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Arctic Monkeys have announced that they will play two huge outdoor shows in London's Finsbury Park next May.
Earlier this month, Alex Turner had hinted that the Sheffield band were interested in playing their own outdoor gigs in 2014 following their headline slot at this year's Glastonbury Festival. Now, they have issued a statement on their official website confirming that they will play Finsbury Park on Friday May 23 and Saturday May 24, with support to come from Tame Impala, Miles Kane and Royal Blood.
Arctic Monkeys have announced details of details of an American tour in January and February 2014.
The dates include their biggest headline show in the States so far - at New York's Madison Square Garden on February 8. Starting in Miami on January 30, the tour will visit 12 cities in total, ending in Minneapolis on February 14. Deerhunter will provide support for the New York and Boston dates.
Arctic Monkeys have postponed a second date on their current arena tour.
The band already pulled a show due to take place last night [October 31] in Birmingham.
They have now announced that the show due to take place tonight at Glasgow Hydro has also been postponed.
The band have since announced that Alex Turner has been diagnosed as suffering from laryngitis.
Arctic Monkeys kicked off the first night of their UK tour last night at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena.
Supported by The Strypes, the band played to a sellout crowd, kicking off with the first single from their fifth and most recent studio album, 'AM', 'Do I Wanna Know?', before a set which mixed new tracks such as 'Why’d You Only Call Me When You're High?' with classic hits from their repertoire including 'Fluorescent Adolescent', 'Mardy Bum' and 'Dancing Shoes'.
