Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour
World tour by Arctic Monkeys
Associated albumFavourite Worst Nightmare
Start date10 February 2007 (2007-02-10)
End date17 December 2007 (2007-12-17)
No. of shows119
Arctic Monkeys concert chronology
  • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Tour
    (2005–06)
  • Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour
    (2007)
  • Humbug Tour
    (2009–10)

The Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys in support of their second studio album, Favourite Worst Nightmare.

The tour began from secret gig on 10 February 2007 in The Leadmill, Sheffield, England and ended on 17 December 2007 in Carling Apollo Manchester, Manchester, England. The last show of the tour was recorded for DVD At the Apollo.

During this tour, Arctic Monkeys played Glastonbury Festival in June 2007, first ever Friday at T in the Park in July 2007, two nights at Summer Sonic Tokyo Festival in Japan in August 2007, Austin City Limits Music Festival in US and Virgin Festival in Canada in September 2007 and many more shows all around the world.

Recording

Main article: At the Apollo

The group released the concert film At the Apollo on DVD in 3 November 2008. The film was directed by Richard Ayoade, and filmed on super 16mm film with cinematography by Danny Cohen. It features footage of the band performing on 17 December 2007, at their last show of the tour in Manchester's Carling Apollo.[1] The film received the NME Award for Best Music DVD in 2009.[2]

Songs performed

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Non-album single

B-sides

Covers

Unreleased

Set list

Average set list for the tour:[citation needed]

  1. This House Is a Circus
  2. Still Take You Home
  3. Dancing Shoes
  4. Brianstorm
  5. From the Ritz to the Rubble
  6. Teddy Picker
  7. Balaclava
  8. Fake Tales of San Francisco
  9. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
  10. D Is for Dangerous
  11. Old Yellow Bricks
  12. The View From the Afternoon
  13. Fluorescent Adolescent
  14. Do Me a Favour
  15. When the Sun Goes Down
  16. If You Were There, Beware
  17. Leave Before the Lights Come On
  18. A Certain Romance

