End Of The Road........For Now!!

So there you have it!! After 96 shows and about 100,000 miles under our belt its time to bid adieu to Arctic Monkeys for this year as touring for this album came to an end with a burst last weekend with the Reading and Leeds festivals where the band played to theyre biggest audiences yet as they played second on the Main stage to Muse in front of an estimated 65,000 people.
But first there was a couple of unannounced secret shows.
Firstly in Barnsley at the Citrus Rooms for 500 people then onto the Forum in London for 1500 people

Also tonight was the night that the band surprised all the crew by presenting us with Platinum Discs commemorating the sales of the album as a thank you.

So, onto the last 2 festivals of the year, here is some footage from Reading Festival.


And then onto the last show this year where we were able to meet up with Andy for the first time since he parted company with the band back in May. It was good to see him.
So thats it all over, here is a list of where we've been this year.

January
23 Dublin Ambassador Theatre
24 Dublin Ambassador Theatre
25 Belfast Ulster Hall
27 Glasgow Academy
28 Edinburgh Corn Exchange
29 Newcastle Academy
31 Nottingham Rock City


Feburary
1 Leeds University 

2 Liverpool University 

4 Manchester Academy
5 Manchester Academy
7 Sheffield Octagon
8 Birmingham Academy
9 Norwich UEA 

11 Cardiff Great Hall
12 Cambridge Corn Exchange
13 Bristol Academy
15 Portsmouth Guildhall
16 Brighton Dome
17 London Carling Brixton Academy

April
13 Nottingham, Rock City
14 Glasgow, Academy
15 Newcastle, Academy
17 Bournemouth, BIC
18 Plymouth, Pavillions
19 Wolverhampton, Civic
21 Newport, Centre
22 Sheffield, Magna Centre
23 Blackpool, Empress Ballroom
26 Cambridge, Corn Exchange
27 London, Brixton Academy
29 Bourges, France
30 Lyon, Transbordeur

MAY
2 Paris, Batacian
3 Nantes, Olympic
4 Mannheim, Delta Connection
6 Cologne, E-Werk
7 Amsterdam, Paradiso
8 Munster, Jovel
9 Dresden, Alter Schiachthof
11 Munich, Gr. Elserhalle
12 Modena, Vox
13 Milan, Rolling Stone
14 Marseille, Le Theatre du Moulin
16 Barcelona, Razzamatzz
17 Madrid, Sala Heineken
18 Lisbon, Garage
27 Vancouver, Commodore
28 Sasquatch Festival, Washington
29 Portland, Roseland
31 San Francisco, Warfield

JUNE
2 San Diego, Soma - CA
3 Los Angeles, Wiltern - CA
4 Tempe, Marquee - AZ
6 Dallas, Granada - TX
7 Austin, Stubbs - TX
8 Houston, Warehouse – TX
10 Atlanta, Roxy - GA
11 Norfolk, Norva - VA
12 Baltimore, Sonar - MD
14 New York, Roseland – NY
15 Boston, Avalon - MA
16 Montreal, Le Medley
17 Toronto, Kool Haus
23 Hurricane Festival, Germany
24 Columbia, Berlin
25 Southside Festival, Germany
30 Belfort, France

JULY
1 Werchter Festival, Belgium
2 Roskilde Festival, Denmark
4 Quart Festival, Norway
5 Accelerator Gotebourg, Sweden
6 Accelerator Stockholm, Sweden
8 Oxegen Festival, Ireland
9 T In The Park, Scotland
28 Auckland, St James Theatre, New Zealand
30 Perth, Metro City, Australia

AUGUST
1 Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre, Australia
2 Melbourne, The Palace, Australia
3 Melbourne, The Palace, Australia
5 Brisbane, The Arena, Australia
6 Brisbane, The Arena, Australia
8 Sydney, Enmore Theatre, Australia
9 Sydney, Enmore Theatre, Australia
12 Summersonic, Osaka, Japan
13 Summersonic, Tokyo, Japan
18 Frequency Festival, Salzburg, Austria
19 Pukkelpop, Belgium
20 Lowlands Festival, Holland
23 Citrus Rooms, Barnsley
24 The Forum, London
26 Carling Festival, Reading
27 Carling Festival, Leeds

So, a big thank you to Matt, Jamie, Alex, Andy, Nick, Timm, Geoff, Ian, Clarkey, Scottie, Nigel, Scoot, John, Will, Oliboy, Iestyn, Craig, Jay, Bryan, Rich, Rambo, Buzz and everyone at Siyan, SSE, Popcorn Catering, Stardes Trucking, 13 Management and anyone else who we have worked with this year. Hope to see you all again some time. All The best!!