The Humbug Tour was a world concert tour by British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys in support of their third studio album, Humbug.[1] Although Humbug was not released until 25 August 2009, the tour started with a series of shows in Australia and New Zealand in the January of that year, followed by a break for the band to put the finishing touches on the record. The tour then resumed in Poland on 2 July 2009. The band proceeded to tour through 2009 and into 2010, ending with 15 dates in April across the United States and Mexico.[2]

Humbug Tour
World tour by Arctic Monkeys
Associated albumHumbug
Start date13 January 2009 (2009-01-13)
End date22 April 2010 (2010-04-22)
No. of shows105
Arctic Monkeys concert chronology

Set list

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The band performing at Big Day Out

The set list evolved over the duration of the tour, but primarily focused on songs from Humbug. Songs from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not were primarily left out of the set, with "The View from the Afternoon", "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", and "Still Take You Home" being the only songs to regularly feature from the band's record breaking debut album. The set list was briefly modified to include "When The Sun Goes Down" and a snippet of "Mardy Bum" during the November 2009 European dates. "When the Sun Goes Down" also returned for select shows in 2010, but "Mardy Bum" did not.

Generally, the band opened each gig with a song from Humbug (either "Pretty Visitors" or "Dance Little Liar"), followed by "Brianstorm", "This House is a Circus" and "Still Take You Home". The mid-part of the set list was commonly rotated but generally featured two songs from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, three songs from Favourite Worst Nightmare, seven from Humbug and a cover of Nick Cave's 1994 hit; "Red Right Hand". In addition, a B-side from the Humbug sessions would often make the set list (often "Sketchead" or "Catapult"), although Favourite Worst Nightmare B-side "Nettles" was included during the last US leg in Spring 2010. Following the last song of the main set (usually "Do Me a Favour" in North America and "Secret Door" in Europe), the band returned for a two-song encore.

The encore typically consisted of a new version of "Fluorescent Adolescent", which had been transposed to include a snippet of a different song (most commonly "Only You Know" by Dion or "Strange" by Patsy Kline), as well as standard closing number "505". Both songs in the encore were generally from the band's 2007 album Favourite Worst Nightmare as a few variations included either "If You Were There, Beware", or the aforementioned B-side "Nettles".

