Later that evening, Clash is back in the ping-pong room. The tour manager comes to break bad news to the band - the curtain at the front of the stage is broken. They won't be able to make their usual grand entrance. "Ah, we've got to do it," grins Alex. Do what? "We've been saying on this tour if ever the curtain doesn't work, we've got to go on to this song." Which song? "Black Eyed Peas’ ‘I Gotta Feelin’’," Alex beams. The band are giddily bouncing around, electrified by the prospect of taking the stage to the song that's soundtracked many a menopausal vodka-stained Saturday evening's preparatory gathering. “But when do we go on?" Matt asks. "The rap. We gotta wait for the rap," Alex asserts. "We should wait until "Mazel tov”,” Jamie smirks.
arctic monkeys @ stadthalle, offenbach, germany, 2010 / in conversation with simon harper for clash magazine (x / x)
