Arctic Monkeys announce more tour dates for May ahead of huge summer festival season
Rock band are expected to release their new album this year
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Your support makes all the difference.Arctic Monkeys have announced six new European live dates for May after being revealed as headliners for a string of summer festivals.
The rock band will kick things off at Columbiahalle in Berlin before travelling to Rome, Paris, Milan, Düsseldorf and Copenhagen - warming up at smaller venues before their headline series begins.
The full dates so far are below:
22 May - Columbiahalle, Berlin
26 May - Caver, Rome
29 May - Le Zenith, Paris
4 June - Mediolanum Forum, Milan
26 June - Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf
27 June - Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Tickets for the shows go on sale Friday 9 March at 9am (UK time). For more info head to the Arctic Monkeys website.
The Sheffield quartet had previously confirmed a further 14 dates across Europe as well as one UK date at TRNSMT in Glasgow.
The band - who are poised to announce details of their sixth album - will also play Flow Festival, NOS Alive, and Sziget in Budapest.
Fans flocked to their revamped website which showcased a brand new logo, expected to feature dominantly on the artwork of their next record and future live shows.
Arctic Monkeys full festival dates are as follows:
2 June - Primavera Sound, Barcelona
8 June - Best Kept Secret, Netherlands
14-17 June - Firefly Festival, US
22-24 June - Southside Festival, Germany
22-24 June - Hurricane Festival, Germany
1 July - TRNSMT Festival, Glasgow
4 July - Open’er Festival, Poland
6 July - Rockwave Festival, Athens
8 July - Rock Werchter, Belgium
12 July - NOS Alive, Lisbon
13 July Mad Cool, Madrid
8 August - Oya, Norway
9-11 August - Way Out West Festival, Sweden
11 August - Flow Festival, Finland
14 August - Sziget Festival, Hungary
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