Matty Healy made a surprise appearance at a charity event recently, where he covered The La’s and brought out Lewis Capaldi. Check out footage below.
The event in question was the annual Sunday For Sammy charity show, which is held in Newcastle and has run since 2000. Organised by Geoff Wonfor, the event helps to raise funds for young creative talent across the North East of England.
Wonfor passed away in 2022, and this year’s event saw artists celebrate his life and his huge efforts to help the community.
Held at the Utilita Arena on Sunday (February 15), The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy showed up for a surprise appearance, and looked back at his time performing at a previous edition of Sunday For Sammy.
Adding that he “really missed” Wonfor, Healy broke out his 12-string acoustic guitar and played an emotive cover of James Taylor’s ‘Carolina On My Mind’, before inviting his 1975 bandmates John Waugh and Jamie Squire to the stage to break out a cover of The La’s ‘There She Goes’.
There She Goes by The La’s
Cover by Matty Healy
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About You By Matty Healy & Friends
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Matty performing “Carolina in my mind” at Sunday for Sammy, with the guys from his TikTok video (can’t remember their names) pic.twitter.com/o4Zy3KpEs9
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Matty performing it’s not living acoustic at Sunday for Sammy
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From their own discography, they played ‘About You’ and ‘It’s Not Living If It’s Not With You’.
Another huge moment followed his set, with Lewis Capaldi also taking to the stage for an unexpected appearance. There, the Scottish pop star performed his huge hit ‘Someone You Loved’.
As reported by The Newcastle Chronicle, other huge names who performed at the 2026 edition of Sunday For Sammy included Sting, who took to the stage to play a rendition of ‘Message In A Bottle’, as well as Auf Wiedersehen Pet legends Tim Healy (Matty’s father) and Christopher Fairbanks.
Lewis capaldi singing “someone you loved” at Sunday for Sammy.
Wasn’t expecting to see him there pic.twitter.com/XUDjjbYJF7— Matty Healy is a social experiment ⎕ (@trumanblackfr) February 16, 2026
Matty Healy with Sting tonight! pic.twitter.com/pVITYPWIny
— The 1975 TH (@the1975_thteam) February 16, 2026
15.02.26 // Matty in Gabi's story at the 'Sunday for Sammy' evening show // pic.twitter.com/Go4ngc8t0L
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As for Healy, the latest appearance over the weekend comes following him confirming that The 1975 had been working on new music.
The band have been largely inactive following their impressive headline set at Glastonbury 2025. While he didn’t reveal much about the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, he did suggest it could be a double album that might be called ‘DOGS’.
The followed this up again at the end of the year, and said that the next two years “look mental” for The 1975.
The band haven’t announced any live plans for 2026 yet but they will be releasing a 10th anniversary vinyl reissue of ‘I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it‘ later this month.
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