Currently on tour in the US, the Arctic Monkeys will return to these shores later this autumn for their first UK and Ireland tour since 2007. Two Irish dates are in the calendar for now, 25th November at the Odyssey in Belfast and 26th November at the O2 in Dublin.

The band’s setlist for the 2009 live shows is said to include songs from their brand new album ‘Humbug’ as well as old favourites from their 2006 debut ‘Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not’ and the 2007 follow-up ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’.

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The Arctic Monkeys will be supported on their UK and Ireland dates by the Eagles of Death Metal.

Tickets for the Arctic Monkeys 2009 tour have been on sale since Friday, 11th September. If you can’t get hold of Arctic Monkeys tickets for Dublin, Belfast or your venue of choice at the usual ticket outlets, try Viagogo, the online ticket exchange.

Viagogo is a kind of second hand market for fans buying and selling concert and events tickets. Long after tickets have been snapped up from the regular outlets, the so-called ‘primary market’, you can flog surplus tickets and buy tickets on Viagogo, the ’secondary market’. Just hope some poor sod can’t go to the show and puts his Arctic Monkeys tickets up for sale.