Originally written by Luke Slater · 7 September 2009
Arctic Monkeys truly need no introduction whatsoever, so there won't be one. But yes, they've just announced a UK tour for November, doing the usual arena stuff because well, they need to play quite large venues with all those fans, don't they?
They've just scored their third successive number 1 album with a slightly changed direction in Humbug, which was partly produced by Kyuss/QOTSA/Desert Sessions etc man Josh Homme. It is pretty good, actually.
Anyway, here are those dates f'yr diary.
November:
13 - Liverpool, Echo Arena 14 - Sheffield, Arena 16 - Newcastle, Metro Arena 18 - London, Wembley Arena 20 - Birmingham, NIA 21 - Manchester, MEN Arena 22 - Nottingham, Trent FM Arena 24 - Glasgow, SECC 25 - Belfast, The Odyssey 26 - Dublin, The O2
Tickets for the above go on sale to the general public on Friday September 11 from 9AM. You can get them at Gigs And Tours, Ticket Master and Gigs in Scotland. Or you could ring the 24 hour customer care hotline, if you fancy some personal interaction, or the possibility of and solving of problems. Do that by ringing 0871 2200 260 or 0844 826 2826.
In the meantime, watch the Richard Ayoade directed video for 'Crying Lightning'.