ha) ‘, ‘ Boom Clap ‘, ‘ Break the Rules ‘, ‘ Doing It (with Rita Ora) ‘, ‘ Famous ‘, ‘ Boys ‘, ‘ 1999 (with Troye Sivan) ‘, ‘ Blame It on Your Love (with Lizzo) ‘, ‘ Gone (with Christine & The Queens) ‘, and most recently released track ‘ Warm (with Haim) ‘.
‘ Charli XCX ‘ appeared on stage starting with her track ;’ Blame It on Your Love ‘ then was swiftly followed by ‘ Gone ‘ and her successful track ‘ I Love It (with Icona Pop) ‘. Already in her set the crowd was loving her performance. Already singing along to lyrics to her songs and jumping and dancing it looked like a great atmosphere. Even ‘ Charli XCX ‘ looked like she was loving herself on stage, her engagement with the Yorkshire crowd was great asking them to jump and sing along to words. Her set continued include hit and hit with tracks like ‘ Fancy ‘, ‘ Boys ‘, ‘ 1999 ‘ and ended her set with ‘ Boom Clap ‘.
Overall her performance was definitely one of the highlights of the second day at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘. It was clearly shown in atmosphere of the Yorkshire crowd at her performance was brilliant.
CHARLI XCX PERFORMING ON THE SECOND DAY OF LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - 24TH AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: ELLEN OFFREDY
Over on the Festival Republic Stage seen Brighton’s ‘ Black Honey ‘ take to the stage, the four-piece formed during 2014 and consists of ‘ Izzy Philips ‘ on lead vocals, and guitar, ‘ Chris Ostler ‘ on vocals, guitar and synthesizers, ‘ Tommy Taylor ‘ on Vocals, Bass and Guitar and ‘ Tom Dewhurst ‘ on drums.
Since 2014, ‘ Black Honey ‘ have released two EP’s titled ‘ Black Honey ‘ during 2014, and ‘ Headspin ‘ during 2016. They’ve also released their debut album ‘ Black Honey ‘ during 2018. ‘ Black Honey ‘ are known for their tracks such as ‘ Corrine ‘, ‘ Dig ‘, ‘ All My Pride ‘, and most recently track ‘ I Don’t Ever Wanna Love ‘.
‘ Black Honey ‘ performed a nine-track set during their performance at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘. They kicked off their set ‘ I Only Hurt The Ones I Love ‘ followed by ‘ All My Pride ‘ and ‘ Dig ‘. They attracted a decent size crowd to their performance. The Yorkshire crowd in the tent seem to know their music and were singing along to lyrics to their songs especially from the second track, some fans were also dancing and jumping along to their performance which looked like a epic performance.
As always front-lady ‘ Izzy Philips ‘ dressed and looked fantastic as ever was just having the time of her life up on the stage. She continued beltering out hit after hit which left the crowd in a great mood. The band’s set continued to play tracks like ‘ Corrine ‘, ‘ Spinning Wheel ‘, ‘ Hello Today ‘, ‘ Midnight ‘ and ending their set with ‘ Somebody Better ‘.
Their performance over all was brilliant and we hope one day they could be playing bigger stages at Reading and Leeds festivals and maybe even headline the festivals one day.
BLACK HONEY PERFORMING ON THE FESTIVAL REPUBLIC STAGE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - 24TH AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: ELEANOR FREEMAN
Back over to the Main-Stage seen a festival crowd favourite take to the stage ‘ YOU ME AT SIX ‘ a five-piece from Surrey formed during 2004. The band consists of ‘ Josh Franceshi ‘ on lead vocals, ‘ Max Helyer ‘ on rhythm guitar, and backing vocals, ‘ Chris Miller ‘ on lead guitar, ‘ Matt Barnes ‘ on bass guitar and backing vocals, and ‘ Dan Flint ‘ on drums, percussion and sampling.
