Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour

Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour

World tour by Arctic Monkeys
Associated album	Favourite Worst Nightmare
Start date	10 February 2007 (2007-02-10)
End date	17 December 2007 (2007-12-17)
No. of shows	119
Arctic Monkeys concert chronology

The Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys in support of their second studio album, Favourite Worst Nightmare.

The tour began from secret gig on 10 February 2007 in The Leadmill, Sheffield, England and ended on 17 December 2007 in Carling Apollo Manchester, Manchester, England. The last show of the tour was recorded for DVD At the Apollo.

During this tour, Arctic Monkeys played Glastonbury Festival in June 2007, first ever Friday at T in the Park in July 2007, two nights at Summer Sonic Tokyo Festival in Japan in August 2007, Austin City Limits Music Festival in US and Virgin Festival in Canada in September 2007 and many more shows all around the world.

Recording

Main article: At the Apollo

The group released the concert film At the Apollo on DVD in 3 November 2008. The film was directed by Richard Ayoade, and filmed on super 16mm film with cinematography by Danny Cohen. It features footage of the band performing on 17 December 2007, at their last show of the tour in Manchester's Carling Apollo.[1] The film received the NME Award for Best Music DVD in 2009.[2]

Songs performed

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

• "The View from the Afternoon"
• "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
• "Fake Tales of San Francisco"
• "Dancing Shoes"
• "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me"[a]
• "Still Take You Home"
• "Mardy Bum"[b]
• "When the Sun Goes Down"
• "From the Ritz to the Rubble"
• "A Certain Romance"

Favourite Worst Nightmare

• "Brianstorm"
• "Teddy Picker"
• "D Is for Dangerous"  
• "Balaclava"
• "Fluorescent Adolescent"
• "Do Me a Favour"
• "This House Is a Circus"
• "If You Were There, Beware"
• "Old Yellow Bricks"
• "505"[c]

Non-album single

• "Leave Before the Lights Come On"

B-sides

• "Bad Woman"[d] (with Richard Hawley)[e]
  (Pat Farrell and the Believers cover)
• "Da Frame 2R"[f]
• "Nettles"[g]
• "Plastic Tramp"[h]
• "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend"[i] (feat. Dizzee Rascal)
• "What If You Were Right the First Time?" [j]
• "If You Found This It's Probably Too Late"[k]

Covers

• "Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey

Unreleased

• "Sandtrap"[l]
• "Put Me in a Terror Pocket"[m]

Set list

Average set list for the tour:^[citation needed]

1. This House Is a Circus
2. Still Take You Home
3. Dancing Shoes
4. Brianstorm
5. From the Ritz to the Rubble
6. Teddy Picker
7. Balaclava
8. Fake Tales of San Francisco
9. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
10. D Is for Dangerous
11. Old Yellow Bricks
12. The View From the Afternoon
13. Fluorescent Adolescent
14. Do Me a Favour
15. When the Sun Goes Down
16. If You Were There, Beware
17. Leave Before the Lights Come On
18. A Certain Romance

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue^[citation needed]

