Leeds Festival: Arctic Monkeys close weekend with huge chant as they return to UK

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Arctic Monkeys slipped a new track among old favorites during a The career he has adline is set to shut down the Leeds festival on Sunday night.

"Hello Leeds, you look good," singer Alex smiled Turner, to legions of adoring fans in their home county.

Their gigs in Reading and Leeds marked their first in the UK for four years.< /p>

Other Sheffield co-headliners Bring Me the Horizon released Doncastrian Yungblud as Branham Park was transformed into a Yorkshire cathedral of music .

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After rap reigned supreme on Saturday, Sunday was devoted to rock 'n' roll (baby) and the return of prodigal sons drew by far the biggest crowd of the entire weekend.

Amid an all-you-can-eat set of old indie sleaze bangers and t more recent rock-pop beats, from their six number one albums, Turner and co also played t he released the unreleased track from the David Bowie era, I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am, giving a preview of their upcoming album, The Car.

Most bands couldn't get away with testing fresh material on the biggest of stages, but the Arctic Monkeys aren't most bands, especially around these parts.

From the opening strains of Do I Wanna Know? which saw their frontman wandering around riffing on a teardrop guitar, to stickman Matt Helders in a leopard-print shirt banging the hell out of his bass drum on Pretty Visitors, High Green's expanded outfit showed its transatlantic sheen of today.

They followed their politely received releases, which included the title track from their controversial latest album Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, with the anthem of the From the Ritz To Rubble nightclub queue - as flares were lit by fans in the crowd. Before launching a string of hits like I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, 505 and RU Mine?