Arctic Monkeys confirmed at T In The Park Festival

Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Foo Fighters will be confirmed at the T In The Park Festival.

Liam Gallagher’s new band Beady Eye, the newly reformed Pulp, My Chemical Romance and Jimmy Eat World will all be performing at the Scottish festival, according to the Metro.co.uk report.

Festival director Geoff Ellis said, “I’m really pleased with our artist announcements and proud to deliver a whole host of bands including many that T in the Park fans told us they wanted to see when we surveyed them post event.

We’re delighted that T in the Park is the festival that bands want to play at and music lovers want to be at.”

T In The Park event which take place on 8-10 July and this event's tickets are available to go on sale on 25 February Friday.

Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner To Scroe Film

Alex Turner, is composing a movie score with James Ford one half of Simian Mobile Disco and producer for bands including Florence & the Machine, Peaches and Klaxons. It won't be the first time the two have collaborated Ford has produced albums for the Arctic Monkeys and Turner's side project The Last Shadow Puppets.
The film, called Submarine, is being helmed by Richard Ayoade best known as the bespectacled Maurice Moss from the tv series The IT Crowd, and is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Welsh writer Joe Dunthorne. The book has been compared to Martin Amis' The Rachel Papers and Salinger's Catcher In The Rye.
Turner's adept knack for slinging sharply observed, decisively British narratives and street poet lyrics ("oh the boy's a slag, the best you ever had") provides that mix of self deprecating sarcasm and tenderness that is perfectly suited to a coming of age tale for an overcast setting.

Arctic Monkeys: Desert set for Arctic blast

The Arctic Monkeys played Coachella in 2007 after “Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not” became the fastest-selling debut album in British history

Now, on the weekend of the 11th annual festival, the Arctic Monkeys are playing Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown.
The Sheffield, England quartet recorded much of their recent “Humbug” CD at the Rancho de la Luna studio in Joshua Tree with desert resident Josh Homme as producer, so the band thought it made sense to return to headline a gig with studio owner Dave Catching's Earthlings?
Lead singer-songwriter Alex Turner talked about it through a thick Sheffield accent in a recent telephone interview:
THE DESERT SUN: Did you have a chance to play Coachella or did you prefer to play at Pappy's?

TURNER: We wanted to play in Pappy's from the first time we walked through the door. I love Coachella festival. We had a great show there like two years ago, (but) it was a bit soon to do it again. Nothing against Coachella. I mean, Pappy's is only a couple hundred people. It's not going to be too damaging to that festival.
I know Josh took you there, but how did you get connected with Josh?
We met at festivals. He burst into a dressing room one day yelling, “Monkeys!” We took it from there.
So it was his entrance that caught your attention?
Yeah. I mean, we were longtime fans. Jamie (Cook) and I, when we were first learning to play guitar, we listened to (Homme's band) Queens (of the Stone Age) a lot. We played a show in Houston with them a couple years ago and I think we mentioned, “Yeah, we should do some tunes with Josh.” Then we forgot about it and went on our merry way. Then it came back up in conversation. We got in touch with the people upstairs and Josh and I spoke on the phone a lot. He said, “Why don't you come out for a couple weeks and we'll try it out.” So we all took a guitar each and drove to the desert and had a little adventure.
Was the environment much of an influence on the music you made?

