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Arctic Monkeys kicked off their UK stadium tour in Bristol last night (May 29) to a roaring crowd of fans. The gig marked the first of 15 live dates the band have lined up on this UK and Ireland tour, which makes stops in Sheffield, Manchester, London and more.
Kicking off at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium, the band played a total of 21 songs, including a number of tracks from their latest LP ‘The Car’, which was released last October.
Alex Turner and co. opened the gig with a live rendition of ‘Mardy Bum’. Taken from their 2006 debut ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, the show marked the first time that the original album version of the track has been performed live since 2007. It was last performed live by the band in 2013.
Another rarity also arrived midway through the setlist when the band pulled out their first performance of ‘My Propeller’ in nearly 10 years. Other highlights from the show included classic tracks ‘Teddy Picker, ‘The View From The Afternoon’ and ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’, as well as a cover of John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I Wanna Be Yours’.
Arctic Monkeys also played some of their most popular songs, including ‘505’, ‘Arabella’ and ‘Do I Wanna Know’, and closed the show off with a three-song encore of ‘Sculptures Of Anything Goes’, ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ and ‘R U Mine?’.
The band received an overwhelmingly positive response from the crowd, with many fans calling the show one of the best they’ve ever seen. Check out the full setlist and footage from the moment below.
Arctic Monkeys played:
1. ‘Mardy Bum’ (First time album version played since 2007)
2. ‘Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair’
3. ‘Brianstorm’
4. ‘Snap Out of It’
5. ‘Crying Lightning’
6. ‘Teddy Picker’
7. ‘The View From the Afternoon’
8. ‘Four Out of Five’
9. ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’
10. ‘Arabella’ (With ‘Pretty Visitors’ instrumental interlude)
11. ‘My Propeller’ (First time live since 2014)
12. ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’
13. ‘Suck It and See’
14. ‘Do I Wanna Know?’
15. ‘There’d Better Be a Mirrorball’
16. ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ (John Cooper Clarke cover)
17. ‘505’
18. ‘Body Paint’
19. ‘Sculptures of Anything Goes’
20. ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’
21. ‘R U Mine?’
arctic monkeys perform mardy bum again for the first time in 16 years! pic.twitter.com/QDR6ZMHyeP
— c ⏣ ⚭ (@tlspmusic) May 30, 2023
Unreal gig 😍#arcticmonkeys pic.twitter.com/rog3O532NU
— Marc Symons (@marcsymons) May 29, 2023
arctic monkeys finale! pic.twitter.com/C1e8dHRqyx
— c ⏣ ⚭ (@tlspmusic) May 30, 2023
I Wanna Be Yours from todays Arctic Monkeys performance! literally insane icl pic.twitter.com/ygUYjPGlIy
— Llenn ⭑ (@bobertothedi1f) May 29, 2023
I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOORpic.twitter.com/OpzeO2I3k5
— arctic monkeys archive (@arcticmolnkeys) May 29, 2023
arctic monkeys performing sculptures of anything goes! pic.twitter.com/OmjvKrgW1m
— c ⏣ ⚭ (@tlspmusic) May 29, 2023
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Arctic Monkeys at Ashton Gate Bristol.
Good job there’
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