The 1975 Stop Concert To Pay Tribute To Manchester Attack Victims | HuffPost

Lead singer Matt Healy gave an impassioned speech about the attack during the band's show Monday night in Detroit.

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On Monday night, a horrific terrorist attack claimed the lives of 22 people and left 59 injured at Manchester Arena, in England, where Ariana Grande had just finished a concert.

The “Into You” singer, along with a slew of other stars, responded to the news on social media with touching notes to those affected by the tragedy.

“Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don’t have words,” wrote Grande.

The 1975, a band that hails from Manchester, was also among those who spoke out about the terrible incident. In between songs during the band’s show in Detroit, Michigan, Monday night, lead singer Matt Healy expressed his sadness and anger about the attack.

“I’m bored of nationalism and I’m bored of racism,” he told the crowd. “It’s over. Nationalism, religion, all these regressive things ― they’re over. We can’t carry on in the way that we’re carrying on.”

He continued, “We’re from Manchester, right? And where we used to hang out — the actual place that we used to hang out ― someone put a bomb in there tonight, and then killed a bunch of kids that were going to a fucking show. In Manchester.”

Healy went on to call the attack “bullshit,” noting, “I don’t know what it’s in the name of, so I apologize if it’s not in the name of religion, if it’s not in the name of nationalism, but these are things that keep happening and I’m fucking pissed off about it. And I’m sorry, but you’re the only people I’ve got to talk to about it.”

You can watch his entire speech in the video above.

Before You Go

World Reacts To Manchester Bombing

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A woman lights candles at a vigil in Albert Square in Manchester, England. (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)

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A sign outside a shop in the village of Tarleton, home of Georgina Callander, 18, and Saffie Rose Roussos, 8, who were killed in the Manchester attack. (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)

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People lay flowers in center of the village of Tarleton to honor the victims of the Manchester attack. (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)

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Women react after lighting candles for the victims of the attack. (credit:Darren Staples/Reuters)

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Balloons and flowers in Albert Square in central Manchester. (credit:CHRIS J RATCLIFFE via Getty Images)

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People pray and light candles in Albert Square in Manchester. (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)

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Des Richardson, owner of Canine Motorcycle Recovery, hands out free food and drinks to police and the public following an evening vigil outside the town hall in Manchester. (credit:Leon Neal via Getty Images)

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Members of the public attend a candlelit vigil, to honor the victims of Monday evening's terror attack, at Albert Square in Manchester. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)

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People leave tributes to victims of the Manchester attack in Albert Square, Manchester. (credit:Danny Lawson/PA Images)

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People attend a vigil for the victims of the attack. (credit:Jon Super/Reuters)

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The colors of the Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom, are projected onto Melbourne's town hall as a tribute to Manchester bombing victims. (credit:Michael Dodge via Getty Images)

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People lay flowers outside the town hall in Albert Square, Manchester. (credit:Peter Byrne/PA Images)

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Sign in Toronto illuminated with the colors of the United Kingdom flag as a tribute to victims of the terror attack in Manchester. (credit:NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Members of the public pause to look at floral tributes and messages as the working day begins in Manchester. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)

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Members of the public pause to look at floral tributes and messages in St. Ann's Square in Manchester. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)

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People pause in front of candles set up in front of floral tributes in Albert Square in Manchester. (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)

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A man gives out food during a vigil in Albert Square, Manchester, after a 23-year-old man was arrested in connection with the Manchester concert bomb attack. (credit:Martin Rickett/PA Images)

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A man sends a message of support on the pavement in central Manchester in the wake of Monday's terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena. (credit:Darren Staples / Reuters)

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The colors of the Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom, are projected onto the Victoria State Library as a tribute to Manchester Bombing victims in Melbourne, Australia. (credit:Michael Dodge via Getty Images)

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Members of the public gather to attend a candlelit vigil to honor the victims of a terror attack in Manchester. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)

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People take part in a vigil in Trafalgar Square, London, for the victims of the attack in Manchester. (credit:Toby Melville / Reuters)

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Manchester United soccer players and staff stand for a minute of silence during training honoring the people killed and wounded in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert. (credit:Reuters Staff / Reuters)

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Women wait to take part in a vigil in central Manchester for the victims of an attack on concertgoers at Manchester Arena. (credit:Darren Staples / Reuters)

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In central Manchester, a girl leaves flowers for the victims of the attack. (credit:Peter Nicholls / Reuters)

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Flowers in front of the British Embassy in Berlin for the victims of the Manchester attack. (credit:Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters)

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People attend a vigil for the victims in central Manchester. (credit:Jon Super / Reuters)

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A woman lays flowers in front of the British Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. (credit:SERGEI SUPINSKY via Getty Images)

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Muslim men pray at a mosque in Manchester for victims of the Manchester Arena attack. (credit:Peter Nicholls/Reuters)

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People gather at Trafalgar Square in London in memory of the victims of terror attack at Manchester Arena. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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European Union flags are lowered at half-staff in honor of the victims of the Manchester attack, outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (credit:Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

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Flowers and candles lay in front of British Embassy in Berlin the day after the attack at Manchester Arena. (credit:Steffi Loos via Getty Images)

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Flowers and messages for the victims of the attack placed in central Manchester. (credit:Darren Staples / Reuters)

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A woman blows a kiss after laying flowers for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack. (credit:Darren Staples / Reuters)

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Australian Members of Parliament stand for a minute of silence during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, in honor of the people killed and wounded in the Manchester explosion. (credit:Reuters)

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Tributes for those who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena attack. (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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The Union Flag and other flags fly at half-staff outside the British Embassy in the Espacio tower in Madrid in homage to the victims of Monday night's terror attack. (credit:GERARD JULIEN via Getty Images)

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Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux, Cannes Film Festival president Pierre Lescure, actress Isabelle Huppert and staff members observe a minute of silence on the red carpet in honor of the Manchester victims. (credit:Eric Gaillard / Reuters)

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A message in support of the victims of the attack in Manchester that reads, "We stand with the United Kingdom" is displayed on the HSBC headquarters building in Hong Kong. (credit:ANTHONY WALLACE via Getty Images)

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Spanish parliamentarians observe a minute of silence for the victims of the Manchester attack, outside Parliament in Madrid. (credit:Paul Hanna / Reuters)

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Retail staff hug each other after being evacuated from the Arndale Centre shopping mall in Manchester following a security alert on Tuesday. (credit:BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

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Religious leaders hold a prayer meeting in central Manchester. (credit:Darren Staples / Reuters)

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A woman walks past an electronic advertising board displaying a Union Flag and the words "Pray For Manchester" near the Manchester Arena. (credit:BEN STANSALL via Getty Images)

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A woman lays flowers for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack, in central Manchester. (credit:Darren Staples / Reuters)

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People carry food and water to a support center at Manchester City soccer team's Etihad Stadium. (credit:Jon Super/Reuters)

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People leave flowers in St. Ann's Square in Manchester on Tuesday morning following a suicide attack at Manchester Arena. (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)

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A water fountain (jet d'eau) in Geneva is lit with blue, red and white in remembrance of the victims of the Manchester attack. (credit:Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

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A woman holds flowers as she takes part in a vigil in central Manchester for the victims of the attack. (credit:Darren Staples/Reuters)

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