Arctic Monkeys fans were left 'fuming' after the band asked the BBC not to show their Reading Festival performance live. The beloved Sheffield group headlined the event’s main stage on Saturday night (August 27).
The setlist included classic hits such as R U Mine? and I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor , as well as new track I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am . Performances from Reading Festival have been streamed live on BBC iPlayer during the weekend.
But a tweet from BBC Radio 1 yesterday confirmed Arctic Monkeys' performance would not be shown. The BBC said fans would be able to watch them on BBC One from 11.35pm on Sunday instead.
The tweet said: “At the artists request, we will not be able to bring you the Arctic Monkeys set live this evening. But you will be able to watch them tomorrow on BBC One, from 23:35.”
Fans of the group voiced their disappointment on Twitter. @desparationtv wrote: "stop arctic monkeys why wont u let bbc stream ur show"
@iamgiuliana wrote: "Can’t believe the arctic monkeys aren’t allowing the bbc to stream their set what the f*** boys" @jamie_davison1 added: "Actually fuming that arctic monkeys haven’t put their set on BBC tonight"
As is tradition at Reading and Leeds festival, the band are set to perform the headline slot in Leeds this evening, 24 hours after the Reading show - and some fans welcomed the decision as a result. @gmapleth tweeted: "Fair play to the @ArcticMonkeys boys for not showing their footage from Reading on BBC until the Leeds crowd have seen it tomorrow"
The band - frontman Alex Turner, guitarist Jamie Cook, bassist Nick O’Malley and drummer Matt Helders - announced their seventh studio album, The Car , earlier this week. The record was partly recorded in a priory in rural Suffolk and comes four years after their last record, 2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino .
All six of Arctic Monkeys’ previous studio albums have gone to number one in the UK. The group’s debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not , was released in January 2006 to critical acclaim and commercial success.
This year’s Reading and Leeds festivals also feature rapper Dave and The 1975 as headliners. The 1975, fronted by singer Matty Healy, stepped in to replace Rage Against The Machine after the US punk band pulled out over a medical issue involving their frontman, Zack de la Rocha.
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