Bathed in blistering white light, frontman Matty Healy came out swinging, clutching a pint of Guinness with a cigarette permanently affixed above his ear – a near-caricature of the gloomy, near-grungy rock star he started out as with the band's 2013 self-titled LP.

Did you miss them? It seems like just yesterday the 1975 were taking over the world with Being Funny In A Foreign Language by eating raw meat on stage and doing controversial podcasts. But that was a couple years ago now.

The 1975 delivered a career-defining set at Glastonbury Festival on Friday night, paying homage to the band’s past while also building a bridge to its future. In their first time headlining the festival,