Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour

Tour by Arctic Monkeys
Location	North America South America Europe Oceania
Associated album	Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Start date	2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
End date	7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)
Legs	9
No. of shows	86
Box office	$40.8 million (61 shows)[1]
Arctic Monkeys concert chronology

The Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour was the sixth headlining concert tour by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys in support of their sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.^[citation needed] The tour began on 2 May 2018 in San Diego, United States at The Observatory North Park and concluded on 7 April 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia at Estéreo Picnic Festival. This marks their first tour since AM Tour (2013–2014).

Development

The group announced their first North American headlining shows since 2014 and several festival dates on 12 March 2018.[2] On 5 April, the group announced the release of their sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, to be released on 11 May.[3] The group announced United Kingdom and Ireland dates on 9 April.[4] In April, they announced extra dates in United Kingdom and United States.[5][6][7][8][9] In November, the group announced Latin America dates.

On June 20, 2019, the band released a video documenting one of the final shows of the tour at the Foro Sol Stadium in Mexico City.[10]

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"
• "Dancing Shoes"
• "Mardy Bum"[a]
• "From the Ritz to the Rubble"
• "A Certain Romance"[b]

Favourite Worst Nightmare

• "Brianstorm"
• "Teddy Picker"
• "Fluorescent Adolescent"[c]
• "Do Me a Favour"
• "505"

Humbug

• "Crying Lightning"
• "Cornerstone"
• "Pretty Visitors"

Suck It and See

• "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"
• "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
• "Library Pictures"

AM

• "Do I Wanna Know?"
• "R U Mine?"
• "One for the Road"
• "Arabella"
• "No.1 Party Anthem"
• "Mad Sounds"
• "Fireside"
• "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"
• "Snap Out of It"
• "Knee Socks"

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

• "Star Treatment"
• "One Point Perspective"
• "American Sports"
• "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"
• "Four Out of Five"
• "Science Fiction"
• "She Looks Like Fun"
• "Batphone"
• "The Ultracheese"

B-sides

• "You're So Dark"

Covers

• "Lipstick Vogue" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• "Is This It" by The Strokes
• "The Union Forever" by The White Stripes

Set list

The band performing in 2018

Average set-list for the tour according to setlist.fm[11]

1. "Four Out of Five"
2. "Brianstorm"
3. "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
4. "Crying Lightning"
5. "Teddy Picker"
6. "Snap Out Of It"
7. "505"
8. "Do Me A Favour"
9. "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"
10. "One Point Perspective"
11. "Do I Wanna Know?"
12. "Cornerstone"
13. "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"
14. "Knee Socks"
15. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
16. "Arabella"
17. "One for the Road"
18. "Pretty Visitors"

Encore

19. "The View from the Afternoon"
20. "Star Treatment"
21. "R U Mine?"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1 – USA (May)[12]
2 May 2018	San Diego	United States	The Observatory North Park	Cameron Avery	—	—
3 May 2018					—	—
5 May 2018	Los Angeles		Hollywood Forever Cemetery		—	—
9 May 2018	Brooklyn		Brooklyn Steel		—	—
Leg 2 – Europe (May - June)[12]
22 May 2018	Berlin	Germany	Columbiahalle	Cameron Avery	—	—
23 May 2018					—	—
26 May 2018	Rome	Italy	Cavea Auditorium		—	—
27 May 2018					—	—
29 May 2018	Paris	France	Zénith		—	—
30 May 2018					—	—
2 June 2018[d]	Barcelona	Spain	Parc del Fòrum	—	—	—
4 June 2018	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	Cameron Avery	—	—
7 June 2018	London	England	Royal Albert Hall		—	—
8 June 2018[e]	Hilvarenbeek	Netherlands	Safaripark Beekse Bergen	—	—	—
Leg 3 – USA (June)[12]
15 June 2018[f]	Dover	United States	The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway	—	—	—
16 June 2018	Raleigh		Red Hat Amphitheater	The Nude Party	—	—
18 June 2018	Nashville		Ascend Amphitheater		—	—
19 June 2018	Atlanta		Coca-Cola Roxy		—	—
Leg 4 – Europe (June - July)[12]
22 June 2018[g]	Neuhausen ob Eck	Germany	Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield	—	—	—
24 June 2018[h]	Scheeßel		Eichenring	—	—	—
26 June 2018	Düsseldorf		Mitsubishi Electric Halle	Cameron Avery	—	—
27 June 2018	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena		—	—
1 July 2018[i]	Glasgow	Scotland	Glasgow Green	—	—	—
4 July 2018[j]	Gdynia	Poland	Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport	—	—	—
6 July 2018[k]	Malakasa	Greece	Terra Vibe Park	—	—	—
8 July 2018[l]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festivalpark	—	—	—
10 July 2018[m]	Lyon	France	Ancient Theatre of Fourvière	—	—	—
12 July 2018[n]	Lisbon	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés	—	—	—
13 July 2018[o]	Madrid	Spain	Espacio Mad Cool Valdebebas	—	—	—
Leg 5 – North America (July - August)[12][25]
24 July 2018	New York City	United States	Forest Hills Stadium	Mini Mansions	—	—
25 July 2018	Canandaigua		Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center		—	—
27 July 2018	Boston		TD Garden		—	—
28 July 2018	Washington, D.C.		The Anthem		12,000 / 12,000	$656,030
29 July 2018
31 July 2018	Pittsburgh		Petersen Events Center		—	—
1 August 2018	Detroit		Masonic Temple Theater		—	—
2 August 2018[p]	Chicago		Grant Park	—	—	—
4 August 2018[q]	Montreal	Canada	Parc Jean-Drapeau	—	—	—
5 August 2018	Toronto		Scotiabank Arena	Mini Mansions	—	—
Leg 6 – Europe (August - September)[12][28]
8 August 2018[r]	Oslo	Norway	Tøyenparken	—	—	—
9 August 2018[s]	Gothenburg	Sweden	Slottsskogen	—	—	—
11 August 2018[t]	Helsinki	Finland	Suvilahti	—	—	—
14 August 2018[u]	Budapest	Hungary	Óbudai-sziget	—	—	—
6 September 2018	Manchester	England	Manchester Arena	The Lemon Twigs	31,627 / 31,831	$2,456,500
7 September 2018
9 September 2018	London		The O2 Arena		73,084 / 75,871	$5,645,980
10 September 2018
12 September 2018
13 September 2018
15 September 2018	Birmingham		Arena Birmingham		—	—
16 September 2018					—	—
18 September 2018	Sheffield		FlyDSA Arena		—	—
19 September 2018					—	—
21 September 2018					—	—
22 September 2018					—	—
24 September 2018	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena		—	—
25 September 2018					—	—
27 September 2018	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena		—	—
28 September 2018					—	—
Leg 7 – North America (October)[12]
7 October 2018[v]	Austin	United States	Zilker Park	—	—	—
9 October 2018	Dallas		South Side Ballroom	Mini Mansions	—	—
10 October 2018	Oklahoma City		The Criterion		—	—
12 October 2018	Houston		Revention Music Center		—	—
14 October 2018[v]	Austin		Zilker Park	—	—	—
16 October 2018	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	The Lemon Twigs Mini Mansions	—	—
17 October 2018					—	—
19 October 2018	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	Mini Mansions	—	—
20 October 2018	San Francisco		Bill Graham Civic Auditorium		—	—
21 October 2018					—	—
23 October 2018	Seattle		WaMu Theater		—	—
24 October 2018	Portland		Veterans Memorial Coliseum		—	—
25 October 2018	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum		—	—
27 October 2018[w]	New Orleans	United States	City Park	—	—	—
Leg 8 – Australia & New Zealand[12][35]
23 February 2019	Perth	Australia	RAC Arena	Mini Mansions	7,881 / 8,500	$517,264
26 February 2019	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		19,454 / 19,454	$1,309,330
27 February 2019
1 March 2019	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena		20,110 / 20,110	$1,350,187
2 March 2019
3 March 2019	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre		6,122 / 7,578	$409,266
6 March 2019	Auckland	New Zealand	Spark Arena		11,993 / 12,180	$804,852
Leg 9 – South America[12][36]
22 March 2019[x]	Monterrey	Mexico	Parque Fundidora	—	—	—
24 March 2019	Mexico City		Foro Sol	The Hives Miles Kane	64,467 / 64,467	$3,490,224
26 March 2019	Lima	Peru	Jockey Club del Perú (Parcela H)	Los Outsaiders	21,400 / 21,400	$1,423,056
28 March 2019[y]	Asunción	Paraguay	Espacio Idesa	—	—	—
30 March 2019[z]	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Hipódromo de San Isidro
31 March 2019[aa]	Santiago	Chile	Parque O'Higgins
3 April 2019	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Jeunesse Arena	O Terno	10,395 / 12,800	$697,412
5 April 2019[ab]	São Paulo		Autódromo de Interlagos	—	—	—
7 April 2019[ac]	Bogotá	Colombia	Campo de Golf Briceño 18

