Here's why the Arctic Monkeys warm up to Tom Jones
BBC By Mark Savage
BBC Music Correspondent
After 57 dates in 33 countries, Arctic Monkeys' world tour returns to the UK on Monday for a run of stadium shows.
And anyone who's seen them recently will know they've been walking on stage to one of two songs: Barry White's I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby, or Tom Jones's It's Not Unusual.
"It's like our little moment," says drummer Matt Helders.
"Before we walk on, backstage, we all have a little dance. We're pretty tight. We've got a good thing going."
Asked how the band had selected their entrance music, Helders explained: "Barry White definitely gets us in the mood but Tom Jones even more so, in terms of pace and speed and getting us pumped to do a gig."
It also suggests the band have laughed off Jones's ill-fated cover of their debut single, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.
The Welsh crooner performed a wonky cabaret version of the track at 2007's Concert For Diana, and was roundly accused of "ruining" the original.
