Arctic Monkeys Close North American Jaunt With Red-Hot Set at the Kia Forum: Concert Review
variety.comThania Garcia A gloomy Los Angeles weekend ushered in the first day of October on the same evening the Arctic Monkeys put a cap on three sold-out nights at the Kia Forum in Inglewood.
The band was appropriately dressed for the occasion, conjointly sporting black and white suits while frontman Alex Turner masqueraded behind a pair of oversized, brown aviators through the first half of the sold-out arena show.
The Sheffield, England quartet stuffed seven albums and 20 years’ worth of material into an enthralling hour-and-a-half set of guitar, bass and drums.
The group made a great impact on the alt-rock scape over the last decade with this mix, and while the Monkeys started their careers as plucky teens in the early 2000s, their fanbase has evolved over the years to be all-inclusive, drawing in new (and fairly young) listeners and devoted but retired fans who laud Turner’s prose and moody style.
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