Gary Mather was at the first of Arctic Monkeys‘ two shows at the Birmingham Arena for Live4ever’s latest coverage from the band’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino campaign.
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This week brings four shows in their hometown of Sheffield before two nights apiece in Dublin and Newcastle bring the tour to a close, a tour launched in support of an album whose, ‘wild diversionary nature may result in no-one ever feeling safe from the band’s next step again‘ according to our review:
“Described by Jamie Cook with typical Yorkshire understatement as ‘definitely not a guitar record’, Tranquillity Base… at no point relinquishes its inner weirdness, a glance inside a songwriter’s mind which, amongst the colloquialisms, is now weaving stories with the skill of a master beyond his years.”