Having sold-out their 50,000 capacity Lancashire Cricket Ground gig within fifteen minutes, The Arctic Monkeys have now announced a second date. The band will now play the Old Trafford Ground on both Saturday and Sunday the 28th/29th of July 2007.

It has been a great year for the Sheffield four-piece, they won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize as well as scooping top gongs at the Brit and NME awards.

The show will follow the late spring release of their second album and they’ll be playing there longest set to date incorporating tracks from their hit debut album ‘Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not’ as well as their highly anticipated follow-up.