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[citation needed]
Date (2007) City Country Venue Opening acts[3][4][5][6][7] Attendance Revenue
10 February Sheffield England The Leadmill — — —
13 February Leicester University of Leicester — — —
17 February Morecambe The Dome — — —
27 February Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Town Hall — — —
28 February Warrington Parr Hall — — —
6 March Berlin Germany Fritzclub im Postbahnhof SDNMT — —
8 March Copenhagen Denmark Store Vega — — —
10 March Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg The Max Alamo Race Track — —
14 March Paris France Élysée Montmartre — — —
17 March Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz Les Très Bien Ensemble
Mendetz 		— —
19 March Milan Italy Rolling Stone — — —
29 March Tokyo Japan Zepp Tokyo 747s — —
9 April Southampton England Southampton Guildhall The Little Flames
Gas Club 		— —
10 April Exeter Great Hall, University of Exeter — —
12 April London London Astoria — —
13 April — —
14 April Liverpool Carling Academy Liverpool — —
16 April Newcastle Carling Academy — —
17 April Dundee Scotland Caird Hall — —
17 April Glasgow Barrowland — —
20 April Birmingham England Carling Academy Birmingham — —
21 April Sheffield The Leadmill — —
22 April — —
27 April[n] Indio US Empire Polo Club — — —
29 April[o] West Hollywood Troubadour — 400/400 —
1 May San Francisco The Warfield Be Your Own Pet —
2 May Portland Roseland Theater — —
3 May Seattle Showbox Comedy and Supper Club — —
4 May Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom — —
7 May Minneapolis US First Avenue — —
8 May Chicago Riviera Theatre — —
9 May Pontiac Clutch Cargo's — —
11 May Toronto Canada Kool Haus — —
12 May Montreal Olympia de Montréal — —
13 May Boston US Avalon — —
15 May New York City Hammerstein Ballroom — —
16 May Washington D. C. 9:30 Club — —
17 May Philadelphia Electric Factory — —
19 May Atlanta Tabernacle — —
20 May Orlando Hard Rock Live — —
27 May 27 Utrecht Netherlands Tivoli — — —
28 May 28[p] Landgraaf Megaland — — —
29 May Luxembourg City Luxembourg den Atelier — — —
1 June[q] Nürburg Germany Nürburgring — — —
2 June[r] Nuremberg Zeppelinfeld
16 June Malahide Ireland Malahide Castle Supergrass
The Coral
Delorentos
Boss Volenti 		— —
17 June
19 June Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena The Rascals
Reverend and the Makers 		— —
20 June
22 June[s] Pilton England Worthy Farm — — —
25 June Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene — — —
26 June Stockholm Sweden Globen Annexet The Coral
Molotov Jive 		— —
28 June Hamburg Germany Stadtpark Open Air — — —
29 June[t] Werchter Belgium Werchter Festivalpark — — —
1 July[u] St. Gallen Switzerland Sittertobel
3 July Paris France Zénith Paris The Coral — —
4 July Lille Zénith de Lille — — —
6 July[v] Kinross Scotland Balado — — —
8 July[w] Roskilde Denmark Darupvej
9 July Berlin Germany Columbiahalle The Coral — —
10 July Dresden Alter Schlachthof — — —
11 July Vienna Austria Arena The Coral — —
13 July[x] Turin Italy Parco della Pellerina — — —
14 July[y] Ferrara Piazza Castello
15 July[z] Aix-les-Bains France Lac du Bourget Esplanade
18 July Lisbon Portugal Coliseu dos Recreios — — —
19 July Vigo Spain Auditorio de Castrelos Mendetz — —
21 July[aa] Benicàssim Recinto de festivales de Benicàssim — — —
22 July[ab] Nîmes France Arena of Nîmes
24 July[ac] Nyon Switzerland Plaine de l'Asse
28 July Manchester England Old Trafford Cricket Ground Supergrass
Amy Winehouse
The Coral
The Parrots 		100,000/100,000
29 July
3 August Sydney Australia Hordern Pavilion Operator Please — —
4 August Brisbane Tivoli — — —
5 August[ad] Byron Bay Belongil Fields — — —
7 August 7 Melbourne Festival Hall — — —
11 August[ae] Osaka Japan Maishima — — —
12 August[af] Chiba Chiba Marine Stadium
1 September[ag] Ibiza Spain Bar M — — —
5 September[ah] New York City US Rumsey Playfield Voxtrot — —
5 September Providence Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel — —
8 September[ai] Toronto Canada Toronto Island Park — — —
9 September[aj] Montreal Parc Jean Drapeau
11 September Columbus US Newport Music Hall Voxtrot — —
12 September Chicago Riviera Theatre — —
13 September Kansas City Uptown Theater — —
15 September Austin Zilker Park — —
16 September Dallas  Palladium Ballroom — —
17 September Houston Verizon Wireless Theater — —
18 September New Orleans House of Blues — —
21 September Tempe Marquee Theatre — —
22 September Tucson Rialto Theatre — —
23 September[ak] Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre — — —
25 September Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium Voxtrot — —
27 September San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — —
29 September Seattle Paramount Theatre — —
30 September Vancouver Canada PNE Forum — —
24 October Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Luna Park Bicicletas — —
26 October[al] Rio de Janeiro Brazil Marina da Glória — — —
28 October[am] São Paulo Arena Skol Anhembi
31 October[an] Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski
27 November Rezé France La Trocardière — — —
28 November Tournefeuille Le Phare Reverend and the Makers — —
30 November Madrid Spain La Riviera — — —
1 December Barcelona Espacio Movistar — — —
3 December Cologne Germany Palladium — — —
6 December Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall — — —
8 December London England Alexandra Palace The Rascals
The Horrors 		— —
11 December Manchester Manchester Central — —
12 December — —
14 December Aberdeen Scotland Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre — —
15 December — —
17 December Manchester England Carling Apollo Manchester The Rascals — —