Since 2008, ‘ YOU ME AT SIX ‘ have released six studio albums. Their debut album ‘ Take Off Your Colours ‘ released during 2018 celebrated it’s tenth anniversary last year, their sophomore album ‘ Hold Me Down ‘ was released during 2010, followed by ‘ Sinners Never Sleep ‘ during 2011, ‘ Cavalier Youth ‘ during 2014, ‘ Night People ‘ during 2017 and ‘ VI ‘ released during 2018. The band are currently in studio working on their seventh studio album. front-man ‘ Josh Franceshi ‘ announced during their set at ‘ New-music was on the way and would be out before Christmas ‘., which is couple of months away.
The band are known for their tracks ‘ Take on the World ‘, ‘ What It Like ‘, ‘ Underdog ‘, ‘ Straight to My Head ‘, ‘ I O U ‘, ‘ Stay With Me ‘, ‘ Bite My Tongue ‘, and ‘ Night People ‘. They kicked off their set with ‘ Fast Forward ‘, followed by ‘ Lived a Lie ‘ and ‘ Underdog ‘ which left the crowd in a frenzy. The Yorkshire crowd were already moshing, jumping and singing along to their songs and looked like a very good atmosphere which was been shown. ‘ You Me At Six ‘ looked like they were enjoying every minute of their set. Their set included more belters like ‘ Take on the World ‘, ‘ I O U ‘, ‘ Bite My Tonuge ‘, and ended their set with ‘ Room to Breathe ‘.
Their set was definitely another highlight of second day and the weekend at ‘ LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 ‘. The band left the crowd in a great atmosphere and crowd were just getting warmed up as ‘ The Wombats ‘ took to the stage next for a home crowd performance.
YOU ME AT SIX PERFORMING ON THE MAIN STAGE AT LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - 24TH AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: DAVID DILLON
Staying at Main-Stage seen a fan favourite take to the stage. The three-piece from Liverpool who see Yorkshire as their second-home were having the time of their lives on stage. ‘ The Wombats ‘ who consists of ‘ Matthew Murphy ‘ on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards, ‘ Tord Overland Knudsen ‘ on bass, guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals , and ‘ Dan Haggis ‘ on drums, percussion, keyboards, guitar and backing vocals formed in 2003 in Liverpool.
‘ The Wombats ‘ have released four studio albums since 2007, their debut album ‘ A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation ‘ during 2007, ‘ This Modern Glitch ‘ during 2011, ‘ Glitterbug ‘ during 2015 and most recently released album ‘ Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life ‘ released last year. The band known for their iconic belters such as ‘ Moving to New York ‘, ‘ Let’s Dance to Joy Division ‘, ‘ Jump into the Fog ‘, ‘ Greek Tragedy ‘, ‘ Give It a Try ‘, ‘ Lemon to a Knife Fight ‘, ‘ Turn ‘, ‘ Cheetah Tongue ‘, ‘ Bee-Sting ‘ and most recently released track ‘ Oceans ‘.
The three-piece stormed onto stage to ‘ Cheetah Tongue ‘ which was followed by ‘ Moving to New York ‘ and ‘ Give It a Try ‘ which left the Yorkshire crowd in a frenzy with crowd jumping, moshing and singing and even coloured smoke flares appearing from place to place in the crowd. ‘ The Wombats ‘ are definitely a hit-number band for festivals and hopefully one day they will eventually get to headline some as they really deserve it big time. Their set continued to play hit after hit numbers such as ‘ Lemon to a Knife Fight ‘, ‘ Techno Fan ‘, ‘ Let’s Dance to Joy Division ‘, ‘ Turn ‘, and ended their set with ‘ Greek Tragedy ‘.
The atmosphere at Bramham Park was brilliant it was definitely biggest crowd of the day and definitely biggest highlight of the weekend so far. ‘ The Wombats ‘ always know how win over a crowd and always know how to leave them in a great mood.
THE WOMBATS PERFORMING AT LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - 24TH AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: LUKE DYSON
Back to the BBC Radio 1 Stage seen Manchester’s indie-pop rockers ‘ PALE WAVES ‘ take to the stage for their biggest appearance at Reading and Leeds festivals so far. The four-piece band from Manchester are signed to Dirty Hit Records and consists of ‘ Heather Baron-Gracie ‘ on vocals, rhythm guitar, ‘ Ciara Doran ‘ on drums, ‘ Hugo Silvani ‘ on lead guitar and keyboards and ‘ Charlie Wood ‘ on bass and keyboards.