As Musa win top Q Awards, Oasis empty handed

As Muse win top Q award, Oasis empty handed. Oasis lost out to Muse and Arctic Monkeys at the first major awards ceremony since the Mancunian band split. The Live Forever band, whose guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher quit in August, lost out to Devon three-piece Muse in the Best Act in the World today category while Arctic Monkeys took the Best Live Act prize. Both Coldplay and Mercury nominee Florence and the Machine joined Oasis in leaving the Monday awards ceremony empty handed.Kasabian won the Best Album award for West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum while pop triumphed over rock in the Best Track and Best Video categories, with Lily Allen (for The Fear) and Lady GaGa (for Just Dance) respectively victorious.West London trio White Lies were named Best New Act while Mr Hudson was named breakthrough act.A number of classic artists were honoured at the awards show at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, with Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant winning the outstanding contribution to music award, Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - taking the classic songwriter gong and Sonic Youth taking the innovation in sound accolade. Marianne Faithfull and the currently reformed Spandau Ballet took the Q Icon and Q Idol prizes, respectively, while U2 claimed the classic album honour for their 1984 release The Unforgettable Fire.Paul Rees, editor in chief of Q magazine, said: "Q remains proud of the fact that its awards recognising musical achievement and excellence during the past 12 months are decided by the nation's music fans, who once again have voted in their thousands."We are equally delighted to honour the enduring influence of those artists who have shaped our musical landscape and continue to do so. Collectively, I hope the awards not only highlight the unique breadth of Q's musical world but also the fact that great music remains timeless, enduring and ongoing."

Arctic Monkeys: Scor-zay-zee and Le Donk

Infectious juvenile humour, plus a charismatic star turn from Paddy Considine, playing a self deluded roadie called Le Donk, more than correct for the shortcomings of this ramshackle experiment in barefoot British film making. Shot in five days at the meagre cost of £48,000, it follows Le Donk’s half cocked attempts to secure a live slot during an Arctic Monkeys concert for his rapping protégé Scor-zay-zee (Dean Palinczuk). Along the way there are domestic dramas and professional spats that, though consistently amusing, are crying out for more work, more cash, and more development than the finally limiting five day format allows.

The Like, Arctic Monkey

UK overnight stars Arctic Monkeys’ first two albums, 2006’s Whatever They Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not and ‘07’s Favourite Worst Nightmare were as wired as a speed freak after a night mainlining caffeine and diet pills. Furthermore, although it’s normally a little hard to imagine anything associated with Queens of the Stone Age being “mellow” except maybe sexxxy love-jam “Make It Witchu,” from Queens’ 2007 LP Era Vulgaris everything is relative, and as produced by QOTSA main man Josh Homme, the Monkeys’ new album Humbug takes just enough edge off to leave the impression that the red-headed stoner-rock god may have actually taught the Monkeys how to relax. (Yoga, we’re sure.) The smoldering pace of songs like “Crying Lightning,” “Pretty Visitor” and “Dance Little Liar” doesn’t necessarily mean the Sheffield-spawned band has gotten lazy, just perhaps a bit more mature, a feeling mirrored in frontman Alex Turner’s never more incisive lyrics.

Second time around Arctic Monkeys very different

At their only previous gig in the Twin Cities, the Arctic Monkeys started out at about 90 mph and never actuall let up, resulting in a short but thoroughly satisfying local debut. The British quartet's comeback to First Avenue on Friday night was quite a different story, clocking in at 90 minutes and ebbing and flowing at more of a roller coaster pace which almost as enjoyable.
One of the best parts of the gig, in fact, came when the lads slowed things down quite a bit about three quarters of the way through the set. Songs such as "Do Me a Favour" and one I predict could be their next big radio hit, "Secret Door," showed off a more melodic and Bowie esque side to the band that was quite impressive. They opened the concert with a handful of the heavier, stoner-ish tracks from their new Josh Homme produced album, "Humbug." The crowd was into it, but fans finally erupted six songs into it when the band turned to their more choppy, snarling older tunes, including THE HIT ("I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"). Things particularly got wild in the encore, starting with the punky reworking of Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" and finishing with a hyper-singalong version of "505."
This was one crazy audience. It was the kind of sold out First Ave gig where a germaphobe like Howie Mandel would faint upon reaching, with constant elbow-rubbing and sweat dripping. Throw in a bunch of rowdy, burly soccer/football players and high-energy collegiate fans -- plus the band's punchy sound -- and I'm surprised a battle royale didn't break out on the dancefloor.
One thing that wasn't different about the Monkeys was their matching haircuts, with three of the four guys (not counting an added member on keyboards) growing their hair out to match their new album's hazy sound. The lone buzzcut man out was drummer Matt Helders, who celebrated his 21st birthday at the previous First Ave show in 2007 and proved to be the band's most valuable player besides frontman Alex Turner, playing a spastic beat when he wanted to and surprisingly funky parts at times. Here's their whole set list:
Dance Little Liar / Brianstorm / Crying Lightning / Potion Approaching / Pretty Visitors / This House Is a Circus / Still Take You Home / I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor / If You Were There, Beware / Sketchead / Dangerous Animals / View From the Afternoon / Cornerstone / Do Me a Favour / Secret Door / Flourescent Adolescent ENCORE: Red Right Hand / My Propellor / 505
After the Monkeys, I caught the last 20 minutes or so of buzzing Toronto trio Rural Alberta Advantage next door in the Entry. I walked in while camp-counselor-looking frontman Paul Banwatt was singing an emo-folk version of "Eye of the Tiger," which I figured was the finale (how do you follow Rocky's rock anthem?). The band's real finale, however, was spectacular, as all three members walked into the middle of the packed club marching-band-style and delivered the wintery gem "Good Night" with the audience hushed at first and singing along at the end. In between, the band's stripped-down but well-orchestrated organ/acoustic-guitar/drums sound and boy/girl vocals (think: unplugged Pixies) sounded great in other songs such as "Sleep All Day" and "Dethbridge in Leftbridge." I look forward to seeing a whole set.

