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The 1975 on performing in Manila again: ‘We’re very happy to be here’

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>The 1975 serenaded thousands of Filipino fans for the Manila leg of their &quot;At Their Very Best&quot; concert at the Mall of Asia Arena for two nights on May 3 and 4.</p><p>The English pop rock band performed their new and old tracks at the concert much to the delight of their Pinoy supporters.</p><p>Organized by PULP Live World, The 1975 kicked off their set list for &quot;At Their Very Best&quot; with &quot;Looking for Somebody (to Love).&quot; It was followed by &quot;Happiness,&quot; then &quot;UGH!,&quot; and &quot;Oh Caroline.”</p><p>Other songs they performed at the concert were &quot;Me &amp; You Together Song,&quot; &quot;If You&#x27;re Too Shy (Let Me Know),&quot; I&#x27;m in Love With You,&quot; and &quot;About You,&quot; among others.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrzraBVA1Zy/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=511&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A1044233.2999999821%2C%22ls%22%3A479510.09999999404%2C%22le%22%3A479512.7999999821%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="844" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>The band expressed their elation to be performing again in Manila.</p><p>&quot;Thank you so much for coming. We are very happy to be here. It&#x27;s always a great experience coming to Manila because we are kind of 10 times bigger than we should be and always have been,&quot; lead singer Matty Healy said during day one of their Manila concert.</p><p>Matty then recalled their very first concert at the MOA Arena when they had just released their first album.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/5/2/the-1975-arrives-in-manila-ahead-of-two-day-concert-1754" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: The 1975 arrives in Manila ahead of two-day concert</u></strong></a></div><p>&quot;I remember in our first album, this is the first place you guys filled out, this in our first album,&quot; he remarked.</p><p>Manila is one of the stops in Asia of the band. Other Asian stops of their tour included Bangkok, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Osaka.</p><p>The band previously performed in Manila in 2019.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:513px;height:836px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="Twitter Tweet" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1653938083937796096&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2023-05-05T13%3A02%3A15.832919%3A6c0c2834-bce9-49e8-bca0-aa73779bdfb4%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=8f40a501fa40ab348d2c21ca5e5ed9f773cdf4d0&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1653938083937796096"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;It was the first that we came where we felt like famous, or kinda like... I don&#x27;t know. People were so like, screaming and stuff. So yeah, it&#x27;s an amazing country. We love it. We&#x27;ll always come back here,&quot; Matty said in an interview with MYX back in 2019.</p><p>The 1975 released their debut self-titled album in 2013. Their sophomore album &quot;I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It&quot; was released in 2016.</p><p>It was followed by &quot;A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships&quot; in 2018, </p><p>&quot;Notes on a Conditional Form&quot; was released in 2020 while their latest album &quot;Being Funny in a Foreign Language&quot; was released in 2022.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

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The 1975 on performing in Manila again: ‘We’re very happy to be here’

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Published May 06, 2023 08:34 AM PHT

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