The UK leg of the Arctic Monkeys tour is well underway and the rockers will next play a show at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough.
The Sheffield band kicked off the year with a series of gigs across Australia - including in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Alex Turner and Co are were touring the European continent ahead of their huge summer stadium tour in the UK and Ireland.
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The tour will see the band travel to Manchester, London, Dublin, Glasgow as well as two back-to-back hometown shows at Hillsborough Park. Alex Turner and Co are hitting the road in support of their seventh album The Car, which was released last year. It is the first release since 2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
The band have been confirmed to be among the headliners for Glastonbury Festival this summer, following headline slots at the likes of Reading and Leeds Festival and Electric Picnic in the summer of 2022. But what can you expect from Arctic Monkeys tour this year:
What is Arctic Monkeys UK setlist?
According to Setlist.fm, this is the setlist that the Arctic Monkeys played during their Bristol gig on Monday 29 May, also their show at Coventry on Wednesday 31 May and shows in Manchester on Friday 2 June and Saturday 3 June:
Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester - 3 June
- Mardy Bum (extended intro)
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Teddy Picker
- The View From the Afternoon
- Cornerstone
- Four Out of Five
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Arabella
- Pretty Visitors
- Fluorescent Adolescent
- Do I Wanna Know?
- Star Treatment
- There’d Better Be A Mirrorball
- 505
- I Wanna Be Yours
- Body Paint
Encore
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- R U Mine?
Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester - 2 June
- Fluorescent Adolescent
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Crying Lightning
- Teddy Picker
- The View From the Afternoon
- Four Out of Five
- Cornerstone
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Arabella(with “Pretty Visitors” transition)
- My Propeller
- Suck It and See
- Do I Wanna Know?
- Mardy Bum
- There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- 505
- Body Paint
Encore
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- R U Mine?
Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry - 31 May
- Brianstorm
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Teddy Picker
- The View From the Afternoon
- Four Out of Five
- Big Ideas
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Arabella(War Pigs and Pretty Visitors outro)
- My Propeller
- Fluorescent Adolescent
- Cornerstone
- Do I Wanna Know?
- Mardy Bum
- There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- 50
- Body Paint
Encore
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- R U Mine?
Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol - 29 May
- Mardy Bum
- Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Teddy Picker
- The View From the Afternoon
- Four Out of Five
- Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
- Arabella
- My Propeller
- Fluorescent Adolescent
- Suck It and See
- Do I Wanna Know?
- There's Better Be a Mirrorball
- I Wanna Be Yours
- 505
- Body Paint
Encore:
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- R U Mine?
The next concert is in Manchester on Friday, 2 June, and Saturday, 3 June. Our sister website ManchesterWorld has revealed the setlist from the last time Arctic Monkeys were in Manchester.
What songs have Arctic Monkeys played in 2023?
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To kick off the year, the band played a series of shows across Australia, which was then followed by performances in Asia before moving into Europe.
These are the songs the band have played in a selection of shows from so far in 2023, per Setlist.fm:
Paris, France - 10 May
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- The View From the Afternoon
- Four Out of Five
- Cornerstone
- Big Ideas
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Arabella
- Suck It and See
- Fluorescent Adolescent
- Pretty Visitors
- Do I Wanna Know?
- There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- 505
- Body Paint
Encore
- I Wanna Be Yours(John Cooper Clarke cover)
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- R U Mine?
Stockholm, Sweden - 29 April
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Teddy Picker
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Four Out of Five
- Arabella
- Pretty Visitors
- Star Treatment
- There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- Suck It and See(First verse with piano only)
- Fluorescent Adolescent
- Do I Wanna Know?
- 505
- I Wanna Be Yours(John Cooper Clarke cover)
- Body Paint
Encore
- Big Ideas
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- R U Mine?
Indonesia - 18 March
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Four Out of Five
- Arabella
- From the Ritz to the Rubble
- Cornerstone
- I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am
- Do I Wanna Know?
- Teddy Picker
- Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
- Knee Socks
- Pretty Visitors
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- Body Paint
Encore
- There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- 505
- R U Mine?
Sydney - 14 January
- The View From the Afternoon
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Four Out of Five(New arrangement)
- Arabella
- Pretty Visitors
- Cornerstone
- Do I Wanna Know?
