The 1975 - inveterate indie tour band back in Hong Kong
British foursome have toured more than any other band on the planet since 2010, and show no signs of slowing down
The last time British indie-pop band The 1975 came to Hong Kong, they were just getting their first taste of the big time. Since that gig, at 2013's Clockenflap festival, they've become a chart-topping and world-dominating colossus, picking up the tag of the globe's hardest-working band.
The group's gig at The Vine Centre in Wan Chai on Tuesday, January 27 will be the latest in a series of tours that saw them play 195 shows in 2014, something which clocked up enough road and air miles to get them two-thirds of the way to the moon, according to live music site Songkick. That's more than any other band since 2010, a statistic that would have come as no surprise to founding member Matt Healy.
"Hotel rooms, tour buses, they're kind of just our home now," Healy told Oyster magazine.
"I don't really resent anything about being on tour. I embrace everything about it and get to travel the world. I've seen 90 per cent more of the world than anybody in the world already so it's kind of an incredible position to be in."
The past 12 months have been a whirlwind for Healy and his Manchester-based crew. They took on America (and largely won), promoted their eponymous album that had already topped the UK charts the year before, and headlined their first major festival: Coachella in California.
It's a huge achievement considering the band only became fully formed a couple of years earlier.
