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A pair of tickets we're offering one lucky pup a pair of tickets to see the Monkeys' Wembley Arena show. But can you spot the odd-one-out in our fiendish competition?

We love 'Humbug' at Xfm. We love 'Crying Lightning'. We love the Arctic Monkeys. And we love to see them live. Very few things in life give us as much pleasure as sharing our enthusiasm and love of a great band with you, our friends.
The Monkeys will be hitting the road very shortly. The tour is sold out, but if you want to see 'em at Wembley Arena on November 18, you may just be in luck. All you need to do is tell us which of the pictures in the gallery is the odd one out and pop us the answer below.

Arctic Monkeys : 'inspired by Britney'

Arctic Monkeys have revealed that they took inhalation from Britney, Kylie and Beyoncé for their upcoming tour.
The pair, who kick off the jaunt in Liverpool on November 13, admitted that they went to look a number of arena shows to look how other acts fill such a large stage.
"I'd never even been to a gig in an arena," singer Alex Turner told The Sun. "But currently, knowing we've got this coming up I've been trying to dip my toe into that.
"So I've seen Britney Spears at the O2, I saw Kylie the other week, and we went to see Beyoncé in Japan - to try and see how it pans out.
"And so those are the only gigs in arenas I've ever been to, apart from like WWF Wrestling when I was six, but that doesn't actually count."
Turner, who has been dating presenter and model Alexa Chung since July 2007, added that the group will focus more on the music than the visuals.
"There's not gonna be circus performers or bass solos," he said. "Beyoncé had an all girl band and one of them was doing these daft bass solos. No, there's not gonna be any horn sections.
"But you can't try and be all coy about it with something that big. I think to some degree you can't hold back. That's what I've learnt from those three anyway."

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Arctic Monkeys have placed a number of extra tickets on sale for their upcoming arena tour.
Earliet this year Arctic Monkey returned, ending over two years of silence from the band. Sure, Alex Turner may have delighted us with Last Shadow Puppets but to their army of fans their is no substitute for Arctic Monkeys.
Secluding themselves away in the Californian desert with Josh Homme, the band began crafting ambitious new material. Finding a new maturity away from their native Sheffield Arctic Monkeys returned with an invigorated new album.
Releasing 'Humbug' over the summer Arctic Monkeys return has been one of the year's most talked about musical events. Hailed by critics as one of their most complete statements to date the album stormed to number one.
The band are due to look out the year with a massive tour and an exciting new single. Arctic Monkeys are set to release 'Cornerstone' on November 16th, complete with a visually stunning new video from Richard Ayoade.
Arctic Monkeys confirmed details of a lengthy November tour some time ago. With tickets selling out almost instantly thousands of fans were left disappointed.
Now the group have announced plans to sell production holds and side view tickets for the upcoming shows. Due to go on sale tomorrow (October 23rd) fans will need to act quick to snap up the very limited tickets.
Arctic Monkeys are set to play the following dates:
November13 Liverpool Echo Arena14 Sheffield Arena16 Newcastle Metro Arena17 London Wembley Arena18 London Wembley Arena20 Birmingham NIA21 Manchester MEN Arena22 Nottingham Trent FM Arena24 Glasgow SECC25 Belfast The Odyssey26 Dublin The O2

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.

Arctic Monkeys announce 'Cornerstone'

Three new B-sides are set to release Arctic Monkey they have announced on forthcoming new single 'Cornerstone'. The band Sheffield will release the single on November 16, with new songs 'Catapult', 'Sketchead', and 'Fright Lined Dining Room' available across its release formats. All the B-sides will be available on the 10 inch single release of the single. 'Catapult' will be available as the B-side of the seven inch single. All the songs to download will be available, but there will be no 'Cornerstone' CD release. Although yet to release details, the band are set to team up with Oxfam again for the single release. They previously made the seven inch vinyl of last single 'Crying Lightning' available to buy exclusively in branches of the charity shop.'Cornerstone' will be the second single release from Arctic Monkeys' third album, 'Humbug', which was released in August.
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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.

A sweet treat to Arctic Monkeys'

For a guy who writes some nasty lyrics, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has a thing for sweets. Take Humbug, the band's third and excellent album. The fact the band hails despite from the same country as Ebenezer Scrooge, the title comes from a British treat. Early on the album there's also a reference to a gobstopper, or jawbreaker.