Songs performed

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Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue[citation needed]
Date City Country Venue
13 January 2009 Wellington New Zealand Wellington Town Hall
15 January 2009 Auckland The Powerstation
16 January 2009[a] Mount Smart Stadium
18 January 2009[a] Gold Coast Australia Gold Coast Parklands
20 January 2009 Melbourne Palais Theatre
22 January 2009 Sydney Hordern Pavilion
23 January 2009[a] Sydney Olympic Park
24 January 2009 Melbourne Palais Theatre
26 January 2009[a] Flemington Racecourse
30 January 2009[a] Adelaide Adelaide Showground
1 February 2009[a] Perth Claremont Showground
2 July 2009[b] Gdynia Poland Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport
4 July 2009[c] Hradec Králové Czech Republic Hradec Králové Airport
5 July 2009 Vienna Austria Arena
7 July 2009 Split Croatia Prokurative
9 July 2009[d] Novi Sad Serbia Petrovaradin Fortress
1 August 2009[e] Jersey City United States Liberty State Park
2 August 2009[f] Montreal Canada Parc Jean-Drapeau
3 August 2009 New York City United States Highline Ballroom
5 August 2009 Boston Paradise Rock Club
7 August 2009 Chicago Metro Chicago
8 August 2009[g] Grant Park
13 August 2009 Oslo Norway Oya Festival
14 August 2009 Gothenburg Sweden Way Out West Festival
15 August 2009 Copenhagen Denmark Beat Day Festival
21 August 2009 Erfurt Germany Highfield Festival
22 August 2009 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
23 August 2009 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands Festival
26 August 2009 London England Brixton Academy
28 August 2009 Leeds Leeds Festival
29 August 2009 Reading Reading Festival
14 September 2009 San Diego United States Soma San Diego
15 September 2009 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
16 September 2009 Oakland Fox Theatre
18 September 2009 Portland Wonder Ballroom
19 September 2009 Seattle The Showbox @ The Market
20 September 2009 Vancouver Canada Malkin Bowl
22 September 2009 Salt Lake City United States In the Venue
23 September 2009 Denver Ogden Theatre
25 September 2009 Minneapolis First Avenue
26 September 2009 Milwaukee The Rave
28 September 2009 Columbus Newport Music Hall
29 September 2009 Toronto Canada Kool Haus
30 September 2009 Philadelphia United States Electric Factory
2 October 2009 New Orleans House of Blues
3 October 2009 Houston House of Blues
4 October 2009 Austin Austin City Limits Festival
5 October 2009 Dallas The Palladium Ballroom
18 October 2009 Tokyo Japan Liquid Room
19 October 2009 Budokan
3 November 2009 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena
5 November 2009 Paris France Zenith
6 November 2009
8 November 2009 Berlin Germany Treptow Arena
10 November 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
11 November 2009
13 November 2009 Liverpool England Echo Arena
14 November 2009 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
16 November 2009 Newcastle upon Tyne Metro Radio Arena
17 November 2009 London Wembley Arena
18 November 2009
20 November 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
21 November 2009 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
22 November 2009 Nottingham Trent FM Arena
24 November 2009 Glasgow Scotland SECC
25 November 2009 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
26 November 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2
6 December 2009 Chicago United States Riviera Theatre
7 December 2009 Pittsburgh Mr. Smalls Theatre
8 December 2009 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
10 December 2009 New York City Terminal 5
11 December 2009
13 December 2009 Boston House of Blues
14 December 2009 Montreal Canada Métropolis
26 January 2010 Milan Italy Palasharp
27 January 2010 Grenoble France Summum
29 January 2010 Rennes Liberté
30 January 2010 Bordeaux Medoquine
31 January 2010 Montpellier Zenith
2 February 2010 Porto Portugal Coliseum
3 February 2010 Lisbon Campo Pequeno
5 February 2010 Madrid Spain Palacio Vistalegre
6 February 2010 Barcelona Sant Jordi Club
8 February 2010 Munich Germany Zenith
9 February 2010 Offenbach am Main Stadthalle Offenbach
10 February 2010 Düsseldorf Philipshalle
13 February 2010 Valencia Spain Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
27 March 2010 London England Royal Albert Hall
28 March 2010 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
1 April 2010 Miami Beach United States Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie
2 April 2010 Tampa The Ritz
3 April 2010 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
5 April 2010 Athens 40 Watt Club
6 April 2010 Raleigh Disco Rodeo
7 April 2010 Baltimore Rams Head Live
9 April 2010 Covington Madison Theatre
11 April 2010 St. Louis The Pageant
12 April 2010 Lawrence Liberty Hall
13 April 2010 Tulsa Cain's Ballroom
15 April 2010 Tempe The Marquee
16 April 2010 Las Vegas House of Blues
18 April 2010 Pioneertown Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
21 April 2010 Mexico City Mexico Estadio Azteca's Esplande
22 April 2010 Guadalajara Foro Alterno

Personnel

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Arctic Monkeys
  • Alex Turner – lead vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar; keyboards (January–February 2009)
  • Jamie Cook – guitar, baritone guitar
  • Nick O'Malley – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Helders – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Touring musicians
  • John Ashton – keyboards, guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, percussion, backing vocals (July 2009–April 2010)
Guests
  • Josh Homme – vocals and tambourine on "Dance Little Liar" and "Pretty Visitors" (on Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace concert)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f The concerts on 16, 18, 23, 26, 30 January and 1 February 2009 concerts were part of the Big Day Out festival series.[3]
  2. ^ The 2 July 2009 concert in Gdynia was part of Open'er Festival.
  3. ^ The 4 July 2009 concert in Hradec Králové was part of Rock for People.
  4. ^ The 9 July 2009 concert in Novi Sad was part of Exit Festival.
  5. ^ The 1 August 2009 concert in Jersey City was part of All Points West Festival.
  6. ^ The 2 August 2009 concert in Montreal was part of Osheaga Festival.
  7. ^ The 8 August 2009 concert in Chicago was part of Lollapalooza.

References

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  1. ^ Eliscu, Jenny (3 September 2009). "Arctic Monkeys' Desert Journey: The Making of 'Humbug'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ Relax News (9 December 2009). "Arctic Monkeys to tour Europe in January 2010". The Independent. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ Ash (29 September 2008). "Big Day Out 2009 – First Lineup Announcement". Pedestrian. Retrieved 7 March 2020.