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Arctic Monkeys covered none other than Dame Shirley Bassey during their headline performance on The Pyramid Stage last night.

The band was three songs from the end of their set when Alex Turner introduced ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ in honor of the legend that is playing Glastonbury on Sunday afternoon.

In a set full of surprises, earlier on the fervently received set, the Sheffield lads were joined by non other than Dizzee Rascal onstage with them for the ‘Brianstorm’ flipside ‘Temptation Greets You Like A Naughty Friend.’

Unfortunately, Dizzee’s performance was blighted with sound problems, meaning the audience could not hear the rapper until he was leaving the stage.

In buoyant mood all evening, the band kick started the set with ‘The Sun Goes Down’ before launching into ‘Brianstorm’ and ‘Still Take You Home’.

The band closed the evening with a crowd sing-along ‘A Certain Romance.’

The Arctic Monkeys have sure given fans an interesting surprise that hopefully will turn out positive in the end. While performing in Tokyo they were impressed by a local band called The Parrots. It seems they are actually a Beatles tribute act and have sung their songs on the local scene ever since 1995. They even seem to dress and sing very similarly to the famous band. As a return for being entertained by The Parrots, The Arctic Monkeys decided to make them a surprise act on their concerts on the 28th and 29th of July at Manchester’s Lancashire County Cricket Ground.
The Parrots will join other acts in the concert like Amy Winehouse, The Coral and Supergrass. Fans of Acrctic Monkeys are in their majority young and probably never really caught a glimpse of what the Beatles meant to the music industry. It will be interesting to see how they welcome The Parrots and if they enjoy their music.