Arctic Monkeys — Pinkpop 2014
Recorded June 8, 2014
Megaland — Main Stage · Landgraaf · 
Netherlands
Setlist not available.
Tour albumAM2013 · AM TourThe fifth album carries the AM Tour and fills more than half of the set played that night.“To see Arctic Monkeys take the Pinkpop headliner slot for the first time, during the AM Tour.”
Context
On June 8, 2014, Arctic Monkeys closes a night at Pinkpop for the first time. After headlining Best Kept Secret the year before, the band reaches Landgraaf with AM and a bigger responsibility: carrying the main stage of one of the biggest festivals in the Netherlands.
Alex Turner leads the performance in a blue jacket, among Jamie Cook's guitars, Nick O'Malley's bass and Matt Helders's drums. The night sets the slower groove of the AM era against the attack of the earlier repertoire. The contrast gives weight to the fast moments, but it also exposes the challenge of keeping the whole field engaged.
The performance is part of the festival's audiovisual coverage, broadcast by 3voor12 and NPO Cultura, and remains a document of that change of scale. It is neither a farewell nor a reunion: it is the band testing the reach of its latest phase in front of a festival crowd, without relying only on the speed that marked its arrival.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Alex TurnerVocals and guitar
- Jamie CookGuitar
- Nick O'MalleyBass and backing vocals
- Matt HeldersDrums, percussion and backing vocals
- Tom RowleyTouring guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals
- Scott GilliesTouring guitar and keyboards
- Davey LatterTouring percussion
Trivia
This is Arctic Monkeys' first performance as a Pinkpop headliner.
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