Arctic Monkeys announce 2014 Australian tour
Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys will be landing in Australia and New Zealand next May to embark on their biggest tour of our shores to date!
Arctic Monkeys first burst onto the music scene in 2006 with their award-winning debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The album became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history.
In the years since their debut, the band have received two Grammy Award nominations, five Brit Awards, headlined the iconic Glastonbury Festival twice and taken to the world stage in front of billions as part of the London Olympic
Games opening ceremony. Originally one of the ‘best new bands to watch’, Arctic Monkeys have well and truly cemented themselves now as one of the most important British bands of their time.
The band were last Down Under in 2011 for Falls and Southbound Festivals as well as a handful of Australian headline shows; in 2014 they will return for their most extensive run of tour dates including two New Zealand shows and five Australian shows in celebration of their fifth studio album AM.
Recorded in the band’s adopted home of Los Angeles, AM is twelve tracks of near perfection including Do I Wanna Know? and One For The Road, the album features stomping riffs, Turner’s most mature songwriting yet and guest appearances from Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Elvis Costello’s drummer Pete Thomas and ex-Coral man Bill Ryder Jones.
On the charts, AM was the band’s fifth consecutive UK #1 debut, making them the first artist signed to an independent label to achieve this. Closer to home, the album shot straight to the #1 spot on both the ARIA Album Chart and New Zealand’s Official Album Chart.
As well as success on the charts, AM was also heralded by critics across the globe as Arctic Monkeys’ best album to date and was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Music Prize just two days after its release.
The AM Tour has already hit the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Europe this year, impressing sold-out crowds with a set list filled with both tracks from their latest release and musical highlights from along the way.
Tickets to the Australian and New Zealand leg of the AM Tour go on sale from 10am AEDT on Wednesday 11th December. If the demand for their latest album is anything to go by, these tickets won’t last long. Be quick to see Arctic Monkeys, one of the greatest live bands to emerge in recent years.
Dates and ticket details:
Fri 2nd May - Auckland, Vector Arena - tickets from Ticketmaster NZ
Sat 3rd May - Wellington, TSB Bank Arena - tickets from Ticketmaster NZ
Tue 6th May - Sydney, Entertainment Centre - tickets from Ticketek
Wed 7th May - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre - tickets from Ticketek
Fri 9th May - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena - tickets from Ticketek
Sat 10th May - Adelaide, AEC Theatre - tickets from Ticketek
Tue 13th May - Perth, Perth Arena - tickets from Ticketek
Arctic Monkeys first burst onto the music scene in 2006 with their award-winning debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The album became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history.
In the years since their debut, the band have received two Grammy Award nominations, five Brit Awards, headlined the iconic Glastonbury Festival twice and taken to the world stage in front of billions as part of the London Olympic
Games opening ceremony. Originally one of the ‘best new bands to watch’, Arctic Monkeys have well and truly cemented themselves now as one of the most important British bands of their time.
The band were last Down Under in 2011 for Falls and Southbound Festivals as well as a handful of Australian headline shows; in 2014 they will return for their most extensive run of tour dates including two New Zealand shows and five Australian shows in celebration of their fifth studio album AM.
Recorded in the band’s adopted home of Los Angeles, AM is twelve tracks of near perfection including Do I Wanna Know? and One For The Road, the album features stomping riffs, Turner’s most mature songwriting yet and guest appearances from Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Elvis Costello’s drummer Pete Thomas and ex-Coral man Bill Ryder Jones.
On the charts, AM was the band’s fifth consecutive UK #1 debut, making them the first artist signed to an independent label to achieve this. Closer to home, the album shot straight to the #1 spot on both the ARIA Album Chart and New Zealand’s Official Album Chart.
As well as success on the charts, AM was also heralded by critics across the globe as Arctic Monkeys’ best album to date and was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Music Prize just two days after its release.
The AM Tour has already hit the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Europe this year, impressing sold-out crowds with a set list filled with both tracks from their latest release and musical highlights from along the way.
Tickets to the Australian and New Zealand leg of the AM Tour go on sale from 10am AEDT on Wednesday 11th December. If the demand for their latest album is anything to go by, these tickets won’t last long. Be quick to see Arctic Monkeys, one of the greatest live bands to emerge in recent years.
Dates and ticket details:
Fri 2nd May - Auckland, Vector Arena - tickets from Ticketmaster NZ
Sat 3rd May - Wellington, TSB Bank Arena - tickets from Ticketmaster NZ
Tue 6th May - Sydney, Entertainment Centre - tickets from Ticketek
Wed 7th May - Brisbane, Entertainment Centre - tickets from Ticketek
Fri 9th May - Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena - tickets from Ticketek
Sat 10th May - Adelaide, AEC Theatre - tickets from Ticketek
Tue 13th May - Perth, Perth Arena - tickets from Ticketek