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

Followers of the Sheffield band buying the vinyl version of the release, titled Crying Lightning, from the charity’s shops – including one in Huddersfield – will have the chance to see the group headline the Reading and Leeds Festivals, 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.

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.

The singles are priced at £2.99, and each will come with a download code allowing fans to get an MP3 version of the songs for free.

Proceeds will help the charity’s lifesaving work around the world.