Arctic Monkeys – The Car Tour 2023

Arctic Monkeys will perform on Sunday, July 16, 2023, starting with 6.00 pm, at the Capannelle Racecourse, in Rome, as part of the music festival Rock in Roma 2023.

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ARCTIC MONKEYS

Arctic Monkeys were formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O’Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, backing vocals).

Their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, released in 2006, became the fastest-selling debut album in UK chart history, and won Best British Album at the 2007 BRIT Awards.

The band’s second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, released in 2007, was also acclaimed and won Best British Album at the 2008 BRIT Awards.

Arctic Monkeys released Humbug in 2009, and Suck It and See in 2011. With their fifth album, AM, released in 2013, the band won another British Album of the Year.

Their sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, was released in 2018, and their last album to date, The Car, was released in October 2022.

ROCK IN ROMA

Rock in Roma is a music festival that takes place every year in Rome, since 2002. Until its 2008 edition, the event was known as the Romarock Festival.

The festival usually has a various lineup, which allows the meeting of different cultures and musical genres, ranging from metal to techno, from rap to electronica, from classical pop to alternative indie.

THE VENUE

The Capannelle Racecourse (Ippodromo delle Capannelle) is a horse racing venue in Rome. The course was built in 1881, and rebuilt in 1926 to a design by Paolo Vietti-Violi. The racecourse is the home of the Rock in Roma festival since 2009.

You can reach the venue by train, getting off at the Capannelle railway station, located about 900 meters away. The closest bus stop is Capannelle/Appia Nuova, a few meters away from the entrance to the racecourse, on the bus Lines 118, 520, 654, 664, 789 and C11.