Bob Dylan in running for Uncut award with Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon

Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, Bob Dylan, Super Furry Animals and The Horrors are among the acts in consideration for this year's Uncut Music Award. Running for its second year, our sister title rewards one act for creating the "most inspiring and rewarding musical experience" released in the past year. Last year the award went to Fleet Foxes for their self-titled debut album.An initial longlist featuring 25 acts in consideration for the award has been announced today (September 22) see the list in full below which will be whittled down to a shortlist of eight, announced in the November issue of Uncut October 27). A winner will be chosen by a particularly chosen panel of judges and announced in the January issue (out November 24).Judging the albums will be the magazine's editor, Allan Jones, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Billy Bragg, folk singer Rachel Unthank, radio host Christian O'Connell, BBC creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, Stiff Records founder Dave Robinson plus broadcasters Mark Radcliffe, Bob Harris and Danny Kelly."The inaugural Uncut Music Award as a resounding success," said Jones of the contest, which saw Fleet Foxes pip the likes of The Raconteurs and Vampire Weekend to the accolade."This year's award looks like it will be just as hotly contested, with the judges facing a daunting task. There has been a lot of excellent music over the last year, as our long list of 25 albums vividly demonstrates. Deciding which of them most merits winning the 2009 Uncut Music Award is going to be an exciting process, but no easy task."The

Uncut Music Award longlist is:

The Acorn – 'Glory Hope Mountain'

Animal Collective – 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'

Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug'

Bill Callahan – 'Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle'

Graham Coxon – 'The Spinning Top'

Alela Diane – 'To Be Still'

Dirty Projectors – 'Bitte Orca'

Doves – 'Kingdom Of Rust'

The Duke And The King – 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'

Bob Dylan – 'Together Through Life'

Fever Ray – 'Fever Ray'

Grizzly Bear – 'Veckatimest'

Levon Helm – 'Electric Dirt'

The Horrors – 'Primary Colours'

Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'

The Low Anthem – 'Oh My God Charlie Darwin'

Madness – 'The Liberty Of Norton Folgate'

Raphael Saadiq – 'The Way I See It'

Super Furry Animals – 'Dark Days/Light Years'

TV On The Radio – 'Dear Science'

Tinariwen – 'Imidiwan: Companions'

White Denim – 'Fits'

Wilco – 'Wilco (The Album)'

Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'

The xx – 'xx'
Arctic Monkeys tickets:
Nov 16, 2009 19:30 at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle - Buy from Seetickets
Nov 17, 2009 19:30 at Wembley Arena, London - Buy from Seetickets
Nov 18, 2009 19:30 at Wembley Arena, London - Buy from Seetickets
More Arctic Monkeys tickets

