The 1975‘s Matty Healy was back in his safe space on Sunday (Dec. 4) at the Audacy Beach Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida over the weekend when he jumped on stage to join Dashboard Confessional for the final song of the emo band’s set. Healy strapped on an electric guitar and strummed for his life as DC ran through the raucous “Hands Down” from the band’s beloved 2003 album A Mark, A Mission, a Brand, a Scar.
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“Emo multiverse is glitching @dashboardconfessional,” Healy wrote on Instagram along with a clip of the surprise moment.
For longtime fans, however, it wasn’t that much of a stretch for the two men to hit the stage together. Healy has long expressed his love for the Chris Carrabba-fronted band. In 2019, Healy hopped up on stage with DC at St. Pancras Old Church in London where they collaborated on a performance of the 1975’s “Sex,” which DC covered in 2017 on their Covered and Taped covers EP.
“I’m friends with Chris [Carrabba], I’ve known him for a while. We’ve been a band since 2002-2003, so we were around in that whole scene, people just didn’t care about us, so we survived it,” Healy told Audacy after the surprise appearance. Healy also said that he appreciates the invite from Carrabba — who in the past has called The 1975 “the greatest band in the world” — and the kind words he’s shared about the English group. “It’s very sweet for him to say something like that, it was lovely,” said Healy. “I just wanted to be in Dashboard for a minute.”
Carrabba also noted that they are “old friends” and that DC are “big fans” of the 1975. And while it was not the first time they shared the stage, it was their live debut in America, “so it was a special thing because my mom was here watching. You know, I’m from here so all the friends and family were watching and it just felt like a beautiful kind of moment.”
It was the latest stage surprise on the 1975’s current North American At Their Very Best tour, during which Healy has rolled out a series of seemingly unscripted moments, including the frontman sneaking a brief, passionate smooch with bassist Ross MacDonald during a show in San Francisco on Nov. 29, laying a kiss on a fan onstage and eating raw meat during a gig.
The 1975 are nearing the end of the tour, which is slated to hit Denver’s Mission Ballroom on Tuesday night (Dec. 6) and wrap up at the Robert Morris University UPMC Events Center in Pittsburgh on Dec. 17.
Check out Healy’s post below.