3 w. ago Denise Welch heaps praise on The 1975 son Matty Healy after divisive Glastonbury set

Denise Welch has praised her son Matty Healy - frontman of rock band The 1975 - after his Friday night headline performance at Glastonbury divided fans

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3 w. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Patchwork mystery ‘solved’ as Neil Young does headline set U

Latest updates as secret set excitement gears up ahead of Young’s headline set, which will now be broadcast after all

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3 w. ago Glastonbury on Friday review: did Loyle Carner steal The 1975's glory?

The first proper day of music at Glastonbury was highly eclectic with a stack of instant classic sets

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3 w. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Kneecap announce performance will be on BBC iPlayer – but with a catch

Latest updates as controversial Irish trio prepare to play festival alongside esteemed rocker Neil Young, and ‘Brat’ star Charli xcx

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3 w. ago Matty Healy's mother Denise Welch grins alongside pop megastar Charli XCX at Glastonbury ahead of her son's divisive headlining set with The 1975

The Loose Women star posted a selfie with Charli XCX to her Instagram story on Friday, just hours before her son Matty Healy was set to headline the Pyramid Stage.

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3 w. ago Glastonbury 2025 live: Neil Young, Charli XCX and Kneecap set to perform on day two

Latest updates as esteemed rocker, ‘Brat’ star and controversial Irish trio prepare to play festival

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3 w. ago The 1975 at Glastonbury 2025 review: at (what they think is) their very best

The band played a set that prioritised fan favourites over crowd pleasers to a half empty Pyramid Stage

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3 w. ago The 1975 face backlash after divisive Glastonbury headline set sparks crowd exodus

The band’s performance split opinion while angry viewers at home were hit by BBC iPlayer tech issues

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3 w. ago Glastonbury headliners The 1975 leave fans divided over 'bland' set as they slam 'insufferable' pint

The 1975 left Glastonbury fans divided as they took to the Pyramid stage on Friday to headline the first day of the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset.

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3 w. ago Were The 1975 'insufferable' at Glasto? Take our poll and have your say

The 1975 returned to the spotlight with a headline set at Glastonbury - but singer Matty Healy’s posturing and subtle Taylor Swift jabs left fans both thrilled and irrated. What did you think to their performance?

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3 w. ago Matty Healy of The 1975's 'car crash set' leaves Glastonbury crowd divided

Their headline slot at Glastonbury is set to be the band's only gig this year.

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3 w. ago The 1975's Matty Healy divides fans with 'insufferable' Glastonbury performance

The frontman joked he was the 'best songwriter of his generation'

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3 w. ago Glastonbury headliners The 1975 divide opinion with 'insufferable' set on Pyramid Stage

Many fans of the indie band reportedly opted to leave the gig as they headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Friday - with some partygoers being left in despair at the group's set

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3 w. ago The 1975 at Glastonbury review – amid the irony, ego and pints of Guinness, this is a world

Pyramid stagePerhaps joking, or perhaps not, Matty Healy pronounces himself ‘the greatest songwriter of my generation’ – and that’s only a slightly ridiculous statementThe 1975’s first Glastonbury headlining slot arrives preceded by some intriguing rumours about what’s going to happen. Some fairly eye-popping figures are being bandied about regarding the cost of their set’s staging – which allegedly vastly outweighs the fee the band are being paid – while one dubious online source insists Healy has shaved his head for the occasion. He hasn’t (he appears onstage tonsorially intact), but clearly large sums of money have been spent somewhere along the way.What ensues isn’t quite as complex as their last tour, which featured lead singer Matty Healy eating raw steak, doing push ups, climbing through a television and Prince Andrew’s face appearing on a bank of television screens accompanied by the strains of Mahler’s 5th Symphony. Nevertheless, there are huge video screens everywhere: not...

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3 w. ago Despite Matty Healy’s nerves, The 1975 are at the height of their powers for their Glastonbury headline set

There are evidently nerves bubbling under the surface that, in certain moments, spill over onto the Pyramid Stage. Yet the band still deliver on their unique ability to create an inner-circle intimacy

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3 w. ago Matty Healy smokes a cigarette and drinks a pint of Guinness before calling himself his generation's 'best songwriter' as he takes to the stage for The 1975's Glastonbury headliner set

The band topped the bill on the Pyramid Stage for the first day of the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Frontman Matty, 36, is famous for his provocative stage presence.

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3 w. ago Glastonbury 2025: Friday with The 1975, Busta Rhymes, Self Esteem and more – follow it live!

Matty Healy’s Pyramid stage performance takes us into the night, following shows from PinkPantheress, Biffy Clyro and Taskmaster around Worthy FarmDoes anyone know if the Pilton Palais – Glastonbury’s cinema tent – has a policy on Chicken Jockey? They’re showing the Minecraft Movie later today, and, if my timing is right, I should be able to get to the screening just in time to see some kids throw a bunch of festival food at the screen.Safi is over at West Holts watching the fantastically strange Argentine rap duo Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, and it sounds like every Argentinian person at the festival has congregated for their set. She just sent through these snaps of some fans who flew over for the festival: Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Glastonbury headliners 1975 face mass crowd exodus as fans divided by 'insufferable' set

The 1975 took to the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm as the first headline act at Glastonbury 2025 earlier tonight, with Matty Healy and his bandmates back at the festival

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3 w. ago The 1975's Matty Healy issues message of 'friendship' while headlining Glastonbury 2025

Indie-pop band The 1975, fronted by Matty Healy, headlined Glastonbury Festival 2025 on Friday (June 27)

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3 w. ago Glastonbury 2025: Friday with Busta Rhymes, The 1975, Self Esteem and more – follow it live!

Matty Healy’s headline performance takes us into the night, following shows from PinkPantheress, Biffy Clyro and Taskmaster around Worthy FarmDoes anyone know if the Pilton Palais – Glastonbury’s cinema tent – has a policy on Chicken Jockey? They’re showing the Minecraft Movie later today, and, if my timing is right, I should be able to get to the screening just in time to see some kids throw a bunch of festival food at the screen.Safi is over at West Holts watching the fantastically strange Argentine rap duo Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, and it sounds like every Argentinian person at the festival has congregated for their set. She just sent through these snaps of some fans who flew over for the festival: Continue reading...

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