Still... At Their Very Best

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Still... At Their Very Best
Tour by The 1975
File:Still... At Their Very Best poster.jpeg
Teaser poster
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumBeing Funny in a Foreign Language
Start date16 September 2023 (2023-09-16)
End date24 March 2024 (2024-03-24)
Legs2
No. of shows60
Supporting act(s)
Websitethe1975.com/tour
The 1975 concert chronology

Still... At Their Very Best was the fifth concert tour by English indie art pop band the 1975 in support of their fifth studio album Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022), and a follow-up of their acclaimed At Their Very Best world tour "featuring newly expanded production".[3] It commenced in September 2023 with a North American leg across arenas in the United States and Canada, marking their biggest tour yet in the region.[4][5][6] In 2024, the band staged the world's first ever "carbon-removed" events across their four shows at the O2 Arena in London.[7]

Background

In May 2023, during the band's headlining show at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Scotland, frontman Matty Healy was noted to wear a lab coat with a "Matty" name tag which was a departure from his At Their Very Best tour wardrobe.[8] By June, the band's social media accounts posted promotional materials about a new concert tour including a poster of Healy kneeling on a patch of grass wearing a lab coat.[9][3] The fourth episode of the band's A Theatrical Performance of an Intimate Moment short film webseries shows Healy in a laboratory discarding a lab coat with the name tag "Truman Black",[10] a known alias of Healy's, and choosing to wear the lab coat with the name tag "Matty".[11] On 23 September, Healy posted a political campaign-type of video centering on redemption to promote the tour.[12]

World's first "carbon-removed" events

The band's four shows at the O2 Arena in London in 2024 marked the world's first-ever carbon-removed events.[7] This involves CO2 generated by the events – from the light show to the audience – being physically sucked out of the air, as well as more traditional techniques such as planting trees and spreading CO2 absorbing volcanic rock on farmland, where it also acts as a fertiliser.[13]

Concert synopsis

The show, written and directed by Healy, is an expansion of the band's previous tour, reusing the same house-like set design by Tobias Rylander and following a similar premise and two-part structure.[14] Additions to the show include a large LED screen behind the house set that displays concert visuals, as well as a second, smaller stage at the center of the concert venue, which resembles a square patch of grass. After crawling through a television screen on the main stage during the "Consumption" interlude, Healy emerges on the B-stage for the show's middle act (titled "Matty's Nightmare"), where he caresses and lays next to a naked wax replica of himself. The replica is then lowered beneath the stage and replaced with a guitar and microphone for Healy to perform an acoustic rendition of the track "Be My Mistake" from the band's third album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. Healy returns to the main stage afterwards to perform the rest of the set, but reemerges on the B-stage during the encore to perform "People", and is sometimes joined by other members of the band.[15][16]

Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act[17][3]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
16 September 2023[lower-alpha 1] Atlanta United States Piedmont Park — — —
23 September 2023[lower-alpha 2] Las Vegas Downtown Las Vegas
26 September 2023 Sacramento Golden 1 Center Dora Jar — —
28 September 2023 San Jose SAP Center — —
30 September 2023 San Diego Pechanga Arena — —
2 October 2023 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl —
5 October 2023 Glendale Desert Diamond Arena —
7 October 2023 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre —
9 October 2023 Fort Worth Dickies Arena —
12 October 2023 New Orleans Smoothie King Center —
14 October 2023[lower-alpha 3] Austin Zilker Park — — —
17 October 2023 Miami Kaseya Center Dora Jar — —
18 October 2023 Tampa Amalie Arena — —
20 October 2023 Charlotte Spectrum Center — —
22 October 2023 Nashville Bridgestone Arena — —
23 October 2023 St. Louis Enterprise Center — —
25 October 2023 Kansas City T-Mobile Center — —
26 October 2023 Minneapolis Target Center — —
28 October 2023 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum — —
29 October 2023 Rosemont[lower-alpha 4] Allstate Arena — —
31 October 2023 Detroit Little Caesars Arena — —
2 November 2023 Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse — —
3 November 2023 Columbus Nationwide Arena — —
5 November 2023 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena — —
7 November 2023 Newark Prudential Center — —
8 November 2023 Baltimore CFG Bank Arena — —
10 November 2023 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center — —
12 November 2023 Boston TD Garden — —
14 November 2023 New York City Madison Square Garden — —
15 November 2023 —
17 November 2023 Montreal Canada Bell Centre — —
18 November 2023 Toronto Scotiabank Arena — —
20 November 2023 London Budweiser Gardens — —
22 November 2023 Grand Rapids United States Van Andel Arena — —
26 November 2023 Salt Lake City Delta Center — —
27 November 2023 Boise ExtraMile Arena — —
29 November 2023 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena — —
1 December 2023 Portland United States Moda Center — —
2 December 2023 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena — —
List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act[20][21]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
13 January 2024 Anaheim[lower-alpha 5] United States Honda Center[22] — — —
8 February 2024 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro The Japanese House[1] — —
9 February 2024 — —
12 February 2024 London England The O2 Arena — —
13 February 2024 — —
14 February 2024 — —
17 February 2024 Manchester AO Arena — —
18 February 2024 — —
20 February 2024 London The O2 Arena — —
21 February 2024 Birmingham Resorts World Arena — —
26 February 2024 Lisbon Portugal Campo Pequeno Been Stellar[23] — —
27 February 2024 Madrid Spain WiZink Center — —
1 March 2024 Paris France Le Zénith — —
2 March 2024 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live — —
3 March 2024 Brussels Belgium Forest National — —
5 March 2024 Hamburg Germany Barclays Arena — —
7 March 2024 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum — —
8 March 2024 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena — —
10 March 2024 Copenhagen Denmark KB Hallen — —
12 March 2024 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena — —
13 March 2024 Warsaw Poland Torwar Hall — —
14 March 2024 Prague Czech Republic Sportovní hala Fortuna — —
16 March 2024 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion — —
18 March 2024 Munich Germany Zenith — —
19 March 2024 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum — —
21 March 2024 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle — —
22 March 2024 Cologne Palladium — —
24 March 2024 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live — —

