Hot off a headline festival run through the festive season, Sheffield legends Arctic Monkeys kick off their first Australian headline show for the year under the brisk Melbourne summer night sky at the sold-out Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Celebrating their new album ‘The Car’, impeccably-dressed frontman Alex Turner oozed all the confidence you’d expect from one of the world’s biggest bands as he shimmied and swayed through a set list that touched base in each of their seven studio albums. As the encore heaved through 2022’s “There Better Be A Mirrorball” and “R U Mine”, the biggest cheers were save for a roaring rendition of fan favourite “505”.
Photos by Tim Lambert.