For some, being expected to deliver on the ‘biggest day in Yorkshire’s musical history’ would bring its pressure but the Arctic Monkeys are a different breed.
That was the moniker given to the closing day of Leeds Festival 2022 by event boss Melvin Benn. This description came previewing Alex Turner’s band and Bring Me The Horizon, both from Sheffield, headlining Bramham Park’s two main stages.
The Arctics had last headlined in 2014 with this latest booking coming as their third bill-topping performance for Leeds Festival - and its sister event Reading Festival. Such is the status of the band, there was always going to be excitement in the air but glowing reports from their Saturday set down south hyped things that little bit further.