Via NME: *Arctic Monkeys have surprised fans by annoucing a Japanese Beatles tribute band The Parrots will be joining them as their support when they play at Lancashire County Cricket Ground this summer.
Arctic Monkeys discovered The Parrots on a recent trip to Tokyo, enjoying the shows so much that they soon invited the band to fly over to the UK to join them at their forthcoming summer shows.
The sold out gigs are due to take place in Manchester on July 28-29 and will be joined by the likes of Supergrass, The Coral and Amy Winehouse.*
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The killers did the same on their tour. I think that band was called the silver pickups something like that. It wasnt that weird except they couldnt speak english.
It’s the Silver Beats who are opened for the Killers on the final portion of their Spring US tour. They were actually pretty good. How unexpected that the Arctic Monkeys are looking to the Killers for direction. Or, maybe, how completely predictable.
Or maybe they just liked the band and wanted them to play at their gig, and what The Killers have done in the past never entered their thinking at all?
No, I’d say it’s much more likely that has-beens Arctic Monkeys are looking to pinnacle-of-hype the Killers for artistic verve and tour edge