# Still... At Their Very Best

Still... At Their Very Best was the fifth concert tour by English indie art pop band the 1975 in support of their fifth studio album Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022), and a follow-up of their acclaimed At Their Very Best world tour "featuring newly expanded production".
It commenced in September 2023 with a North American leg across arenas in the United States and Canada, marking their biggest tour yet in the region. In 2024, the band staged the world's first ever "carbon-removed" events across their four shows at the O2 Arena in London.

## Background

In May 2023, during the band's headlining show at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Scotland, frontman Matty Healy was noted to wear a lab coat with a "Matty" name tag which was a departure from his At Their Very Best tour wardrobe. By June, the band's social media accounts posted promotional materials about a new concert tour including a poster of Healy kneeling on a patch of grass wearing a lab coat.
The fourth episode of the band's A Theatrical Performance of an Intimate Moment short film webseries shows Healy in a laboratory discarding a lab coat with the name tag "Truman Black", a known alias of Healy's, and choosing to wear the lab coat with the name tag "Matty". On 23 September, Healy posted a political campaign-type of video centering on redemption to promote the tour.

### World's first "carbon-removed" events

The band's four shows at the O2 Arena in London in 2024 marked the world's first-ever carbon-removed events. This involves CO2 generated by the events – from the light show to the audience – being physically sucked out of the air, as well as more traditional techniques such as planting trees and spreading CO2 absorbing volcanic rock on farmland, where it also acts as a fertiliser.

## Concert synopsis

The show, written and directed by Healy, is an expansion of the band's previous tour, reusing the same house-like set design by Tobias Rylander and following a similar premise and two-part structure. Additions to the show include a large LED screen behind the house set that displays concert visuals, as well as a second, smaller stage at the center of the concert venue, which resembles a square patch of grass. After crawling through a television screen on the main stage during the "Consumption" interlude, Healy emerges on the B-stage for the show's middle act (titled "Matty's Nightmare"), where he caresses and lays next to a naked wax replica of himself. The replica is then lowered beneath the stage and replaced with a guitar and microphone for Healy to perform an acoustic rendition of the track "Be My Mistake" from the band's third album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. Healy returns to the main stage afterwards to perform the rest of the set, but reemerges on the B-stage during the encore to perform "People", and is sometimes joined by other members of the band.
Some shows contain a second interlude titled "Social Media Pandering Parody", where Healy projects trending news clips onto the screens while reading satirical commentary on current events from a cellphone to the audience. At the October 29, 2023 show in Chicago, Healy ate a prop cellphone onstage as part of the parody segment. Meanwhile, at the October 10, 2023 in Fort Worth, Texas, Healy delivered an impassioned 10-minute speech defending the band's pro-LGBT demonstration during their performance at the 2023 Good Vibes Festival in Malaysia, where they were subsequently banned from performing. Healy particularly criticized the "liberal outrage" against the band after the incident, which he perceived as hypocritical in light of Malaysia's widespread anti-LGBT laws, and further refuted accusations against the band of "cultural insensitivity" and "colonialism", stating, "[liberals'] unconditional belief in inclusivity and tolerance has led them to indirectly support a government which is intolerant of their own existence."

## Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act :
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening acts | Attendance | Revenue |
| 16 September 2023 | Atlanta | United States | Piedmont Park | — | — | — |
| 23 September 2023 | Las Vegas | United States | Downtown Las Vegas | — | — | — |
| 26 September 2023 | Sacramento | United States | Golden 1 Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 28 September 2023 | San Jose | United States | SAP Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 30 September 2023 | San Diego | United States | Pechanga Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 2 October 2023 | Los Angeles | United States | Hollywood Bowl | Dora Jar | — |
| 5 October 2023 | Glendale | United States | Desert Diamond Arena | Dora Jar | — | |
| 7 October 2023 | Greenwood Village | United States | Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre | Dora Jar | — | |
| 9 October 2023 | Fort Worth | United States | Dickies Arena | Dora Jar | — | |
| 12 October 2023 | New Orleans | United States | Smoothie King Center | Dora Jar | — | |
| 14 October 2023 | Austin | United States | Zilker Park | — | — | — |
| 17 October 2023 | Miami | United States | Kaseya Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 18 October 2023 | Tampa | United States | Amalie Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 20 October 2023 | Charlotte | United States | Spectrum Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 22 October 2023 | Nashville | United States | Bridgestone Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 23 October 2023 | St. Louis | United States | Enterprise Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 25 October 2023 | Kansas City | United States | T-Mobile Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 26 October 2023 | Minneapolis | United States | Target Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 28 October 2023 | Milwaukee | United States | Fiserv Forum | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 29 October 2023 | Rosemont | United States | Allstate Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 31 October 2023 | Detroit | United States | Little Caesars Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 2 November 2023 | Indianapolis | United States | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 3 November 2023 | Columbus | United States | Nationwide Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 5 November 2023 | Pittsburgh | United States | PPG Paints Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 7 November 2023 | Newark | United States | Prudential Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 8 November 2023 | Baltimore | United States | CFG Bank Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 10 November 2023 | Philadelphia | United States | Wells Fargo Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 12 November 2023 | Boston | United States | TD Garden | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 14 November 2023 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 15 November 2023 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 17 November 2023 | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 18 November 2023 | Toronto | Canada | Scotiabank Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 20 November 2023 | London | Canada | Budweiser Gardens | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 22 November 2023 | Grand Rapids | United States | Van Andel Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 26 November 2023 | Salt Lake City | United States | Delta Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 27 November 2023 | Boise | United States | ExtraMile Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 29 November 2023 | Vancouver | Canada | Rogers Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 1 December 2023 | Portland | United States | Moda Center | Dora Jar | — | — |
| 2 December 2023 | Seattle | United States | Climate Pledge Arena | Dora Jar | — | — |
List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act :
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening acts | Attendance | Revenue |
| 13 January 2024 | Anaheim | United States | Honda Center | — | — | — |
| 8 February 2024 | Glasgow | Scotland | OVO Hydro | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 9 February 2024 | Glasgow | Scotland | OVO Hydro | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 12 February 2024 | London | England | The O2 Arena | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 13 February 2024 | London | England | The O2 Arena | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 14 February 2024 | London | England | The O2 Arena | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 17 February 2024 | Manchester | England | AO Arena | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 18 February 2024 | Manchester | England | AO Arena | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 20 February 2024 | London | England | The O2 Arena | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 21 February 2024 | Birmingham | England | Resorts World Arena | The Japanese House | — | — |
| 26 February 2024 | Lisbon | Portugal | Campo Pequeno | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 27 February 2024 | Madrid | Spain | WiZink Center | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 1 March 2024 | Paris | France | Le Zénith | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 2 March 2024 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | AFAS Live | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 3 March 2024 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 5 March 2024 | Hamburg | Germany | Barclays Arena | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 7 March 2024 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 8 March 2024 | Stockholm | Sweden | Tele2 Arena | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 10 March 2024 | Copenhagen | Denmark | KB Hallen | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 12 March 2024 | Berlin | Germany | Mercedes-Benz Arena | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 13 March 2024 | Warsaw | Poland | Torwar Hall | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 14 March 2024 | Prague | Czech Republic | Sportovní hala Fortuna | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 16 March 2024 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 18 March 2024 | Munich | Germany | Zenith | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 19 March 2024 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 21 March 2024 | Frankfurt | Germany | Jahrhunderthalle | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 22 March 2024 | Cologne | Germany | Palladium | Been Stellar | — | — |
| 24 March 2024 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | AFAS Live | Been Stellar | — | — |