arctic monkey their start Glastonbury Friday night’s title is set in the dark, an ominous beat that reverberates over the slamming fields like the elevator that marks the floors in a Kubrick movie. Alex Turner steps forward in a neatly unbuttoned white shirt and open vest jacket, hair trimmed like a classic Roy Orbison. The opening choice – “Sculptures of Anything Goes” in a cool, Portishead style – could not have signaled their transition more clearly, nor their belief in the experimental tendencies of their latest two albums. . Here’s a song they probably never wrote the last time they titled Glastonbury, back in 2013 – a bold choice that doubles as justification for their return, after just two albums. cause division.

They move quickly into the super-speedy Brianstorm and a host of crowd-pleasing shows like “Don’t Sit Down ‘Cos I’ve Moved Your Chair” – from 2009’s Humbug and “Snap Out of It”, from the well-known stratospheric AM in 2013 – that show the depth of their catalog. Turner’s strong voice, no signs of laryngitis forced them to cancel a show midweek in Dublin and threatened, until the last minute, to ruin tonight’s show.

On that night, some fans were disappointed by the lack of songs from previous Arctic Monkeys albums, including Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not And Favorite worst nightmare. This is the third time they have topped the bill at the legendary festival.

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