Nature is evidently healing because the desperate struggle for Arctic Monkeys tickets is back

Fans are trying very hard to get hold to tickets to see Arctic Monkeys (Picture: Simone Joyner/Getty Images)

Arctic Monkeys fans have spent the morning desperately scrambling to get hold of tickets for the legendary rock band’s first UK tour in four years.

It feels like it’s 2006. Or 2013. Or 2018. Yes, it’s always been hard to get Arctic Monkeys tickets.

The Sheffield act have recently released two new singles ahead of their seventh album, The Car.

As is the case any time a massive act releases tickets for in-demand shows, websites crash, online queues get longer and longer, and people are left empty-handed.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the £80 price tag (including booking fees) slapped onto the tickets has left quite a lot of Arctic Monkeys feeling the financial pinch.

Fans who spent the morning queuing up to buy tickets then took to social media to let everyone know about their experiences.

Alex Turner’s Arctic Monkeys are heading out on their first UK tour in four years (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Getty)

One fan said: ‘Arctic Monkeys Dublin sold out. Queuing on TicketMaster since 7am. I was no. 20338 at 9am when the tickets released. Disappointed is an understatement! Any spares going?’

A lucky fan who secured tickets said they’d ‘survived the war’, while another adopted some Yorkshire slang to say: ‘Start your day reet!’

Some Monkeys superfans who were able to get tickets were left feeling unhappy with the price, however, called on bands and venues to help music lovers out.

One commented: ‘£80 for a standing ticket to see any band is shocking, especially in the current climate. Would love to see bands doing more to help people be able to afford to see them.’

Arctic Monkeys have six consecutive number one albums (Picture: Lex van Rossen/MAI/Redferns)

Other fans were unhappy with late changes made to the venues on the Ireland leg of the tour – the band changed from Marley Park to Malahide Castle, a smaller venue.

‘Arctic Monkeys moved the venue to Malahide Castle which has 20,000 less capacity than Marley Park. Tickets sold out with over 20000 people still in the queue.’

While Dublin tickets appear to have sold out, at time of writing there are still tickets available on Ticketmaster to several of the band’s shows on the UK tour, albeit with many gigs listed as ‘low availability’.

According to The Sun, tickets sold out in 60 seconds in 2018 but were then snapped up by touts who sold them at inflated prices.

The tour will begin in Bristol on May 29 next year, with 14 dates hosted across the UK, before finishing in Glasgow on June 25.

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The UK and Ireland tour is in support of new album The Car, which is set to be released next month, on October 21.

Two singles from the album have already been released, with fans welcoming the band’s change of direction in recent years.

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