Brit's superstars: the Arctic Monkeys

Only three years since their debut and the Arctic Monkeys have already endured losing a band member, headlined festivals next to the likes of Radiohead, manifested a front man side project, and received hype comparable to that which surrounded four other adolescent brit-pop rockers. Unlike the original "Fab Four," the Arctic Monkeys have struggled to gain mass popularity on this side of the Atlantic. Their success in the U.K. is a different story. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not sold over 360,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest selling debut in the United Kingdom ever. In 2007, they dropped the loud and fast Favorite Worst Nightmare, which was a solid album in its own right. After two years of anticipation they released Humbug on August 25, 2009.On Humbug, the Arctic Monkeys have not strayed too far from their bread and butter. The characteristic syncopated riffs and perceptive lyrics are still here in full force. That said, this album sounds very different from their previous work. Simply put, our little Monkeys are growing up. Alex Turner's lyrics have always felt as if they were coming from an old soul, now it seems as though the band's aesthetic is finally starting to match. That is not to say that the album does not rock, but it is in a bluesy way that your dad might enjoy. The band as a whole is much more focused on song structure and arrangement. When compared to their older works, there is a feeling of restraint throughout the album, trading much of their youthful energy for a more subdued, mature mood.Musically, Humbug is full of loose, rhythmic rock songs. The addition of more guitars, synths, and backing vocals give the mix an atmospheric texture. This may be a result of producers Josh Homme, from Queens of the Stone Age, and James Ford, of Simian Mobile Disco. Ford also produced for Turner's side project, The Last Shadow Puppets. The album was also recorded at Joshua Tree, California. Their D.I.Y. garage rock vibe has been replaced by lush textures and a more methodical mixing process. Turner's vocals are front and center, as they should be. His melodies in "Cornerstone" are quaint and delicate while his quick rhythmic delivery in the verses of "Secret Door" carries a hip-hop influence. Helders's drum beats are par for the course, precise and full of quick fills. The bass here plays a distinctly different role, abandoning dirty distorted tones in favor of one thick and mellow. All in all, Humbug is good, not great. It will most likely be looked back on as a transition album. It's the product of a band going through some sonic experimentation without settling into anything too comfortable. This is an important, yet somewhat awkward step. Not surprising coming from a band of adolescents turning into a band of adults that have a lot going for them. Fast forward 10 years, a couple of drug addictions, and a guitar-less album later and the Arctic Monkeys may have defined rock for a generation.

'Crying Lightning' Arctic Monkeys actually struck by lightning

Arctic Monkeys, who recently released their song 'Crying Lightning' as a single, have revealed they were actually struck by lightning this summer.

The band, who announce details of a November arena tour this morning (September 7), say the incident happened in Germany while they were touring.

"We got struck by lightning near Hanover in the bus, and the bus broke down," Alex Turner told his local paper, south Yorkshire's The Star. "We had a nightmare journey getting out here, but we've forgotten about it now.

"He added that the band enjoyed the extended break between their latest album 'Humbug' and 2007's 'Favourite Worst Nightmare'.

"It was just good to have a break – not only for us but to let everyone breathe a bit," explained the singer. "I think we needed to calculate this album a bit more, take a bit more time with it."

Arctic Monkeys an 'enigma' at Leeds Festival, Eagles Of Death Metal brand

Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes 'shakes his dick' at Leeds Festival

