With a surprise appearance by none other than Taylor Swift at their London show, a video of Matt Healy sucking an unsuspecting fan's thumb going viral and devoted fans camping outside Cardiff International Arena the night before their first Cardiff show of two, The 1975's most recent tour had a lot of hype to live up to- even if the hype was a bit odd.
The indie-pop songs on their self-titled 2013 album were the soundtrack to my teenage years but I only really know a few of their newer songs. For a lot of gigs, you could get away with being this sort of fan. You can patiently tap your foot and sway your hips while you wait for the band to play the hits you're really after. This was not that sort of show.
The first act redefined what a gig is and forced you to watch every moment. The band walked onto their cinematic set which looked like the inside of a house, Matt Healy swigged a bottle of wine, lit a cigarette and proceeded to sing songs from their new album Being Funny in a Foreign Language.