Notes

  1. ↑ The concert on 16 September 2023 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, United States is part of Music Midtown.
  2. ↑ The concert on 23 September 2023 at Downtown Las Vegas in Las Vegas, United States is part of Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival.[18]
  3. ↑ The concert on 14 October 2023 at the Zilker Park in Austin, United States is part of Austin City Limits Music Festival.[19]
  4. ↑ Promoted as Chicago
  5. ↑ The concert on 13 January 2024 in Anaheim, California is part of iHeartRadio's AlterEgo.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skinner, Tom (12 January 2024). "The Japanese House confirmed to support The 1975 on 2024 UK tour". NME. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Been Stellar: "europe w/ @the1975"". www.x.com. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shanfeld, Ethan (13 June 2023). "The 1975 Announces North American Fall Tour". Variety. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Kress, Bryan (13 June 2023). "How to Get Tickets to The 1975's 2023 Tour". Consequence. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Duran, Anagricel (13 June 2023). "The 1975 announce 'Still ... At their very best' 2023 North American Tour". NME. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (13 June 2023). "The 1975 Are Still at Their Very Best for New North American Tour Dates". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dunworth, Liberty (7 September 2023). "The 1975 to stage world's first "carbon-removed" event at The O2 in London". NME. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Royce, Aaron (28 May 2023). "Matty Healy Suits Up in Tie, Lab Coat and Laced Sneakers for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2023". Footwear News. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "The1975: Live on stage in show and concert". Instagram. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "The 1975's Matty Healy on Michael Jackson, The 1975's first gig and Googling himself". 14 October 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ The 1975 add more shows to fall tour (Newark's Prudential Center included), 14 August 2023, retrieved 15 August 2023
  12. ↑ Bashforth, Emily (23 September 2023). "Matty Healy announces 'presidential campaign' announcement and fans are baffled". Metro. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Bawden, Tom (5 September 2023). "The 1975 to stage world's first 'carbon-removed' gig at the O2 Arena". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  14. ↑ Reilly, Nick (27 February 2023). "Go behind the scenes of The 1975's ambitious 'At Their Very Best' tour". Rolling Stone UK.
  15. ↑ Wilson, Ava. "The 1975 "Still… At Their Very Best" Concert Review".
  16. ↑ Benkendorf, Julia (8 November 2023). "Unpacking the surrealist introspection of The 1975's 'Still…At Their Very Best' Tour". North by Northwestern.
  17. ↑ "The1975: "'Still … at their very best' North America Tour, 2023"". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  18. ↑ Minsker, Evan (28 March 2023). "Kendrick Lamar, The Killers & ODESZA to Headline 2023 Life Is Beautiful". Billboard. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (9 May 2023). "Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Shania Twain & More to Headline 2023 Austin City Limits Festival". Billboard. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "THE 1975 - Tour Dates". the1975.com. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  21. ↑ Jones, Damian (7 September 2023). "The 1975 add new dates to 2024 UK and European 'Still At Their Very Best' tour". NME. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  22. ↑ Mier, Tomás (14 October 2023). "Paramore, The 1975, The Black Keys Will Rock Out at ALTer Ego 2024". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  23. ↑ "Been Stellar: "europe w/ @the1975"". www.x.com. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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