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Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The band consists of lead singer and guitarist Alex Turner, drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook, and bassist Nick O'Malley, who replaced original bassist Andy Nicholson in 2006. They gained early recognition through the Internet during the "blog rock" era, which influenced how new bands were promoted. Their debut album, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' (2006), topped the UK Albums Chart and became the fastest-selling debut album in British chart history at the time. It received the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2007 and is considered one of the greatest debut albums. Their second album, 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' (2007), also won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2008. Subsequent albums, 'Humbug' (2009) and 'Suck It and See' (2011), received positive but less enthusiastic reviews. The band achieved international success with their fifth album, 'AM' (2013), which included the hit single "Do I Wanna Know?".
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The album will be released in March.
Check out a stripped-back version of 'I Wanna Be Yours' plus material from 'This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway'
Major music artists including Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift and Noel Gallagher donate signed memorabilia to Teenage Cancer Trust's Christmas auction.
The shows follow the cancellation of the band's Marley Park gig this summer.
In season one, we jump in our big pop time machine and revisit ten iconic number ones from the turn of the millennium onwards.
The number 1 is very important to this podcast, so for our first episode we had to start big.
There's also Jessie Ware, Fred gain.., Ezra Collective and more.
Sheffield's indie icons may have kicked up a fuss on your social media feed, but their Friday Glastonbury headline set went entirely as they intended - and what could be more iconic than that?
That rock'n'roll, eh?
She confirmed the news on BBC Radio 2 this morning, talking to Zoe Ball from the festival.
“They’ve cancelled that [Dublin show], he’s recovering. I’m sure we’re going to be all right.”
Alex and co are in top form as they head towards the big match. This is what it looked like.
Check out the full set list from the first show of his huge international run.
The clip arrives days after the band were confirmed for Glastonbury.
The first line-up poster has also dropped, confirming loads of artists who will perform across the June weekend
The track had previously only been played at private shows for radio and TV broadcasts.
As well as the usual limited edition merch, the cinema will also be showing music vids of the band on the big screen in between their normal screenings.
The Sheffield band will headline the Friday evening of the festival.
They'll top the bill for one night of the three day festival next July.
The tastemaker show’s upcoming episode will focus exclusively on the Sheffield rockers.
The live footage will air via Youtube from this Sunday, October 23rd, at 8pm BST.
It is the third single from ‘The Car’, which will be released this Friday, October 21st.
The song is the seventh track on the Sheffield rockers’ imminent new LP, ‘The Car’.
The shows are in support of their seventh studio album, ‘The Car’.
The 22 live dates will kick off in August 2023.
The song is the second single from the Sheffield rockers’ sixth studio album, ‘The Car’.
The latest taster of new album 'The Car' follows up on lead single 'There'd Better Be A Mirrorball'.
The Sheffield rockers will drop their seventh record in full on October 21st via Domino.
They'll play the massive run next May and June.
They will perform in Brooklyn on 22nd September.
Their first new song in four years, it arrives alongside a video directed by frontman Alex Turner.
As Arctic Monkeys return to their indie throne, it's all going off for the Saturday of Reading 2022.
When something is historic, you just know. Reading Festival is synonymous with those sorts of moments. Scattered throughout its history are the biggest artists of their time putting on the defining shows of their era. The list is endless - Nirvana, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, The 1975. We can go on for days.
Returning to the UK after a brief run of European shows, Alex Turner and co. set out their stall with a greatest hits to sit long in the memory.
The album - featuring ten new tracks - will be released on 21st October 2022.
We've been waiting for new material all month. With Reading & Leeds coming this weekend, we've finally had some.
They have taken to social media to share about the famed Sheffield venue's struggles
Gorillaz, Calvin Harris, KennyHoopla, Rico Nasty and more are also on the bill for the event which takes place this September.
Glass Animals, Fontaines D.C., Little Simz and more are also on the bill this September.
There'll also be Wet Leg, Yard Act, Sam Fender, Pinkpantheress and a whole load more.