- There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
- Teddy Picker
- From the Ritz to the Rubble
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- Body Paint
Encore
- Big Ideas
- 505 (New arrangement)
- R U Mine?
Brisbane - 11 January
- The View From the Afternoon
- Brianstorm
- Snap Out of It
- Crying Lightning
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Sculptures of Anything Goes
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
- Four Out of Five(New arrangement)
- Arabella
- Pretty Visitors
- Cornerstone
- Do I Wanna Know?
- There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
- Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
- Teddy Picker
- From the Ritz to the Rubble
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- Body Paint
Encore
- Big Ideas(Tour debut)
- 505(New arrangement, C minor)
- R U Mine?
Reacting to the Brisbane setlist on Reddit, one fan wrote: “Big Ideas! Wow, what a set!” Others pointed out their surprise at The View opening the night, a person said: “As an opener too I was surprised.”
How long is an Arctic Monkeys concert?
The band will play a set of around 90 minutes - but the show will be longer due to opening acts performing before they take to the stage.
When is the Arctic Monkeys UK tour?
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Arctic Monkeys will play shows across the British Isles - including in Ireland - in May and June in 2023. It startws in Bristol and will come to an end in Glasgow. 13 dates are currently scheduled on the tour.
The dates and venues are as follows:
- 29 May - Bristol - Ashton Gate Stadium
- 31 May - Coventry - Building Society Arena
- 2 June - Manchester - Emirates Old Trafford
- 5 June - Middlesbrough - Riverside Stadium
- 7 June - Norwich - Carrow Road Stadium
- 9 June - Sheffield - Hillsborough Park
- 10 June - Sheffield - Hillsborough Park
- 12 June - Swansea - Swansea.com Stadium
- 14 June - Southampton - Ageas Bowl
- 16 June - London - Emirates Stadium
- 17 June - London - Emirates Stadium
- 20 June - Dublin - Marlay Park
- 25 June - Glasgow - Bellahouston Park
When do tickets go on sale and is there a pre-sale?
Arctic Monkeys tickets for the 2023 UK and Ireland tour went on general sale on 30 September last year, following a pre-sale.
To be eligible for the pre-sale, fans needed to pre-order the band’s seventh album The Car from their official website before 3pm BST on 28 September to get access. Unique pre-sale codes were then emailed out.
General sale tickets for the stadium shows have been on general sale from 9am BST on 30 September. Tickets will be available from all the usual providers, including Ticketmaster.
Who are the support acts for the 2023 tour?
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Arcitc Monkeys will be joined by two other bands on the UK and Ireland tour. The Hives and The Mysterines will join them on all 13 dates announced so far.
The Hives are best known for their 2000 album Veni Vidi Vicous, which included tracks such as Hate To Say I Told You So. Other well-known tracks by the band include Tick Tick Boom, Walk Idiot Walk and Come On!
The Mysterines are a four-piece band from Liverpool, that sounds familiar doesn’t it, and are described as being an “alternative rock band”. They released the album Reeling in March 2022 and the most popular songs on Spotify include Life’s a Bitch (But I Like It So Much) and In My Head.
What shows have Arctic Monkeys played in 2023?
Alex Turner and Co have played a run of shows already this year, these are the dates already in the diary:
- 2 January - Falls Music Festival, Byron Bay, NSW
- 4 January - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
- 5 January - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
- 6 January - Heaps Good Festival, Adelaide, Australia
- 7 - 8 January - Falls Festival, Downtown Fremantle, WA
- 11 January - Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD
- 14 January - The Domain, Sydney, NSW
- 28 February - Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
- 3 March - Clockenflap 2023, Hong Kong
- 6 March - Filinvest City Events Ground, Alabang, Philippines
- 9 March - Bitec Bangna, Bangkok, Thailand
- 13 March - Zepp Haneda, Tokyo, Japan
- 15 March - Zepp Osaka Bayside, Osaka, Japan
- 18 March - Ancol Beach City International Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 24 April - TipsArena, Linz, Austria
- 25 April - Zenith, Munich, Germany
- 27 April - Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
- 29 April - Avicii Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
- 30 April - Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
- 2 May - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany
- 3 May - Rudolf Weber-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
- 5 May - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 6 May - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 8 May - Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
- 9 May - Accor Arena, Paris, France
- 10 May - Accor Arena, Paris, France
- 29 May - Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol