Arctic Monkeys - Concert review

Last night I took in the Arctic Monkeys at the Manchester Evening News Arena, With support from The Vaccines who are making waves with there music on the radio with songs like ' If you wanna' & 'Norgaard' gaining air play on Radio 1. They played a good set warming the crowd up and came across as a band that play really well live and could be destined for better things.


After a 30 minute interval, The Arctic Monkeys came on to ' You Sexy Thing' by Hot Chocolate, One thing I noted was that Alex Turner sported a Elvis like quiff and quickly got stuck into there set - Starting off with 'Dont Sit Down Cause I Moved Your Chair', ' Teddy Picker' & ' Crying Lighting' which came at you in a sound wave of rocking guitar riffs & fast paced yet interact drum beats.


The Monkeys took to the gig with ease as they blasted there way through the set list and got big cheers when they played tracks from there debut album - 'View From The Afternoon' & ' When The Sun Goes Down'.


It also must be noted that during the gig, Alex Turner took time to try and see which side of the 15,000 M.E.N crowd was loudest with boos & cheers and football inspired chants where sung.




The Sheffield indie group took up normal service and blasted out the tracks ' I Bet You Look Good 
on The Dance Floor' & ' Do Me A Favor'


They then set up for a 3 song encore. 




The set list for the night:  with a 18 song set list and 3 Encore songs...The crowd got value for money!

1. Intro
   ("You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate)
1. Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair 
2. Teddy Picker 
3. Crying Lightning 
4. The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala 
5. Black Treacle 
6. Brianstorm 
7. The View From The Afternoon 
8. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 
9. Evil Twin 
10. Brick by Brick 
11. Pretty Visitors 
12. This House Is A Circus 
13. Still Take You Home 
14. Dance Little Liar 
15. She's Thunderstorms 
16. Fluorescent Adolescent 
17. Do Me A Favour 
18. When The Sun Goes Down 
19. Encore:
19. Suck It and See 
20. Mardy Bum 
    (Alternative live version)
21. 505