“I suppose there are a lot of references to the sweets,” bassist Nick O'Malley says. “Alex does have a actual sweet tooth. It comes through in his lyric writing.

“He likes baked goods as well.”

But in making Humbug the Monkeys had to leave their regional culinary preferences behind.

Hailed as the next big thing in the U.K. (an annual occurrence), the Monkeys arrived in the United States three years ago as teenage superstars back home. They were cheeky and not lacking a distinctive sound, a dark guitar rock well on the dance floor that played strangely.
There was buzz befitting a band confident enough to title an early EP Who the (Expletive) Are Arctic Monkeys?.Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the Monkeys' debut album, was well received, though hardly one to retire on.The group of a second album revealed to be in a holding pattern.

Hooking up with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme shook their tree. Homme invited the band to his desert studio in California. They left most of their gear, and the sweets, behind.

“Clean underwear, that's about it,” O'Malley says.

The band made use of Homme's well stocked studio. “I very much liked a few of the basses I used,” he says. “But you wouldn't think about stealing them. Josh is a big guy.”

O'Malley says being so removed from the band's comfort zone was a big help. “It's like nothing we'd ever done before,” he says. “They showed us around the national park (Joshua Tree); it was like nothing we'd ever seen before. It was like an alien landscape.”

The result is a darker, edgier recording that makes good on the band's early promise. The beats are still slinky enough for shaking a leg to, not surprising considering Homme's role. There's a bigger and buzzier bass and drum sound.

Turner continues to write dark and detailed songs with cutting commentary about people and their problems, like a line that turns the chicken/egg cliché into a sneering barb on Pretty Visitors. It all starts turning with My Propeller, a sort of bleary-eyed play on My Starter Won't Start, that suggests some oil and a spin will get it going again.

Don't expect more desert inspired rock. O'Malley says there's talk of building a studio and “getting all Phil Spector with the next one. We like to try different things; we're still quite young.”

Until then they will be touring a lot, which O'Malley says the band has gotten better at. Whereas it had been a testy grind especially a European tour last year that included multiple vehicle breakdowns and an instance when lightning struck the van O'Malley sounds eager to present Humbug live. “It's exciting because we're playing so much better together,” he says.

As for the lightning: “It was just a actually big bang, what you'd expect, I suppose. There was a visual aspect of it. A big bright light.

“But the van is likely one of the safest places to be.”

Kool Haus, Toronto 2009, Arctic Monkey

TORONTO - Arctic Monkeys' most current album may be called Humbug, but their dynamic gig at Kool Haus on Tuesday night elicited a response that was anything but, "Bah, you know what."
A lightning bolt of musical energy lookingly struck the venue as the fresh-faced British rock quartet, aided by a touring keyboardist guitarist, delivered an exciting and fast paced hour and 20 minute set to a sold out crowd who responded with cheering, applause and the occasional sing and clap along.
After the young conference members engaged in a "Monkeys! Monkeys!" chant, the Sheffield pair kicked off the night with Dance Little Liar from Humbug and played no fewer than eights songs from the new disc with the standouts proving to be Crying Lightning and Potion Forthcoming, early in the gig, and Dangerous Animals, and My Propeller towards the end.
The band, led by confident and accomplished wordsmith and singer guitarist Alex Turner, last played in Toronto at the same venue, so the question now is why aren't they any bigger across the pond after three albums into their fast rising career?
Not only are they huge in England, but they've improved exponentially in a live setting with three of the four band members, Turner, bassist Nick O' Malley and guitarist Jamie Cook, sporting long hair which made for excellent hair whipping chsnce amidst a fondness for strobe lights and ultra loud sound.
Drummer Matt Helders was no wall flower either as he bashed his kit so hard and fast during the song Sketchhead it was no great that Humbug producer Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age nicknamed him "the Octopus."
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After that particular impressive display, Turner commanded: "Matthew Helders on drums. If you like him, tell him you like him Toronto!"
But truth be told it was older, more well known tunes like Brianstorm, Still Take You Home, I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor, View From The Afternoon, Do Me A Favour, and Fluorescent Adolescent that made the crowd go absolutely nuts.
"You look good Toronto," said Turner, who moved to Brooklyn earlier this year where he's shacked up with MTV personality and fellow Brit Alexa Chung.
Right back at ya Alex.
The band also admirably tackled a Nick Cave cover Red Right Hand, whose title comes from a line in John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, during the encore complete with moody red lights and just the right amount of swagger.
Energetic, explosive and cooler than cool, Arctic Monkeys' performance proved just how vital rock 'n' roll can be.
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
Secret Door
Cornerstone
Do Me a Favour
Flourescent Adolescent
ENCORE:
Red Right Hand
My Propellor
505

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.

