Arctic Monkeys Playing the Riverside Next Summer

Thanks - touch more than I expected. Kinda wished they'd announced some European dates as well.

I'm hopeful for Way out West festival in Gothenburg (went this year, was brilliant) but ideally need somewhere no ones heard of them and they'll play a small theatre - wishful thinking probably!
 
Haven`t recieved an email yet but AM Customer Services saying confirmation can take up to 4 hours, bit like what TYT was saying above
 
Yeah I managed to 4 seated tickets, just short of £53 each. Confirmation took a while to come through but eventually did.
 
Yeah 2 tickets with the presale for buying a £9 casette off their album yesterday 1 minute before the deadline!
I logged on this morning at 0835 and after refreshing like a maniac, i went for a pi$$ came back and the ticket screen was sat waiting for me! I got tickets at 0915; £162 for seats right near where Maddo sits for commentary. Money straight out the bank and confirmation email came at 11:30. The tickets aren't on the app yet like.
 
VestasBoro said:
Yeah 2 tickets with the presale for buying a £9 casette off their album yesterday 1 minute before the deadline!
I logged on this morning at 0835 and after refreshing like a maniac, i went for a pi$$ came back and the ticket screen was sat waiting for me! I got tickets at 0915; £162 for seats right near where Maddo sits for commentary. Money straight out the bank and confirmation email came at 11:30. The tickets aren't on the app yet like.
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i didn’t even preorder the album. I went to last week but it wasn’t available yet. I put in my email to remind me when it’s available to preorder but didn’t bother in the end. Anyway last night I still received the code for presale tickets via email.
 
supermfc said:
Yeah I managed to 4 seated tickets, just short of £53 each. Confirmation took a while to come through but eventually did.
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Were the £53 seated ticket advertised as “may have limited view”? That’s the reason I ended up paying £80 a ticket for seats ( no standing avail by the time I got to order my tickets)
 
VestasBoro said:
Yeah 2 tickets with the presale for buying a £9 casette off their album yesterday 1 minute before the deadline!
I logged on this morning at 0835 and after refreshing like a maniac, i went for a pi$$ came back and the ticket screen was sat waiting for me! I got tickets at 0915; £162 for seats right near where Maddo sits for commentary. Money straight out the bank and confirmation email came at 11:30. The tickets aren't on the app yet like.
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You do know that you don't have to actually buy anything for pre-sale? You juat sign up and get the link too.
 
Marvanelli said:
Surprisingly enough, I reckon there's a good chance they'll sing more than just 1 song.
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My mate's mum's uncle was a roadie for the Artic Monkeys and has told me that the new album is much of the same and Alex won't let them play any bangers from the first two albums. And they play There'd Better Be A Mirrorball 3 times, each time in a different key and tempo. Disco version for the encore.
 
Marvanelli said:
Surprisingly enough, I reckon there's a good chance they'll sing more than just 1 song.
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There is something in this though, quite a lot of their earlier fans have been put off (in some cases, to put it mildly) by the newer material. Fair to say TBHAC left a decent chunk of their audience behind.

Obviously the set will span all eras/albums (as recent setlists confirm) but I do think there would be something in them touring the newer material in smaller, more appropriate venues (whilst making clear only these albums will be played). It's quite intricate in places and I'm not sure it will translate to stadia/outdoor gigs.

Just my preference of course, I absolutely loved their first album at the time (when I was much younger - ha!) but would rarely listen to it these days, preferring their newer vibe.

Right, pass me Histoire de Melody Nelson ;)
 
changingman said:
There is something in this though, quite a lot of their earlier fans have been put off (in some cases, to put it mildly) by the newer material. Fair to say TBHAC left a decent chunk of their audience behind.

Obviously the set will span all eras/albums (as recent setlists confirm) but I do think there would be something in them touring the newer material in smaller, more appropriate venues (whilst making clear only these albums will be played). It's quite intricate in places and I'm not sure it will translate to stadia/outdoor gigs.

Just my preference of course, I absolutely loved their first album at the time (when I was much younger - ha!) but would rarely listen to it these days, preferring their newer vibe.

Right, pass me Histoire de Melody Nelson ;)
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All joking aside I didn't really get on with the more recent stuff but loved the first few albums. I was hoping the new stuff might be a bit more like the older stuff but it sounds like it isn't. Fair play to them - bands evolve. Sadly my music taste hasn't and I'm firmly stuck in the 90's!!

I'm sure it will be a fantastic gig but I'll wait until Shedcember until my next outing.
 
changingman said:
There is something in this though, quite a lot of their earlier fans have been put off (in some cases, to put it mildly) by the newer material. Fair to say TBHAC left a decent chunk of their audience behind.

Obviously the set will span all eras/albums (as recent setlists confirm) but I do think there would be something in them touring the newer material in smaller, more appropriate venues (whilst making clear only these albums will be played). It's quite intricate in places and I'm not sure it will translate to stadia/outdoor gigs.

Just my preference of course, I absolutely loved their first album at the time (when I was much younger - ha!) but would rarely listen to it these days, preferring their newer vibe.

Right, pass me Histoire de Melody Nelson ;)
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I saw them during the TBHAC tour and I thought the set, apart from when they played the new songs obviously, was very much the same as when I saw them touring for AM and Leeds Festival 2014.

Love each of their albums for different reasons, can't wait to hear more of The Car, I think they Radio 1 are debuting the new single at 6pm today?
 
MolteniArcore said:
All joking aside I didn't really get on with the more recent stuff but loved the first few albums. I was hoping the new stuff might be a bit more like the older stuff but it sounds like it isn't. Fair play to them - bands evolve. Sadly my music taste hasn't and I'm firmly stuck in the 90's!!

I'm sure it will be a fantastic gig but I'll wait until Shedcember until my next outing.
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Yeah I think Alex Turner even made that point recently, "more guitars" or something?

That said, the mirrorball tune could be a red herring? Let's see what the next single sounds like.

I must admit Humbug is still probably my overall favourite of theirs, I think working with Josh Homme really reaped rewards, wish I'd seen them around that time.

I think commercially, AM is probably their sweet spot - felt muscular enough to appeal to their previous fanbase but serious crossover potential from the almost R n B vibe on some tracks.
 
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