- Music
- 06 Apr 23
The fan played frontman Matty Healy's signature red guitar and danced alongside the band.
The 1975 invited a fan on stage last night to perform hit 'Robbers' alongside the Manchester group.
Midway through the 20-song set at Bangkok's Impact Arena, frontman Matty Healy spotted a sign amongst the crowd. "It says 'I wanna play guitar for 'Robbers'," read the London-born singer into his mic.
“Wait a second," he paused. “Can you play it? Or are you just wanting to get on-stage? Can you play just the rhythm bit? [It’s] just E… you play E straight down the line? Come on then…”
Once on stage, Healy hugged the fan and announced him to the cheering crowd. The fan was then given a pair of headphones and Healy's red guitar.
“It takes a lot of balls to get up on a stage in front of this many people, ladies and gentlemen,” Healy told the crowd. He then mouthed a countdown to the fan who subsequently launched the track's opening chords.
"So cool, man," said the singer as the song faded out. "Welcome to the band.”
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Healy's mother, English actress Denise Welch, then shared a clip of the performance to her Instagram. "I miss Matty so much when he’s on a world tour even though we talk all the time," she wrote in the caption. "But seeing videos like this melts my heart. In Bangkok (after a 38 hour trip from Mexico) making a young boys dream come true."
The 1975's Bangkok show came amidst the Asian-leg of the group's ‘At Their Very Best’ tour, which comes in support in of their fifth studio album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language.
The group will come to St. Anne's park in Dublin June 7th, and Musgrave Park in Cork on June 13th.