Sophie took me to see the Arctic Monkeys as a birthday treat. We drove over to the MEN Manchester on 2nd November 2011. Parked and walked into Town for something to eat - tried Nandos. Back at the MEN we listened to part of The Vaccines set. Not overly impressed.
The band made their entrance to the sound of "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate.
They started with
- "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
And the backdrop of curtains fell away revealing an array of stage lights
at differing heights hanging down from the stage top - simple but brilliant ... The different colours created a great effect all night.
We benefitted too, from four screens showing the guys via a T.V. Camera .. Excellent.
Then it was "hello Manchester" ... (we got a lot of that during the evening) and on with
- "Teddy Picker"
- "Crying Lightning"
- "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"
- "Black Treacle"
- "Brianstorm"
- "The View From The Afternoon"
- "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor" - "Evil Twin"
- "Brick by Brick"
- "Pretty Visitors"
- "This House Is A Circus"
- "Still Take You Home"
- "Dance Little Liar"
- "She's Thunderstorms"
- "Fluorescent Adolescent"
- "Do Me A Favour"
- "When The Sun Goes Down"
Encore:
- "Suck It and See"
- "Mardy Bum" (Alternative live version)
- "505"
