The Arctic Monkeys were forced to leave the stage during their first festival on their current tour to promote their third record.

The British band were mid-way through their set at Open’er Festival in Poland on July 2 when, all of a sudden, the sound on the main stage completely shut off.  The band didn’t realize they didn’t have sound because their monitors were still fine.

A few moments later, the band figured out that the sound had shut off completely on stage and they were ushered off for 10 minutes while the problem was fixed.  According to officials at Open’er Festival, the problem was with the Monkeys’ sound board.

The Monkeys returned to chants of “Arctic Monkeys” by the crowd and blasted into “If You Were There, Beware”.

The Arctic Monkeys’ set was also memorable because they played four new songs off their upcoming third album, which was produced by Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme.  For more about the band’s set, including the complete tracklisting, check out NME.

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