'That phone would have been an old Nokia and I'd probably only had it a week. 'Did I really?' he asks, giving a lopsided grin at the memory and taking a sip of black coffee. He spent half the time texting on his phone. He happily let the others band member field questions, occasionally offering answers that swung between self-deprecating shrugs and pithy Northern wit. If he was excited by this turn of events, he certainly didn't show it. The band was being hailed as the best thing to happen to English rock since the Smiths. Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chairġ2.Matt Helders (left), Alex Turner, Nick O'Malley and Jamie Cook form Arctic Monkeys. See the setlist for Arctic Monkeys' headline Glastonbury 2013 set:Ĥ. If the gig wasn't memorable enough, more stand-out moments came from Alex Turner getting the crowd to sing Happy Birthday to his mum, and his friend and The Last Shadow Puppets collaborator Miles Kane joining the band on their final track 505 - a tradition the rockers have kept up with since. Returning for an encore after 17 songs, the band ended their set with four undeniable favourites Cornerstone, Mardy Bum, When The Sun Goes Down and 505. The set included absolute belters in Teddy Picker, A Certain Romance, Fluorescent Adolescent - and of course their debut smash hit - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor alongside their electrifying 2012 AM track R U Mine? What did Arctic Monkeys play during their 2013 headline Glastonbury set?Īrctic Monkeys took to the stage and opened with their pulsating AM classic Do I Wanna Know? Despite the album not yet being released, this album opener had dropped a week before and was the perfect song choice to mark the the band entering a new era.Ĭlad in a pin-striped silver and black blazer and stood in front of a huge bright AM sign, Alex Turner declared: 'Good evening everybody, we are the Arctic Monkeys' while playing the energetic Brianstorm and Dancing Shoes - both of which saw the crowd erupt. It's undoubtedly one of the most stand-out performances from the festival in recent history, but what bevvy of bangers did Arctic Monkeys play and when?įind out what Arctic Monkeys played on their career-defining 2013 Glastonbury set. Find out what they played here.Īrctic Monkeys have famously headline Glastonbury festival twice so far, giving outstanding performances in 20.īut it was the latter, which saw them top the Somerset festival's iconic Pyramid Stage on the Friday night of the festival that saw Alex Turner and co mature from an indie phenomenon to a world-class act.īy then the Sheffield rockers had released four huge studio albums, with their game-changing AM record set to be released just a few months later on 9 September 2013. Alex Turner and co took to the Pyramid Stage at the Somerset festival seven years ago.

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