The 1975 will release their new album BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE on October 14th before touring the US and UK. But the Brits could have spent the time very differently, like singer Matty Healy in Interview with the “New York Times” revealed: The band had been offered an offer to tour with Ed Sheeran for four months – but they turned it down.
“I’ve just been offered a four-month stadium tour next year with the world’s greatest singer-songwriter that would have netted me money I’ve never seen or heard in my life,” Healy said. He didn’t name himself himself, but when the interviewer asked “Ed Sheeran?” he confirmed it.
“I’ve been offered to be the main support and do whatever I want,” Healy said. Still, the band said no. The reason: “I don’t care. That `s not worth it. Not because I don’t like Ed Sheeran. I think he’s a genius in many ways. But opening a concert for someone instead of just being ourselves, that’s kind of stuff I think about.”
Healy later tweeted again and stressed that he had nothing against the star singer-songwriter: “To be clear, I have a lot of respect for Ed Sheeran. I didn’t turn down being on stage with him, I just wanted to play our own shows instead. He’s always been so nice to me, personally and in public. So don’t make this a Twitter thing.”
just to be clear I have mad respect for Ed Sheeran and I didn’t decline sharing a stage with him I just wanted to do our own shows instead and he’s always been so nice to me personally and publicaly so don’t start a twitter thing for fun
— Matty (@MatthewTHealy) September 12, 2022
In the interview, Healy went on to talk about how the band feels about commercial success. “It’s hard to be a big act and to be honest I don’t have any commercial ambitions at all,” Healy said. But the band has an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality and has never been chasing success. “Right now, when we stop doing that, we’re probably going to screw it up. I tend to say no when asked to do something for money.”