Last year ‘ PALE WAVES ‘ released their anticipated debut album ‘ My Mind Makes Noises ‘ album made massive chart success and the band definitely on course for bigger things. Their know for their tracks such as ‘ There’s a Honey ‘, ‘ Television Romance ‘, ‘ My Obsession ‘, ‘ The Tide ‘, ‘ Heavenly ‘, ‘ Kiss ‘, ‘ Eighteen ‘ and most recently released track ‘ One More Time ‘.
The band kicked off their set with ‘ Eighteen ‘ followed by ‘ Television Romance ‘ and ‘ The Tide ‘. They had already attracted a pack-out BBC Radio 1 Stage tent as last time they played was in Festival Republic Stage tent. The crowd were already singing along to words and dancing along which looked like a great moment to be apart of. Front-lady ‘ Heather Baron-Gracie ‘ was engaging well with the Yorkshire crowd and was telling them to sing along and also dance and jump around it was pretty epic performance to witness. Their set continued to play belters like ‘ My Obsession ‘ , ‘ Noises ‘, and ended with a fan favourite ‘ There’s a Honey ‘.
‘ Pale Waves ‘ are definitely are going make big in future and we can’t wait for new music from them going to be great future ahead for them.
PALE WAVES PERFORMING ON THE BBC RADIO 1 STAGE AT READING FESTIVAL 2019 - 23RD AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: CHARLES REAGAN
Before the headliners of each stage came on, the sub headliners were taking to the stages. ‘ ROYAL BLOOD ‘ took to the main stage, ‘ FREDO ‘ gave an energetic show on the BBC Radio 1 Stage, ‘ The Maine ‘ took the The PIT Stage and ‘ The Chats ‘ took the Festival Republic Stage.
Making their live comeback the duo from Brighton appeared on stage to massive crowd. ‘ ROYAL BLOOD ‘ were back and were back to continue with business as usual. The duo consisting of ‘ Mike Kerr ‘ on vocals, bass, keyboards and piano and ‘ Ben Thatcher ‘ on drums, and percussion. Since 2014, the band have released two studio albums and in studio producing their new album right now. Their debut album titled ‘ Royal Blood ‘ was released during 2014 and their sophomore album ‘ How Did We Get So Dark ‘ during 2017.
Their well known for their belters like ‘ Out of the Black ‘, ‘ Little Monster ‘, ‘ Come On Over ‘, ‘ Figure It Out ‘, ‘ Ten Tonne Skeleton ‘, ‘ Lights Out ‘, ‘ Hook, Line & Sinker ‘, and most recently ‘ Look Like You Now ‘. The band made their come back at LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 by storming onto the stage and kicking off with belter ‘ Hook, Line & Sinker ‘ followed by ‘ Come on Over ‘, and ‘ You Can Be So Cruel ‘ which left the Yorkshire crowd in a frenzy.
The crowd were jumping, moshing, smoke flares going off and crowd were singing along to lyrics to their tracks. Their set continued to play hit after hit including likes of ‘ Lights Out ‘, ‘ Little Monster ‘, ‘ Ten Tonne Skeleton ‘, ‘ Figure It Out ‘ and ending their set with ‘ Out of the Black ‘. ‘ Royal Blood ‘ seem to seem like they were enjoying their set and enjoying being back on stage, they thanked fans for waiting on them coming back and gave them a new track to enjoy titled ‘ Boilermaker ‘ which crowd totally loved. By far ‘ Royal Blood ‘ should have really been headlining the festival as proved why their a current upcoming band with massive future ahead of themselves. The band have even opened up for the mighty ‘ FOO FIGHTERS ‘ which clearly shows their doing something right. By far favourite performance from anyone of the weekend so far.
