The core artistic approach has stayed the same, but it’s set up shop in new locations
Even on the biggest stage, the band of their generation remain meticulous masters of mood
IT goes without saying there’s a mirrorball. But underneath that, what dominates Arctic Monkeys’ stage set is a circular screen, which projects images of the band with a diffuse pinkish glow. At times it seems it might be offering a rose-tinted kind of nostalgia, as if the band are starring in their own footage, on after Little Feat in an imagined 1975. At others it seems like a much more modern kind of broadcast, where the images are grainy because we don’t quite have
