Acrtic Monkeys @ The Kool Haus, September 29th

On Tuesday I went to the highly anticipated Arctic Monkeys concert, which one might have called "The Concert of the Year." The Arctic Monkeys are an alternative rock band from Sheffield, England. They were signed when they were 18, and their debut album Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not In 2006 was the fastest selling debut album in British history. Their album Favourite Worst Nightmare sold more than 225,000 copies in the week of its release. Their music is a mix of Britain's most legendary bands including, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, The Clash, etc.

The band is one of the biggest bands in The UK, as they just headlined one of the three nights of the Reading and Leeds festival, which is one of the biggest music festivals in the world. Minus their huge success in the UK they are just breaking out in North America, which is why they only played the Kool Haus. However, unlike most shows at the Kool Haus, this show sold out in 15 minutes. Lucky for me I got a tip that it would sell out this fast, so I was able to get them in time. The next time they come to Toronto, it is most likely that they will play Ricoh Coliseum, or maybe even ACC.

The Opener was an all girl indie pop band called The Like. I have to admit, although they looked good, I didn't really like them. Pun intended. Their music was a little too poppy and girly for my taste. They were also wearing really fashionable clothing, as a matter of fact a little too fashionable for a band. The music was catchy but it wasn't really original. My dad made fun of them by asking me how I liked seeing Josie and the Pussycats.

20 Minutes after "Josie and the Pussycats" finished, The Arctic Monkeys claimed the stage. They opened with Dance Little Liar. At the beginning the crowd seemed really into it but they weren't really mosh pitting and crowd surfing until halfway through. Despite that they were playing a much smaller venue than they are used to (considering they play arena's in Europe), they seemed quite into it. I'd say the majority of songs they played were from their second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare even though they just released a third album. I was fine with it because that's one of my favourite albums. It was awesome to see the drummer live because he always does such complex and different beats which as a drummer myself, I have no clue how he comes up with them. They played for about an hour and half, but everybody clearly wanted more by the time they were finished.