ROYAL BLOOD OPENING UP FOR THE 1975 ON THE SECOND DAY OF LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - 24TH AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: SARAH KOURY
Now taking to the stage in front of thousands where Saturday night’s headliners which were Manchester’s ‘ THE 1975 ‘ The four-piece band who formed in Manchester during 2002, consists of ‘ Matty Healy ‘ on lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboards, and synthesises, ‘ Adam Hann ‘ on lead guitar, keyboards, synthesises, sampler, and backing vocals, ‘ Ross MacDonald ‘ on bass, keyboards, synthesises, sampler, and backing vocals, and ‘ George Daniel ‘ on drums, percussion, backing vocals, keyboards and synthesises.
‘ THE 1975 ‘ have three studio albums since 2013 and will release their brand new album during 2020 next year. Their debut album ‘ The 1975 ‘ was released during 2013, their sophomore album ‘ I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It ‘ during 2016 and then were due to release two-album project but ended up releasing two solo albums, first album titled ‘ A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships ‘ was released during 2018 and with second album ‘ Notes on a Conditional Form ‘ being released during 2020 next year.
The band are known for their tracks such as ‘ The City ‘, ‘ Chocolate ‘, ‘ Sex ‘, ‘ Girls ‘, ‘ Settle Down ‘, ‘ Robbers ‘, ‘ Heart-Out ‘, ‘ Medicine ‘, ‘ Love Me ‘, ‘ UGH! ‘, ‘ Somebody Else ‘, ‘ The Sound ‘, ‘ She’s American ‘, ‘ Milk ‘, ‘ Give Yourself a Try ‘, ‘ Love It if We Made It ‘, ‘ TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME ‘, ‘ Sincerity Is Scary ‘, and their new release track ‘ People ‘.
THE 1975 CLOSING THE SECOND DAY OF LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - 24TH AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: MATT EACHUS
‘ The 1975 ‘ rocked up on stage performing their new track ‘ People ‘ which has been turning heads as far from what you expect from the band left a lot people frustrated as wasn’t their type of music you’ve heard from past three albums. But to be fair credit was given to the band as their bringing something different to their set and will be only time during set you will get to hear any new music from them.
They soon returned to what they are known for playing tracks like ‘ She’s American ‘, ‘ Love Me ‘, and ‘ Someone Else ‘.
Front-man ‘ Matty Healy ‘ is clearly in full form as he struts around the stage looking a little intoxicated and rather full of himself. “ We just keep getting better and better and better… ” claims the front-man as his head grows word by word. But in all fairness they really have upped their game over the past few years.
THE 1975 CLOSING THE SECOND DAY OF LEEDS FESTIVAL 2019 - 24TH AUGUST 2019
PICTURE BY: MATT EACHUS
Their set continued to play hits by hits including likes of old fan favourites like ‘ Girls ‘, ‘ Robbers ‘, and ‘ fallforyou ‘. During their tracks ‘ TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME ‘ and ‘ Sincerity Is Scary ‘ which sees ‘ Matt Healy ‘ grabbing his bag and hat to recreate the music video on stage with some dancing on treadmill which makes a very interesting point in the show for fans. As ever ‘ THE 1975 ‘ try to make a point about climate change and political issues with a number of speaches including that of Greta Thunberg (climate change activist) who recorded an essay track with the band just recently.
Their huge Headline set closed with a bang with fantastic fan favourites ‘ Chocolate ‘, ‘ Sex ‘, and ‘ The Sound ‘ which rounded off the evening perfectly. It’s a set that we feel ‘ THE 1975 ‘ have pulled off as a main stage headliner but it couldn’t have come at a better time for them as they are at the peak of their musical careers. As well as their brand new album release next year.
Over on BBC Radio 1 Stage seen ‘ DAVE ‘ close the stage, over on THE PIT STAGE seen ‘ Bowling For Soup ‘ close the stage with a massive one-hour set, ‘ Hobo Johnston ‘ closed the Festival Republic Stage with massive upcoming talent set, the one and only ‘ Dappy ‘ appeared for a headline set on the BBC Radio 1 Xtra Stage and Yorkshire’s finest ‘ Marsicans ‘ close up things on the BBC Introducing Stage.
DAVE - Picture By: Luke Dyson
BOWLING FOR SOUP - Picture By: David Dillon
HOBO JOHNSTON - Picture By: Kyle McLoughlin
MARSICANS - Picture By: Ellen Offredy