Free tickets on offer with Arctic Monkeys' Oxfam single

Shoppers picking up the Arctic Monkeys’ new single from Oxfam in the UK could win “golden tickets” to see them in person.

Fans buying the vinyl version of the release, titled 'Crying Lightning', from the charity’s shops in Britain will have the chance to see the group headline the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England, as two of the records will contain a winning code when entered online.

One pair of Reading tickets and one pair of Leeds tickets are up for grabs, hidden in the lucky singles on sale in Oxfam shops.

In Ireland, the single is available at Oxfam Ireland shops in Cork, Ennis, Galway, Oxfambooks on Parliament Street, Rathmines and South King Street in Dublin. In the North, the single will be available from tomorrow from the Belfast Oxfambooks shops in Rosemary Street and Botanic Avenue.

The single costs €3.99 and each will come with a download code allowing fans to get an MP3 version of the songs for free.

The initiative marks the first time Oxfam shops have sold a new release single for a quarter of a century – since Band Aid’s 'Do They Know It’s Christmas?' in 1984.

Forty copies of the single, signed by the entire Arctic Monkeys, will also be distributed throughout Oxfam’s network of 700 shops.

A further 15 will also be sent out randomly to customers who order the single from www.oxfam.org.uk/shop.

Proceeds from the sales will help the charity’s work around the world.

The limited edition 7ins single is the first release from the band’s new album 'Humbug', which features a cover of the Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds classic 'Red Right Hand' as a B-side.

'Humbug' goes on sale on August 24, and the band headline Reading and Leeds on August 28 and 29.

The competition is open until August 24 and if the tickets go unclaimed, prize winners will be selected at random from those who bought the single but who did not have a winning code on the record’s sleeve insert when it was entered online.