Eagles Of Death Metal praised Arctic Monkeys during their show on the Main Stage at the Leeds Festival today (August 28).The rock'n'roll foursome dedicated 'Whore Hoppin' to the Sheffield four piece ahead of their headline show later."I need to dedicate this to the Arctic Monkeys, I fucking love them so much," singer Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes told the huge crowd.Earlier in the set, he told the throng: "I'm certain feeling fucking nervous. This is the longest fucking crowd I've played in front of. I just need to shake my dick and make you all happy."The charismatic frontman exhausted much of the set conducting cheers among the crowd and indulging in his traditional "voodoo wave".The band played a host of tracks from their back catalogue including three tracks from their 2008 album 'Heart On'. Speaking after the show, Hughes told NME.COM: "I love the Arctic Monkeys man. I heard their show at Brixton the other night was rad with Them Crooked Vultures going nuts. They actually are that enigma band, they're fucking talented, seriously uncanny and they're more than just a pop aesthesis."Of the Reading And Leeds Festivals, he said: "These are the elite festivals. The production is second to none and it's a shining light of an example for all the other festivals."'Cherry Cola''I Only Want You''Came To Make A Bang''Bad Dream Mama''Heart On''Secret Plans''Just 19''Anything 'Cept The Truth''Whore Hoppin''Wanna Be In LA''I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)''Speaking In Tongues'

Arctic Monkeys in Brixton, warm up for Reading And Leeds Festivals

Arctic Monkeys warmed up for the Reading And Leeds Festivals by playing the O2 Academy Brixton tonight (August 26). Getting ready for the weekend's (August 28-30) headlining slots, the band played their first gig since the Monday (August 24) release of third album 'Humbug' with supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, who played their first ever UK gig, supporting the Sheffield four piece. Kicking off with ’Humbug’ opener 'My Propeller', the band followed it with their Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds cover and current B-side 'Red Right Hand'. waiting before playing current single 'Crying Lightning', frontman Alex Turner introduced the group by saying, "Hello, we're Arctic Monkeys," before jokingly adding, "Have we got time for one more?"The group joined by their currently industed live keyboard player and extra guitarist John Ashton (their former sound man) then not quite paused between songs as they performed a set that move something by pulling from all three of their albums with the likes of previous singles 'Brianstorm' and 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'. For new album track 'Potion Approaching', Turner rejected his guitar, trying his hand as an out and out frontman. "Did you enjoy Them Crooked Vultures?" he then asked the bunch ahead of the next song, 'Pretty Visitors'. "I surely did. We were blessed to make a record with two of those chaps and I can tell you they're a great group of bastards. I'd like to dedicate this song to them." Following 'Humbug' track 'Dangerous Animals', the band went right back to their beginnings, launching into 'The View From The Afternoon', the opener from first public appearance album 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not'. After a soft version of 'Cornerstone' Turner explained, "I'd like to take it down, take it down even further" before introducing 'Favourite Worst Nightmare''s 'The Only Ones Who Know' and 'Do Me A Favour'. "Have you had a good night, everybody?" the singer asked the crowd ahead of set closer 'Fluorescent Adolescent'. "Well I hope it continues to be one!"Returning for an acclamation, the band performed 'Secret Door' before finishing the night with '505'. "Thank you," declared Turner as his group covered things up. "Some of you I'm sure we'll see at the weekend."

Arctic Monkeys played:

'My Propeller''Red Right Hand'

'Crying Lightning''Brianstorm'

'Still Take You Home'

'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

'Potion Approaching'

'Pretty Visitors''This House Is A Circus'

'If You Were There Beware'

'Dangerous Animals'

'The View From The Afternoon'

'Cornerstone'

'The Only Ones Who Know'

'Do Me A Favour'

'Fluorescent Adolescent'

'Secret Door'