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ played occasionally from March to August 2007
  2. ^ played occasionally from March to September 2007
  3. ^ played occasionally from April to December 2007
  4. ^ played on 17 December 2007
  5. ^ Credited to Richard Hawley & Death Ramps
  6. ^ added on 27 November 2007
  7. ^ played occasionally from September to December 2007
  8. ^ played on 22, 28, 29 July 2007, officially added on 8 December 2007
  9. ^ played on 22 June 2007, 8 December 2007
  10. ^ played occasionally in February and March 2007
  11. ^ played occasionally from April to June 2007
  12. ^ played occasionally from September to December 2007
  13. ^ added on 28 November 2007
  14. ^ The concert on 27 April 2007 at Empire Polo Club in Indio was part of Coachella
  15. ^ Secret show
  16. ^ The concert on 28 May 2007 at Megaland was part of Pinkpop
  17. ^ The concert on 1 June 2007 at Nürburgring was part of Rock am Ring
  18. ^ The concert on 2 June 2007 at Nürburgring was part of Rock im Park
  19. ^ The concert on 22 June 2007 at Worthy Farm was part of Glastonbury
  20. ^ The concert on 22 June 2007 at Festivalpark Werchter was part of Rock Werchter
  21. ^ The concert on 1 July 2007 at Sittertobel was part of OpenAir St. Gallen
  22. ^ The concert on 6 July 2007 at Balado was part of T in the Park
  23. ^ The concert on 8 July 2007 at Darupvej was part of Roskilde Festival
  24. ^ The concert on 13 July 2007 at Parco della Pellerina was part of Traffic Festival
  25. ^ The concert on 14 July 2007 at Piazza Castello was part of Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle
  26. ^ The concert on 15 July 2007 in Aix Les Bains is part of Musilac
  27. ^ The concert on 21 July 2007 at Recinto de festivales de Benicàssim was part of Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
  28. ^ The concert on 22 July 2007 in Nîmes is part of Festival de Nîmes
  29. ^ The concert on 24 July 2007 in Nyon is part of Paléo Festival
  30. ^ The concert on 5 August 2007 in Byron Bay is part of Splendour in the Grass
  31. ^ The concert on 11 August 2007 in Osaka is part of Summer Sonic Festival
  32. ^ The concert on 12 August 2007 in Tokyo is part of Summer Sonic Festival
  33. ^ The concert on 1 September 2007 at Bar M was part of Ibiza Rocks Festival
  34. ^ The concert on 5 September 2007 at Rumsey Playfield was part of Central Park SummerStage
  35. ^ The concert on 8 September 2007 at Toronto Island Park was part of Virgin Festival
  36. ^ The concert on 9 September 2007 at Parc Jean Drapeau was part of Osheaga Festival
  37. ^ The concert on 23 September 2007 at Coors Amphitheatre was part of San Diego Street Scene
  38. ^ The concert on 26 October 2007 at Marina da Glória was part of TIM Festival Rio
  39. ^ The concert on 28 October 2007 at Arena Skol Anhembi was part of TIM Festival Sao Paulo
  40. ^ The concert on 31 October 2007 at Pedreira Paulo Leminski was part of TIM Festival Curitiba

References

  1. ^ Arctic Monkeys to Issue Live DVD Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  2. ^ Chester, Tim (26 February 2009). "Shockwaves NME Awards 2009 – The Winners In Full". NME. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ^ "The Little Flames announce new single". NME. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Arctic Monkeys & Be Your Own Pet - 2007 Tour Dates". Brooklyn Vegan. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Arctic Monkeys' Malahide line-up confirmed". Hot Press. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Arctic Monkeys Take Voxtrot On U.S. Tour". Artists Direct. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  7. ^ "The Horrors To Support Arctic Monkeys". Gigwise. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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