Music / News
Arctic Monkeys to begin tour at Ashton Gate Stadium
The Arctic Monkeys have announced they will begin their UK and Ireland tour at Ashton Gate Stadium.
The band, who headlined Reading Festival in August, will perform with The Hives and The Mysterines at the stadium in south Bristol on May 29.
It will be the band from Sheffield’s first stop touring their seventh studio album The Car, which is being released on October 21.
is needed now More than ever
View this post on Instagram
Mark Kelly, managing director for the stadium, said: “We are thrilled to be able to announce the first of our concerts for next year.
“Building off the success of our 2019 Summer Series and this year’s performances by Elton John and The Killers, it is brilliant to be able to confirm such a huge international act as the Arctic Monkeys.
“For them to kick off their UK tour with us first is a huge honour and we can’t wait to do them proud.”
Tickets go on general sale on September 30 at 9am.
Main photo: Ben-Gibson
Read next:
- Review: Elton John, Ashton Gate – ‘Hit after hit, but didn’t hit the heights’
- The 40th anniversary of the Ashton Gate Eight
- Festicket collapse impacts popular Bristol nightclub
- Stories of St Anne’s women to be told in new folk project
Listen to the latest Bristol24/7 Behind the Headlines podcast:
Our top newsletters emailed directly to you
