Arctic Monkeys Thrill Wellington Town Hall Crowd

Media Release January 15th

Arctic Monkeys Thrill Wellington Town Hall Crowd

Arctic Monkeys had a packed Wellington Town Hall rocking to the rafters on Tuesday night. The British band is in the country to begin the Big Day Out tour on Friday and kicked off with the Wellington show and a second sold-out warm-up at Auckland's Powerstation tonight.

It was the Sheffield quartet's first show for 13 months as they've taken time out for singer Alex Turner's The Last Shadow Puppets side project and to begin recording their third album. The Monkeys started recording in California with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme.

They debuted four songs from those sessions in Wellington as well as playing a host of hits from their two acclaimed albums. They encored with a cover of Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand".

It was a brilliant show and exciting taste of what this still youthful group is bringing to the Big Day Out, where they have second billing under rock legend Neil Young.

THE BIG DAY OUT 09

NEIL YOUNG, THE PRODIGY, ARCTIC MONKEYS, THE TING TINGS, TV ON THE RADIO, SERJ TANKIAN, TIKI LIVE, MY MORNING JACKET, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BLACK KIDS, HEADLESS CHICKENS, FANTOMAS, THE BLACK SEEDS, THE DATSUNS, WETA, LUPE FIASCO, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, HOLY GHOST, Z*TRIP, ZANE LOWE, ELEMENO P, DROPKICK MURPHYS, NESIAN MYSTIK, HOT CHIP, THE MINT CHICKS, PENDULUM, THE LIVING END, LADI6, SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM, LUGER BOA, COBRA KHAN, THE NAKED AND FAMOUS, SON OF DAVE, PEEWEE FERRIS, ETHICAL, BRAND NEW MATH, GEORGE & QUEEN, HORSEMEN FAMILY, P-MONEY, SUBTRACT, SIDEKICKNICK, THE DHDFD'S, CORNERSTONE ROOTS, CLAP CLAP RIOT, QUAY STREET SOCIAL CLUB, AUTOZAMM, THE TUTTS, BIONIC PIXIE, AN EMERALD CITY, KOLAB, WORLD WAR FOUR, JUST ONE FIX, HONEY CLAWS, ANTIFORM, STATE OF MIND, THE MOTS, MIKEY HAVOC, CYNICAL BROTHERS, DJ MILES CLERET, SHEBA, TURNAROUND CREW, RISENGA'S BUSH TECHNOLOGY, THE WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL UKULELE ORCHESTRA, DJ OD, DJ STEVEN GUTS, DICK "MAGIK" JOHNSON, D-FORM, MANUEL BUNDY, JIMMY CHRISTMAS, SOUNDS OF THE OVERGROUND, THE KINGSLAND VINYL APPRECIATION SOCIETY.

For full show information check out www.bigdayout.com

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

FRIDAY JANUARY 16th AUCKLAND MT SMART STADIUM

Maurice Rd Penrose. Gates open 11am

Tickets $125 +bf*. Strict limit of 4 tickets per customer. Available from Real Groovy, all Ticketmaster Outlets, phone and credit card bookings 0800 111 999 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz.

You will be asked to read and agree to our Conditions of Sale and Admission before you can purchase tickets. Conditions of Sale and Admission can be viewed at www.bigdayout.com

*booking fees may vary pending on outlet & mode of purchase

We are proud to welcome Smokefree as a partner to the Big Day Out 2009. This will be the first time in the event's history that no tobacco products will be sold at the venue and, additionally, free quit support will be available all day.

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