The 1975 gave Lewis Capaldi a shoutout during their Reading Festival 2023 set tonight (August 26). The band replaced Capaldi as headliners after the singer pulled out of the fest.
āWell, first of all can we have the loudest round of applause in our set for Mr Lewis Capaldi who couldnāt make it tonight,ā frontman Matty Healy told the crowd right before playing their hit track āChocolateā.
The 1975ās replacement of Capaldi came after the latter announced that he would beĀ taking a break from all live performancesĀ āĀ including Reading & LeedsĀ ā for the time being following hisĀ GlastonburyĀ showcase toĀ focus on his mental and physical health. The band announced during their TRNSMT set earlier this year, that they’d not only be taking the headline slot but would also be performing their 2013 self-titled album in full during their Reading set.
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āSo, on Saturday at Reading and Sunday at Leeds in celebration of 10 years of our debut album, The 1975 will be playing that album in full in support of our good friend Lewis Capaldi,” he told the TRNSMT crowd. “If youāve got tickets, good for you. If you havenāt, go and get them. Weāll see you there.ā
Eslwhere tonight, during the intro to their song, āItās Not Living If Itās Not With Youā, The 1975 played their gag where Healy goes to say something controversial and then the band cut him off with the beginning riff of the song. This time the frontman poked fun of the fact that he didnāt have anything controversial prepared to say.
āI donāt have a racist joke readyā he said right before the band started to play the opening of the track.
Elsewhere in their Reading set, The 1975 gave The Killers who are also headlining the festival today a shoutout. “Who’s looking forward to Mr. Brightside?” Healy asked the crowd. While The 1975 and The Killers are tonight’s Reading headliners, Leeds will see performances from Sam Fender and Foals.
Last night (August 25), Reading Festival headliner Sam FenderĀ charmed the audience with a performance worthy of aĀ five-star rating fromĀ NME.Ā NMEās Andrew Trendell wrote of the performance:Ā āFender, an artist dealing solely in reality and singing straight to the heart to the young crowd with the world at their feet, makes that seem all the more possible. Heās a mirror to this audience, and thatās why belongs on this stage more than anyone.ā
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