Date (2007)	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts[3][4][5][6][7]	Attendance	Revenue
10 February	Sheffield	England	The Leadmill	—	—	—
13 February	Leicester		University of Leicester	—	—	—
17 February	Morecambe		The Dome	—	—	—
27 February	Middlesbrough		Middlesbrough Town Hall	—	—	—
28 February	Warrington		Parr Hall	—	—	—
6 March	Berlin	Germany	Fritzclub im Postbahnhof	SDNMT	—	—
8 March	Copenhagen	Denmark	Store Vega	—	—	—
10 March	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Melkweg The Max	Alamo Race Track	—	—
14 March	Paris	France	Élysée Montmartre	—	—	—
17 March	Barcelona	Spain	Razzmatazz	Les Très Bien Ensemble Mendetz	—	—
19 March	Milan	Italy	Rolling Stone	—	—	—
29 March	Tokyo	Japan	Zepp Tokyo	747s	—	—
9 April	Southampton	England	Southampton Guildhall	The Little Flames Gas Club	—	—
10 April	Exeter		Great Hall, University of Exeter		—	—
12 April	London		London Astoria		—	—
13 April					—	—
14 April	Liverpool		Carling Academy Liverpool		—	—
16 April	Newcastle		Carling Academy		—	—
17 April	Dundee	Scotland	Caird Hall		—	—
17 April	Glasgow		Barrowland		—	—
20 April	Birmingham	England	Carling Academy Birmingham		—	—
21 April	Sheffield		The Leadmill		—	—
22 April					—	—
27 April[n]	Indio	US	Empire Polo Club	—	—	—
29 April[o]	West Hollywood		Troubadour	—	400/400	—
1 May	San Francisco		The Warfield	Be Your Own Pet	—
2 May	Portland		Roseland Theater		—	—
3 May	Seattle		Showbox Comedy and Supper Club		—	—
4 May	Vancouver	Canada	Commodore Ballroom		—	—
7 May	Minneapolis	US	First Avenue		—	—
8 May	Chicago		Riviera Theatre		—	—
9 May	Pontiac		Clutch Cargo's		—	—
11 May	Toronto	Canada	Kool Haus		—	—
12 May	Montreal		Olympia de Montréal		—	—
13 May	Boston	US	Avalon		—	—
15 May	New York City		Hammerstein Ballroom		—	—
16 May	Washington D. C.		9:30 Club		—	—
17 May	Philadelphia		Electric Factory		—	—
19 May	Atlanta		Tabernacle		—	—
20 May	Orlando		Hard Rock Live		—	—
27 May 27	Utrecht	Netherlands	Tivoli	—	—	—
28 May 28[p]	Landgraaf		Megaland	—	—	—
29 May	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	den Atelier	—	—	—
1 June[q]	Nürburg	Germany	Nürburgring	—	—	—
2 June[r]	Nuremberg		Zeppelinfeld
16 June	Malahide	Ireland	Malahide Castle	Supergrass The Coral Delorentos Boss Volenti	—	—
17 June
19 June	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena	The Rascals Reverend and the Makers	—	—
20 June
22 June[s]	Pilton	England	Worthy Farm	—	—	—
25 June	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene	—	—	—
26 June	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen Annexet	The Coral Molotov Jive	—	—
28 June	Hamburg	Germany	Stadtpark Open Air	—	—	—
29 June[t]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festivalpark	—	—	—
1 July[u]	St. Gallen	Switzerland	Sittertobel
3 July	Paris	France	Zénith Paris	The Coral	—	—
4 July	Lille		Zénith de Lille	—	—	—
6 July[v]	Kinross	Scotland	Balado	—	—	—
8 July[w]	Roskilde	Denmark	Darupvej
9 July	Berlin	Germany	Columbiahalle	The Coral	—	—
10 July	Dresden		Alter Schlachthof	—	—	—
11 July	Vienna	Austria	Arena	The Coral	—	—
13 July[x]	Turin	Italy	Parco della Pellerina	—	—	—
14 July[y]	Ferrara		Piazza Castello
15 July[z]	Aix-les-Bains	France	Lac du Bourget Esplanade
18 July	Lisbon	Portugal	Coliseu dos Recreios	—	—	—
19 July	Vigo	Spain	Auditorio de Castrelos	Mendetz	—	—
21 July[aa]	Benicàssim		Recinto de festivales de Benicàssim	—	—	—
22 July[ab]	Nîmes	France	Arena of Nîmes
24 July[ac]	Nyon	Switzerland	Plaine de l'Asse
28 July	Manchester	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Supergrass Amy Winehouse The Coral The Parrots	100,000/100,000
29 July
3 August	Sydney	Australia	Hordern Pavilion	Operator Please	—	—
4 August	Brisbane		Tivoli	—	—	—
5 August[ad]	Byron Bay		Belongil Fields	—	—	—
7 August 7	Melbourne		Festival Hall	—	—	—
11 August[ae]	Osaka	Japan	Maishima	—	—	—
12 August[af]	Chiba		Chiba Marine Stadium
1 September[ag]	Ibiza	Spain	Bar M	—	—	—
5 September[ah]	New York City	US	Rumsey Playfield	Voxtrot	—	—
5 September	Providence		Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel		—	—
8 September[ai]	Toronto	Canada	Toronto Island Park	—	—	—
9 September[aj]	Montreal		Parc Jean Drapeau
11 September	Columbus	US	Newport Music Hall	Voxtrot	—	—
12 September	Chicago		Riviera Theatre		—	—
13 September	Kansas City		Uptown Theater		—	—
15 September	Austin		Zilker Park		—	—
16 September	Dallas		Palladium Ballroom		—	—
17 September	Houston		Verizon Wireless Theater		—	—
18 September	New Orleans		House of Blues		—	—
21 September	Tempe		Marquee Theatre		—	—
22 September	Tucson		Rialto Theatre		—	—
23 September[ak]	Chula Vista		Coors Amphitheatre	—	—	—
25 September	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium	Voxtrot	—	—
27 September	San Francisco		Bill Graham Civic Auditorium		—	—
29 September	Seattle		Paramount Theatre		—	—
30 September	Vancouver	Canada	PNE Forum		—	—
24 October	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Luna Park	Bicicletas	—	—
26 October[al]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Marina da Glória	—	—	—
28 October[am]	São Paulo		Arena Skol Anhembi
31 October[an]	Curitiba		Pedreira Paulo Leminski
27 November	Rezé	France	La Trocardière	—	—	—
28 November	Tournefeuille		Le Phare	Reverend and the Makers	—	—
30 November	Madrid	Spain	La Riviera	—	—	—
1 December	Barcelona		Espacio Movistar	—	—	—
3 December	Cologne	Germany	Palladium	—	—	—
6 December	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall	—	—	—
8 December	London	England	Alexandra Palace	The Rascals The Horrors	—	—
11 December	Manchester		Manchester Central		—	—
12 December					—	—
14 December	Aberdeen	Scotland	Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre		—	—
15 December					—	—
17 December	Manchester	England	Carling Apollo Manchester	The Rascals	—	—

