The Antarctic Monkeys

The Antarctic Monkeys are playing The Drill on Saturday 21 November, bringing their Arctic Monkeys tribute to Free School Lane. It's a full-band set, with the four-piece replicating the style of Turner, Cook, O'Malley and Helders across the Monkeys' catalogue.

They didn't start out as a tribute. The band formed in March 2006 from a jamming session, long before they'd ever thought about playing someone else's songs. They spent their early days as an originals band, and only turned their set towards the Arctic Monkeys after Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not came out that same year. The shift happened when frontman Dean Reynolds played an acoustic version of 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' at a rehearsal, and the idea took off from there.

Reynolds, who also manages the band, and guitarist Ian Fletcher are both from Wolverhampton. Since those early days, the group has grown into one of the biggest Arctic Monkeys tributes on the circuit, touring the UK and Europe and playing festivals like Rock Revolution in Sicily and Oxegen 2010. They've headlined Liverpool's Mathew Street Festival in front of more than 50,000 people, and for about two years they even worked as a part-time Oasis tribute act on the side. These days they change their look with each Monkeys album, so the set usually reflects where the original band was at the time.

Doors open at 19:00 at The Drill, Free School Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY, and tickets are £22.40, which includes the booking fee.