"Hey hey we're the Monkees..."

Sheffield’s finest the Arctic Monkeys have announced a UK and Ireland arena tour to commence mid-November. The band recently headlined Reading and Leeds Festivals in celebration of their third album Humbug, which went straight to number one in the UK Official Album Chart last month.

The dates are as follows:

13th November - Liverpool Echo Arena (0844 8000 400)
14th November – Sheffield Arena (0114 256 5656)
16th November - Newcastle Metro Arena (0844 493 6666)
18th November – London Wembley Arena (0844 815 0815)
20th November - Birmingham NIA (0844 338 8000)
21st November - Manchester MEN Arena (0844 847 8000)
22nd November – Nottingham Trent FM Arena (0844 412 4624)
24th November – Glasgow SECC (0844 499 9990)
25th November - Belfast The Odyssey (02890 739 074)
26th November – Dublin The O2 (0818 719 300)

Tickets go onsale at 9am on Friday 11th September via the phone numbers above and www.gigsandtours.com.

Humbug is out now via Domino Records