Fact #113104
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Arctic Monkeys play at The Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.Full article:
Robert Hillburn (journalist, LA Times) : The mood is upbeat. The audience is younger and more responsive than it had been in San Francisco. Major label record company heads squeeze in alongside fans.
For those keeping track on the business front, the news is encouraging. Thanks to the Saturday Night Live appearance and the start of the tour, the Monkeys album actually moved back up the chart - from 52 to 42.
The first-month total of 98,000 was almost three times what James Blunt and Franz Ferdinand, two other hit makers from across the Atlantic, sold in their first month in the U.S., and both of their albums have sold 1 million copies.
Gazing out at the Hollywood audience about two-thirds of the way through the show, (frontman Alex) Turner good-naturedly acknowledged all the debate about the Monkeys in this country.
The slender singer said he hadn't seen anyone leave yet. "Well, maybe one or two ... so I guess we're doing OK."
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For those keeping track on the business front, the news is encouraging. Thanks to the Saturday Night Live appearance and the start of the tour, the Monkeys album actually moved back up the chart - from 52 to 42.
The first-month total of 98,000 was almost three times what James Blunt and Franz Ferdinand, two other hit makers from across the Atlantic, sold in their first month in the U.S., and both of their albums have sold 1 million copies.
Gazing out at the Hollywood audience about two-thirds of the way through the show, (frontman Alex) Turner good-naturedly acknowledged all the debate about the Monkeys in this country.
The slender singer said he hadn't seen anyone leave yet. "Well, maybe one or two ... so I guess we're doing OK."