It is one of their most loved classic songs, but Arctic Monkeys haven't played it live for ten years. But when the opening chords of Mardy Bum, one of the stand-out tunes from their debut album back from 2005, began filling Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, the already-fevered crowd went abso-blimmin-lutely ballistic.
And from there on in, Alex Turner and his bandmates had almost 30,000 people in the palms of their hands, introducing newer tracks, dropping in old school bangers and lifting the lid on the stadium that only normally sees 'limbs' like that with a last minute winner for Bristol City.
This was the first stop in the UK and Ireland leg of Arctic Monkeys' European tour. They've done the miles on the autobahns of the continent earlier this month, but now this Sheffield band, who exploded onto the scene 18 years ago, are on home turf, with a stadium show that is the only concert at Ashton Gate this summer.