Personnel

Arctic Monkeys Alex Turner – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards Jamie Cook – guitar, backing vocals Nick O'Malley – bass guitar, backing vocals Matt Helders – drums, backing vocals

Guests Miles Kane – guitar on "Plastic Tramp" and "505" Dizzee Rascal – rap vocals on "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend" James Ford – keyboards on "Diamonds Are Forever" Tom Rowley – guitar on "505" (at T in The Park concert) Richard Hawley – lead vocals, tambourine on "Bad Woman"

Notes

1. played occasionally from March to August 2007
2. played occasionally from March to September 2007
3. played occasionally from April to December 2007
4. played on 17 December 2007
5. Credited to Richard Hawley & Death Ramps
6. added on 27 November 2007
7. played occasionally from September to December 2007
8. played on 22, 28, 29 July 2007, officially added on 8 December 2007
9. played on 22 June 2007, 8 December 2007
10. played occasionally in February and March 2007
11. played occasionally from April to June 2007
12. played occasionally from September to December 2007
13. added on 28 November 2007
14. The concert on 27 April 2007 at Empire Polo Club in Indio was part of Coachella
15. Secret show
16. The concert on 28 May 2007 at Megaland was part of Pinkpop
17. The concert on 1 June 2007 at Nürburgring was part of Rock am Ring
18. The concert on 2 June 2007 at Nürburgring was part of Rock im Park
19. The concert on 22 June 2007 at Worthy Farm was part of Glastonbury
20. The concert on 22 June 2007 at Festivalpark Werchter was part of Rock Werchter
21. The concert on 1 July 2007 at Sittertobel was part of OpenAir St. Gallen
22. The concert on 6 July 2007 at Balado was part of T in the Park
23. The concert on 8 July 2007 at Darupvej was part of Roskilde Festival
24. The concert on 13 July 2007 at Parco della Pellerina was part of Traffic Festival
25. The concert on 14 July 2007 at Piazza Castello was part of Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle
26. The concert on 15 July 2007 in Aix Les Bains is part of Musilac
27. The concert on 21 July 2007 at Recinto de festivales de Benicàssim was part of Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
28. The concert on 22 July 2007 in Nîmes is part of Festival de Nîmes
29. The concert on 24 July 2007 in Nyon is part of Paléo Festival
30. The concert on 5 August 2007 in Byron Bay is part of Splendour in the Grass
31. The concert on 11 August 2007 in Osaka is part of Summer Sonic Festival
32. The concert on 12 August 2007 in Tokyo is part of Summer Sonic Festival
33. The concert on 1 September 2007 at Bar M was part of Ibiza Rocks Festival
34. The concert on 5 September 2007 at Rumsey Playfield was part of Central Park SummerStage
35. The concert on 8 September 2007 at Toronto Island Park was part of Virgin Festival
36. The concert on 9 September 2007 at Parc Jean Drapeau was part of Osheaga Festival
37. The concert on 23 September 2007 at Coors Amphitheatre was part of San Diego Street Scene
38. The concert on 26 October 2007 at Marina da Glória was part of TIM Festival Rio
39. The concert on 28 October 2007 at Arena Skol Anhembi was part of TIM Festival Sao Paulo
40. The concert on 31 October 2007 at Pedreira Paulo Leminski was part of TIM Festival Curitiba

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