September 28, 2005 11:37

Arctic Monkeys move to bigger venue

London date is now at the Astoria

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Arctic Monkeys have upgraded the venue of their London show on their UK tour due to demand.

The band were due to play at the London Mean Fiddler on October 6, but the show will now take place at the bigger Astoria next door.

A statement reads: “It seems that there are an awful lot of very disappointed fans who were unable to get tickets for the London show on the forthcoming tour. So we have decided to move the show to the Astoria. The venue is about a one minute walk down the Charing Cross road from the Mean Fiddler. Tickets for the Arctic Monkeys Mean Fiddler show will be valid for the Astoria. Additional tickets for the Astoria show will be made available exclusively through the Arctic Monkeys web site."

The full tour, which has also sold-out, visits:

Norwich Waterfront (October 2)
London Astoria (6)
Portsmouth Pyramid (7)
Cardiff Coal Exchange (9)
Sunderland Manor Quay (10)
Coventry Coliseum (11)
Bristol Bierkeller (12)
Glasgow ABC (14)
Sheffield The Plug (15)
Manchester Ritz (16)
Leeds Black Canvas (17)
Edinburgh Exchange (19)
Wolverhampton Wulfrun (20)
Sheffield The Plug (22)

Arctic Monkeys are currently working on their debut album. For full details, see this week’s NME, which is out nationwide now(September 28).