Humbug Tour

Humbug

World tour by Arctic Monkeys
Associated album	Humbug
Start date	13 January 2009
End date	22 April 2010
Legs	10
No. of shows	103
Arctic Monkeys concert chronology

The Humbug Tour was a world concert tour by British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys in support of their third studio album, Humbug. 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. Following this leg, there was 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.

Setlist

The setlist 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 setlist was briefly modified to include "When The Sun Goes Down" and a snippet of "Mardy Bum" during the November 2009 European Leg. "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 setlist 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 setlist (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".

Tour dates (Incomplete)

Date	City	Country	Venue
Leg #1, Australia & New Zealand
13 January 2009	Wellington	New Zealand	Wellington Town Hall
15 January 2009	Auckland		The Powerstation
16 January 2009			Big Day Out Festival
18 January 2009	Gold Coast	Australia
22 January 2009	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
23 January 2009			Big Day Out Festival
24 January 2009	Melbourne		Palais Theatre
26 January 2009			Big Day Out Festival
30 January 2009	Adelaide
1 February 2009	Perth
Leg #2, Europe
2 July 2009	Gdynia	Poland	Open'er Festival
4 July 2009	Hradec Králové	Czech Republic	Rock For People Festival
5 July 2009	Vienna	Austria	Arena Vienna
7 July 2009	Split	Croatia	Prokurative
9 July 2009	Novi Sad	Serbia	Exit Festival
Leg #3, North America
1 August 2009	Jersey City, New Jersey	United States	All Points West Festival
2 August 2009	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Osheaga Music & Arts Festival
3 August 2009	New York City, New York	United States	Highline
5 August 2009	Boston, Massachusetts		Paradise
7 August 2009	Chicago, Illinois		Metro
8 August 2009			Lollapalooza
Leg #4, Europe
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
Leg #5, North America
14 September 2009	San Diego, California	United States	Soma San Diego
15 September 2009	Hollywood, California		Hollywood Palladium
16 September 2009	Oakland, California		Fox Theatre
18 September 2009	Portland, Oregon		Wonder Ballroom
19 September 2009	Seattle, Washington		The Showbox @ The Market
20 September 2009	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Malkin Bowl
22 September 2009	Salt Lake City, Utah	United States	In The Venue
23 September 2009	Denver, Colorado		Ogden Theater
25 September 2009	Minneapolis, Minnesota		First Avenue
26 September 2009	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		The Rave
28 September 2009	Columbus, Ohio		Newport Music Hall
29 September 2009	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Kool Haus
30 September 2009	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States	Electric Factory
2 October 2009	New Orleans, Louisiana		House of Blues
3 October 2009	Houston, Texas		House of Blues
4 October 2009	Austin, Texas		Austin City Limits Festival
5 October 2009	Dallas, Texas		The Palladium Ballroom
Leg #6, Japan
18 October 2009	Tokyo	Japan	Liquid Room
19 October 2009			Budokan
Leg #7, Europe
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		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
Leg #8, North America
6 December 2009	Chicago, Illinois	United States	Riviera Theatre
7 December 2009	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Mr. Smalls Theatre
8 December 2009	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club
10 December 2009	New York City, New York		Terminal 5
11 December 2009
13 December 2009	Boston, Massachusetts		House of Blues
14 December 2009	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Métropolis
Leg #9, Europe
26 January 2010	Milan	Italy	Palasharp
27 January 2010	Grenoble	France	Summum
29 January 2010	Rennes		Liberté (venue)
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 Shepherds Bush Empire
Leg #10, North America
1 April 2010	Miami Beach, Florida	United States	Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie
2 April 2010	Tampa, Florida		The Ritz
3 April 2010	Hollywood, Florida		Hard Rock Live
5 April 2010	Athens, Georgia		40 Watt Club
6 April 2010	Raleigh, North Carolina		Disco Rodeo
7 April 2010	Baltimore, Maryland		Rams Head Live
9 April 2010	Covington, Kentucky		Madison Theatre
11 April 2010	St. Louis, Missouri		The Pageant
12 April 2010	Lawrence, Kansas		Liberty Hall
13 April 2010	Tulsa, Oklahoma		Cain's Ballroom
15 April 2010	Tempe, Arizona		The Marquee
16 April 2010	Las Vegas, Nevada		House of Blues
18 April 2010	Pioneertown, California		Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
21 April 2010	Mexico City	Mexico	Estadio Azteca's Esplande
22 April 2010	Guadalajara		Foro Alterno

Personnel

Arctic Monkeys

• Alex Turner - lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitar, keyboards, baritone guitar
• Jamie Cook - lead & rhythm guitar, baritone guitar
• Nick O'Malley - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Helders - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Touring musicians

• John Ashton - keyboards, additional guitar, backing vocals