It was bloody AMAZING :o :wub: Right up there with the best gigs I've ever been to :cheer: I got to the venue at about 5pm (you had to get there between 3pm and 6pm to get your wristband and tickets so you could avoid the touts (sp?) but there were a few there but of course you couldn't get in without both and if a wristband had been tampered with they wouldn't let you in so that worked well ^_^ however the organisation of that didn't worked well as there were still people collecting their wristbands WELL after 6 :lol: The doors were supposed to be at 7 but yet no one could figure out where the queue to get in actually was :rofl: in the end they asked us to stand in a big clump next the venue because of so much confusion and after a few minutes they started gradually letting people in while people were STILL getting their wristbands and tickets -_-

 

When we did finally get inside we rushed to try and get as far to the front as possible and we ended up standing in the second row on the left just where Nick would be standing in front of us onstage :D Chris saved my place for me while I went to the toilet and had a look at what t-shirts were on offer! I had a look and they had the black one with the white logo, the blue one with the white logo, a black one with 'Who The **** Are Arctic Monkeys' written in blue (like on the blackboard on the EP) on it and a red one with 'I love Arctic Monkeys' in yellow. I eventually decided on the Who The **** Are Arctic Monkeys one.

 

I then went back to my place and stood with Chris waiting for The Klaxons (the support) and they were actually quite good! I heard a lot about them in the NME who have hyped them as 'the leader of the rave' and that's basically what they are (well rave with guitars) and I must have a look on Limewire for some of their songs to hear what the recorded versions sound like.. once they've finished we all had to wait patiently for the big one but however some w*nker decided to try and start a fight in which we found that there are Arctic Monkeys lyrics for EVERYTHING as lyrics quoted included 'I don't wanna hear you kick me out, kick me out" when security spotted it and when they got in the crowd I said myself "last night these two bouncers one of them's alright the other ones are scary" and finally "they wanted to be men and do some fighting in the street" :lol:

 

A few minutes later they came on and they OPENED with I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor :o and I'm shocked because a band doesn't normally open with their best song! They played every track from the album but only one track from the EP in Cigarette Smoker Fiona (yes no Who The **** Are Arctic Monkeys :( ) Leave Before The Lights Come On was much more well recieved than I heard about with gigs a few months back considering now people actually KNOW the song now and everything :lol: the big suprise of the night was that they played one of my favourite songs by them in 'Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts' :wub: just my luck though that I kept coughing all the way through that song and couldn't sing it properly :rofl: that was however the only b-side that was played.. later that night Alex brought on a friend to play guitar with them called Scott and even though we didn't know him we all chanted 'Scotty!' 'Scotty!' 'Scotty!' at him :lol: anyway he played guitar on Fake Tales Of San Francisco meanwhile Alex had a little jump around the stage with his new found freedom while singing the song, at the end he even got hit by a glow stick from the crowd :rofl: (they were handed out by The Klaxons considering all the 'rave' thing. The highlight of the night were the three songs after that though as Mardy Bum immediatly followed that and it was the one that EVERYONE sang along to and we everyone even stood still and sang which probably helped a little considering we've all been jumping around all night as usual and so squashed trying to stop girls in polka dot dresses trying to elbow their through even though there is NO space to get into :wacko: after that it was 'When The Sun Goes Down' which could be any better, I had no room but I tried to jump around anyway as I couldn't resist despite that and being covered with beer and water thrown from the crowd, finally they always save the best until last as they kicked into A Certain Romance :dance: there was no oncore (sp?) and the setlists and even the towels that they all used to get the sweat off them were thrown into the crowd :lol: I found my cousin who also and we spoke to her for a bit while laughing at the six people fighting for Alex's towel :rofl: it was a night to remember and probably one of the best gigs I've been to :D I've never been so sweaty. :lol: I even managed to jump on the next train back home as soon as we got out so I somehow got back before midnight :o Anyway here's the full setlist which I got from NME.com I DIDN'T memorise it :

 

'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

'Still Take You Home'

'You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me'

'Leave Before The Lights Come On'

'Cigarette Smoker Fiona'

'Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...'

'Dancing Shoes'

'Riot Van'

'The View From The Afternoon'

'Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured'

'Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts'

'From The Ritz To The Rubble'

'Fake Tales Of San Francisco'

'Mardy Bum'

'When The Sun Goes Down'

'A Certain Romance'

 

I'll put this all in a separate thread too ;)

Sounded like you had an ace time. ^_^ The set list was top draw as well. ^_^ I'm surprised they played Mardy Bum as I thought they'd scarapped that from recent gigs. <_<

 

The Klatons were supporting. :o There pretty good, well from the one song i've heard. :lol:

Bloody hell! Sounds like a brilliant time! That is unusual for a band to open with their biggest song, but the Arctics are now big enough to have loads of good solid songs to finish with and the final 3 seem like good songs to round it off with ^_^ Gald you had such a good time :P

Sound like a wicked gig but expected from Arctic Monkeys!

 

Great to hear that you had a great time mate! :D

They seem to be playing exactly the same set on the Reading highlights right now :lol:

An amazing gig-opener with "Dancefloor"... it seems you've had a great time!

An amazing gig-opener with "Dancefloor"... it seems you've had a great time!

Well I did :wub: