Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Monkeys loose in Brisbane

Hey everyone,

This is MC Blogger!

As my first blog for the Music Cavern I thought I'd start off with mentioning the recent Arctic Monkeys concert at Riverstage, Brisbane.

For anyone who wasn't there that night the atmosphere was unlike any other concert. Everywhere you'd turn find another spectator with a completely different style from the last; scarily looking people dressed in black hid in the shadows of the trees, stud-covered kids ran throughout the increasing crowd whilst woman in rainbow colours from their hair to their toe rings danced by swaying their bodies and flailing their arms in the air.

Despite this I've never been to a concert where everyone got along so well, rather than attacking each other in the mosh pit.

Alex greeted everyone with his relaxed British mutter before taking us through songs from their newest album "Suck It And See", then visiting every other album, as far back as their first "Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not".

While the changes in style from album to album were obvious, Alex's poetic lyrics stayed the same. The complex and narrative words unmistakably belonged to Turner and as usual did not disappoint. 

Halfway through the concert Alex reminded us that this was their last concert in Australia. Therefore he said they were going to give everyone the best show, a promise that was met with the crowds enthusiasm.

The Arctic Monkeys have now continued their tour in Europe and will finally end it in the US in May.

If anyone reading went that night - leave a comment on how you thought the night went.