Arctic Monkeys recently kicked off their UK stadium tour in Bristol on May 29.
The gig marked the first of 15 live dates the band have lined up on this UK and Ireland tour, which will make stops in Sheffield, Manchester, London and more.
Kicking off at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium last night, 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 Bristol show marked the first time that the original album version of the track had been performed live since 2007. It was last performed live by the band in 2013.
They also performed another rare song also arrived midway through the set when the band delivered 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 performed the likes of ‘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?’.
Check out the full setlist and fan-shot footage from the Ashton Gate gig below.
Arctic Monkeys played:
1. ‘Mardy Bum’ (first time original album version has been 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?’