There's also Bring Me The Horizon, Rage Against The Machine, Wolf Alice, Glass Animals, Bastille, Fontaines DC, Run The Jewels and loads more.
None in the UK yet, sorry.
When you load up Spotify, a great big chunk of the time you can’t think what to play, right? You default back to your old favourites, those albums and s...
Every month, Dork's Listmaster General will bring us another of his Top 10 lists. Every month, we'll disagree. It's 'fun'.
Their War-Child benefiting ‘Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ live album is out on December 4th.
'Arctic Monkeys - Live At The Royal Albert Hall' features a recording of their 2018 set at the venue, with all proceeds going to War Child UK.
It's for the NHS.
Canadian garage rock duo cleopatrick are currently en route to the UK for a run of headline tour dates - including an underplay at London's Electrowerkz...
The sale is set to be held as part of a week-long build-up to this year's National Album Day.
"There’s no real concrete plan at the moment," though.
We’ll find out the winners on February 10th, not today. We have to wait today.
It backs up ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’.
It's called ‘Anyways’, and will act as the b-side for ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’.
“I think I’m getting to a point now in which the style has developed and what I want to do is more clear to me than it was before”
The prints include unseen photographs of the band taken during the making of and tour surrounding their new album.
Arctic Monkeys have never been about following a trend. They’ve never been about catching up to what’s going on around them. They’ve had their own path from the beginning. From the first time Alex Turner muttered "don’t believe the hype", through to ‘Humbug’ and its knock on the head to the world ar
They've shared a version of Stephen Fretwell’s ‘-‘, 'FYI'.
You'll be able to check it out in London and Sheffield.
Look! He's lost the beard AND the hair! (You can watch the performance too, we suppose.)
You could watch it under the moon's sideboooooooooooooob. If you wanted.
“And now, fireworks” promises the main stage of Rock Werchter as Arctic Monkeys bring the weekend to an electrifying close. Their new album might see the band once again change things up in the most dramatic of ways, but tonight they somehow bring all those ideas, identities and defining moments of
It's one of the hottest days in living memory, and The Magic Gang are providing summery indie-pop vibes as people drift through the gates at TRNSMT, setting the scene perfectly for a laid-back day of music in the sun. A short set, taken mostly from their self-titled debut album, proves The Magic Gan
It's in aid of War Child UK.
Keep Matt Helders company. He looks like he could use something to do.
Ok then.
Finally.
New York. Paris. Sheffield.
Four stars out of five? We'll be the judge of that, Alex.
There'll be no singles from 'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino' before its 11th May release date, apparently. What are you hiding, lads?
Mini Mansions and The Lemon Twigs are along for the ride.
We don't know what we know but we do know as long as we're told we're allowed to know officially, y'know?
Looks like our Big Indie Summer is going to be followed by a Big Indie Autumn.
The big beasts are out, the festivals are fizzing with new talent, indie heroes are returning to rip up the silent discos. This summer looks hotter than ever before.
The 'Tranquility...' baes are off on the road this September.
What? Did you expect Serious Music Journalism? Here's some rampant speculation about 'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino'.
The band's sixth album is finally imminent - it's set to drop next month.
Why? Well, mostly 'internet stuff'.
St. Vincent, Dua Lipa, Brockmapton and more are also set to play.
Come on, boys.
The game is afoot when it comes to the new album from Sheffield's finest, it seems.
But when oh when are we getting UK dates?
They're just playing with us now.
Oo-er.
Come on, guys.
SJM Concerts has put in an application to Sheffield City Council.
Her version comes from the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
Wot.
There's real news, and there's fake news.
Can you guess what song it is?
TRNSMT have started dropping teasers ahead of next summer’s event. The festival have released an at-first-glance fairly innocuous video of a flickering...
We’ve been waiting long enough, but it’s official now. Arctic Monkeys are back in the studio.
There are microphones, so it must be true, right?
The state of you lot, eh?
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Every Arctic Monkeys tour with five or more confirmed dates, with full setlist data and most-played songs.
