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Arctic Monkeys Announce Reading & Leeds Festival Performance

30th March 2009

The time for an Arctic Monkeys update had to come sooner or later! So far in 2009 the band have road-tested new tracks whilst playing at the Big Day Out festival in New Zealand & Australia, returned to colder climes in the UK to rehearse new songs, and collected an NME Award for their acclaimed 'Arctic Monkeys at The Apollo' which later aired on Channel 4. Now as recording is underway in the States, the first (of many) announcements is brought to you...

Arctic Monkeys - At Reading and Leeds

Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce that they will be headlining the main stage at Reading and Leeds over the Bank Holiday Weekend of August 28th-30th 2009.

Friday 28th August - Leeds Festival, England
Saturday 29th August - Reading Festival, England

Tickets are available from ticketmaster.co.uk

New Website Coming Soon

A new Arctic Monkeys website will be online soon with various new features. These will include a new Members Area where fans can upload and share pictures, videos and experiences of the bands albums and live performances. A new Online Shop is also currently in development and will feature new merchandise.

New Arctic Monkeys Video Blog

The latest video installment of The View From... Video blogs is now live on their official site. See what the band have been getting up to!
All of The View From... episodes from the band's recent tour of New Zealand and Australia also can be found there.

Live Announcements

Arctic Monkeys will play the following European dates:

July

Thursday 2nd Open'er Festival, Poland
Sunday 5th Vienna Arena, Austria
Thursday 9th Exit Festival, Serbia

August

Thursday 13th Oya Festival, Norway
Friday 14th Way Out West Festival, Sweden
Saturday 15th Beat Day Festival, Denmark
Friday 21st Highfield Festival, Germany
Sunday 23rd Lowlands Festival, Holland
Friday 28th Leeds Festival, England
Saturday 29th Reading Festival, England