The 1975’s Matty Healy goes viral for gifting TV to Uber driver and rescuing motorist with dead battery

"Matty Healy saved the day" The post The 1975’s Matty Healy goes viral for gifting TV to Uber driver and rescuing motorist with dead battery appeared first on NME. NewsMusic News The 1975’s Matty Healy goes viral for gifting TV to Uber driver and rescuing motorist with dead battery "Matty Healy saved the day" By Laura Molloy 17th February 2026 The 1975 live at Reading 2023. Credit: Andy Ford for NME The 1975‘s Matty Healy has gone viral for a series of good deeds. Find all the details below. READ MORE: The 1975: “I’d rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero” The indie frontman recently took over comedian Dax Flame’s Instagram for a week, where he shared a string of skits, including trying the infamous ‘Mentos and Coke‘ internet challenge and sharing “a day in the life of Matty Healy“. Advertisement In one video, Healy calls an Uber in L.A. and gifts a free TV to the driver, who seems perplexed and doesn’t react much to the situation. A few weeks before that, a TikTok circulated of Healy helping to jumpstart somebody’s car after it broke down in the “middle of the road”. The post, from the car owner’s sister, showed a screenshot from their family group chat, where she writes: “Can someone answer, car just died middle of road”. Then, she sends two photos of Healy and an unnamed man attaching cables to the car’s hood, adding: “It’s fine Matty Healy saved the day”. Check out both moments below. View this post on Instagram Recommended View this post on Instagram As well as gifting TVs and jump-starting cars, earlier this month, Healy also made a surprise appearance at a charity event, where he covered The La’s and brought out Lewis Capaldi. Advertisement 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), Healy came on stage to say that he “really missed” Wonfor, before breaking out his 12-string acoustic guitar and playing an emotive cover of James Taylor’s ‘Carolina On My Mind’. He also invited his 1975 bandmates John Waugh and Jamie Squire to the stage to perform a cover of The La’s ‘There She Goes’. In other news, Healy recently confirmed 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’. They 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. Related TopicsIndieMatty HealyThe 1975 You May Also Like Advertisement TRENDING The NME 100: essential emerging artists for 2026 Miriam Petche just set a new ‘Industry’ standard ‘Wuthering Heights’ review: this sexed-up reimagining is a bonking success Inside Swim Deep’s gorgeous new album ‘Hum’: “It feels like we’ve arrived at the conclusion of who we are” The rise, fall and rebirth of 2000s IT room favourite ‘RuneScape’ Advertisement More Stories Music News Crowdfunder launched for permanent tribute mural to Stone Roses’ icon Mani in Manchester Music News Bleachers announce new album ‘Everyone For 10 Minutes’ with soaring single ‘You And Forever’ Music News Watch The 1975’s Matty Healy surprise fans with The La’s cover and Lewis Capaldi guest spot at charity acoustic gig Music News It looks like Boy Kill Boy are reuniting for the 20th anniversary of debut album ‘Civilian’: “We’ll be in touch” Music News Listen to a raw 1975 demo of Talking Heads classic hit ‘Psycho Killer’ Music News Damon Albarn has a pop at having to play Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Gorillaz perform on ‘The Graham Norton Show’