hot on new album to Arctic Monkeys

VICTORIA -- For a round of holocene phone interviews, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner thought he'd be well-served to sit in the Brooklyn, N.Y., park near the home he allotment with his girlfriend.
The press schedule would have him adhesive to his cellphone for at least the next few hours, so the singer-guitarist hatched a plan to bring a Frisbee along for some mindless escape.
Turner, 23, forgot one key part of his plan -- the Frisbee. Perhaps it was all for the better. "We're pretty highest when we play," he said. "You're gonna get an arm-ache from the level that we offer it."
I suggest using the catchphrase "bring the heat," having just watched Bull Durham on the telly. "The heat," Turner says, pondering the North American expression. "We don't leave home without it."
Turner, a native of Sheffield, England, left his home in late 2008 for London, only to emigrate six months later to Brooklyn when his gal pal, Alexa Chung, a former model, scored a gig hosting MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung.
The new zip code has had zero impact on the career arc of Turner's band, whose third record, Humbug, arrives in stores Tuesday on a mountain of advance hype and acute publicity, particularly overseas.
In the band's homeland, few acts are bigger. Its 2006 debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, surpassed Oasis' Definitely Maybe as the fastest-selling debut album in British music history, while its followup, 2007's Favourite Worst Nightmare, debuted No. 1 in the U.K. and saw all 12 tracks from the album enter that country's radio charts.
There was no need to batch with success for Humbug, but Turner felt a slight tinkering was in order. "I think we were a lot more open to start with this time. I think that was a compulsion, to approach it with more of an open mind than we have with things before. In the past, we always had this brand of regulation in place, almost like, 'We need to be able to play this live.' We were always aware of that when we were making records. If we recorded something on Monday, on Tuesday night we wanted to be able to play it live."
Turner, bassist Nick O'Malley, guitarist Jamie Cook and drummer Matt Helders will beyond all doubt be able to replicate the Humbug material live, despite the complexity of the studio versions.
Three songs off the album were produced in New York by James Ford, who was at the studio console for Favourite Worst Nightmare, but the majority were produced by Queens of the Stone Age brain trust Josh Homme, whose affinity for riff-heavy experimentalism was bear in mind an odd pairing with the Monkeys' brash Brit-rock.
Homme, who produced parts of Humbug at a studio in Joshua Tree, Calif., near the Mojave Desert, came to the project at the decision of the pair's London-based label, Domino Records. Turner thought it was a curious choice at first, but felt he had nothing to lose by sending menifestation along to Homme for feedback. The band was invited to California for a chat, and soon after, the decision was made to move forward with Homme on the recording of Humbug. "He said, 'Don't leave home without the heat,'" Turner joked.
Homme left his mark -- he plays guitar here and there, while his former Queens of the Stone Age bandmate, Alain Johannes, mixed the album but there's no mistaking the innate Britishness of Turner's lyrics.
The band's third album is a long exit from the previous two albums, though it has a considerable amount in common with last year's At the Apollo, afrenetic CD-DVD set documenting the quartet's 2007 world tour.
Turner said the scrappy side of the band has been in hiding long enough. "There was a anxiety to make a more aggressive record. We've been enjoying the rock side of our shows, by any chance more than the melodic-song side of it. After having had a moment away from playing live, we wanted to introduce a bit of diversity, expand a little more."

Arctic Monkeys: Humbug

Cool band plus cool producer: what could acceptable go wrong? Quite a lot, as it turns out, because Arctic Monkeys and their tendered partner, Queens of the Stone Age’s front man, Josh Homme, seem to have no middle ground. No enjoyable middle ground, anyway. The band strain to reach their idea of what this collaboration might be and sound only, well, strained. It’s not a consumed album (Alex Turner’s lyrics are always worth a listen), but the wrong headedness of the link up is accented by the best track, Cornerstone (produced by James Ford), a lovely, natural, unpressured song that sits in more familiar Monkeys territory and is all the better for it. The music press have already approvaled Humbug, but I’m taking bets on the band’s next album being taged “a come back to form”; by then, this one will be seen as an intriguing but needless amusement.

Get more 'bottle' Monkeys

Alex Turner comes to term with being a songwriter21 August 2009 - With a Mercury Prize nominated side project under his belt and two year's since Arctic Monkeys' last album frontman Alex Turner seems more comfortable than ever as a musician. "Perhaps I've come to terms with the idea of writing, or being a 'songwriter'," he accepted to Steve Lamacq on 6 Music. "It's a term that used to send a shivers down my spine. It just felt a bit like I should have a cut away acoustic guitar or something." There's one weekend left until the discharge of Arctic Monkeys' intercepted third album Humbug on Monday 24 August, a record which Turner claims contains more "personal elements". "Perhaps because it's written with more of a veil over it, that allows you to put in more emotion," he explained. "I didn't want make up a load of characters this time and I maybe just got a act more bottle to write a love song."