Personnel

Arctic Monkeys

• Alex Turner – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards
• Jamie Cook – electric guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards
• Nick O'Malley – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Helders – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Touring members

• Scott Gillies – acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, lap steel guitar
• Tom Rowley – electric guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Davey Latter – percussion
• Tyler Parkford – keyboards, backing vocals

Guests

• Miles Kane – electric guitar on "505"
• Cam Avery – acoustic guitar on "Four Out of Five", keyboards on "Four Out of Five", "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" and "She Looks Like Fun", backing vocals on "Four Out of Five" and "She Looks Like Fun"

Notes

1. Only two verses performed with Alex solo over drum loop
2. Shortened version performed with Alex solo over drum loop
3. Piano version of first verse only
4. The concert on 2 June 2018 at Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona was part of Primavera Sound.[13]
5. The concert on 8 June 2018 at Safaripark Beekse Bergen in Hilvarenbeek was part of Best Kept Secret.[14]
6. The concert on 15 June 2018 at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway in Dover was part of Firefly Music Festival.[15]
7. The concert on 22 June 2018 at Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield in Neuhausen ob Eck was part of Southside Festival.[16]
8. The concert on 24 June 2018 at Eichenring in Scheeßel was part of Hurricane Festival.[17]
9. The concert on 1 July 2018 at Glasgow Green in Glasgow was part of TRNSMT.[18]
10. The concert on 4 July 2018 at Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport in Gdynia was part of Open'er Festival.[19]
11. The concert on 6 July 2018 at Terra Vibe Park in Malakasa was part of Rockwave Festival.[20]
12. The concert on 8 July 2018 at Werchter Festivalpark in Werchter was part of Rock Werchter.[21]
13. The concert on 10 July 2018 at Ancient Theatre of Fourvière in Lyon was part of Nuits de Fourvière.[22]
14. The concert on 12 July 2018 at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Lisbon was part of NOS Alive.[23]
15. The concert on 13 July 2018 at Espacio Mad Cool in Valdebebas (a northern Madrid neighborhood) was part of Mad Cool Festival.[24]
16. The concert on 2 August 2018 at Grant Park in Chicago was part of Lollapalooza.[26]
17. The concert on 4 August 2018 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal was part of Osheaga Festival.[27]
18. The concert on 8 August 2018 at Middelalderparken in Oslo was part of Øyafestivalen.[29]
19. The concert on 9 August 2018 at Slottsskogen in Gothenburg was part of Way Out West.[30]
20. The concert on 11 August 2018 at Suvilahti in Helsinki was part of Flow Festival.[31]
21. The concert on 14 August 2018 at Óbudai-sziget in Budapest was part of Sziget Festival.[32]
22. The concerts on 7 and 14 October 2018 were part of Austin City Limits Music Festival.[33]
23. The concert on 27 October 2018 at City Park in New Orleans was part of Voodoo Experience.[34]
24. The concert on 22 March 2019 at Parque Fundidora in Monterrey was a part of Pal Norte.[37]
25. The concert on 28 March 2019 at Espacio Idesa in Asunción was part of Asunciónico.[38]
26. The concert on 30 March 2019 at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires was part of Lollapalooza Argentina.[39]
27. The concert on 31 March 2019 at Parque O'Higgins in Santiago was part of Lollapalooza Chile.[39]
28. The concert on 5 April 2019 at Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo was part of Lollapalooza Brazil.[39]
29. The concert on 7 April 2019 at Parque Deportivo 222 in Bogotá was part of Estéreo Picnic Festival.[40]

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