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How The 1975's Matty Healy Kicked Heroin and Took the Band to New Heights

Dorian Lynskey, Billboard, 2 August 2018

The most ambitious pop-rock band of its generation nearly succumbed to Matty Healy's heroin addiction. Now clean, the flamboyant frontman is taking his group to new heights.

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