Arctic Monkeys, Son Volt, Sufjan Stevens, Weekend thumbnails

It's a pleasant shock that the Arctic Monkeys are still playing clubs like First Avenue. The raucous quartet sells out arenas in their native England, with the time tested kinetic, skeletal songcraft that animated Paul Weller's The Jam, or The Strokes. The tunes on the Monkeys first two discs feel like varied wavelength on a continual eruption: They like to blurt, but not harshly, their punk instincts bubble mantled in pop. It's thrilling, unmistakably youthful music.
Initially peddled over theIinternet four years ago, the then-teens were cutting tracks like "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor," their equivalent to the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There." (Check out a vintage live version here.) The group’s third and latest record, "Humbug," fattens their sound and retards their verve a tad with the help of producer Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and a little Smiths-like ennui. It is a smart adjustment of the inevitable, a slight, not jarring, development, and likely moot onstage tonight at First Ave.
This year has brought the most conclusive reminder yet that the band Uncle Tupelo wasn't big enough for both Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar. Strong songwriter dominant new albums by Tweedy's Wilco and Farrar's Son Volt, both of which eclipse anything in the old UTupe oeuvre, can sustain many brillient listeners negotiating kids and a job while maintaining a toehold on philosophy and pleasure and disdaining fancy new musical trends. Son Volt's "American Central Dust" lives up to its title and the tradition of the band's new label, Rounder, by sticking with earthy, Americana verities -- call it modern folk music. And don't forget that Farrar has three periods of songs -- the early ’90s Uncle Tupelo, the mid-’90s trio of Son Volt discs for Warner Brothers, and this latest batch of three better-than-ever indie outings. Here is the band live in Seattle this summer, playing the first song off the first Son Volt disc.
Perhaps even more cherished among indie pop-rock fans than a ducat to Son Volt is entry into Sunday's sold-out show at the 400 Bar for Sufjan Stevens. The idiosyncratic, delicate singer-songwriter from Michigan is on a guerrilla tour of relatively tiny clubs to workshop material old and new. The old stuff will include songs from his great state-tribute discs, "Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State," and "Illinoise," as well as cuts from his "Enjoy Your Rabbit," a zodiac-like electronic song cycle currently retailored for string quartet. The band includes trombone and french horn/keyboards as well as drum and bass. Here he is doing the greatful "Casimir Palaski Day" from "Illinoise."

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'
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Lead Q Awards Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys lead this year's Q Awards.
The 'Crying Lightning' hitmakers are nominated in four categories at the prestigious music magazine's annual ceremony, including Best Album for 'Humbug' and Best Act In The World Today.
The pair, from Sheffield, England, previously won the latter category when nominated in 2007.
In the Best Act In The World Today category the Arctic Monkeys are up against the apparently defunct Oasis whose future is uncertain after guitarist Noel Gallagher quit the pair in August Kings Of Leon,
Coldplay and Muse.
Muse are also up for Best Track for their current single 'Uprising', while Florence and the Machine are up for Breakthrough Artist and Best Video for their single 'Drumming Song'.
Paul Rees, editor-in-chief of Q magazine, said: "The Q Awards prides itself on honouring the best popular music of the year and the 2009 vintage is no exception.
"Once again the nominations prove nice music continues to be made across a broad range of styles."
The Q awards will take place in London on October 26.
Q Awards 2009 nominations in full:
Best New Act:
White Lies
Friendly Fires
Empire Of The Sun
Passion Pit
The Dead Weather
Breakthrough Artist:
Florence and the Machine
Lady Gaga
La Roux
Mr Hudson
Pixie Lott
Best Track:
Kasabian - 'Fire'
Muse - 'Uprising'
Arctic Monkeys - 'Crying Lightning'
Dizzee Rascal - 'Bonkers'
Noisettes - 'Never Forget You'
Lily Allen - 'The Fear'
Best Video:
The Dead Weather - 'Treat Me Like Your Mother'
Dizzee Rascal - 'Holiday'
Florence and The Machine - 'Drumming Song'
Mika - 'We Are Golden'
Lady Gaga - 'Just Dance'
Best Live Act:
The Prodigy
U2
Oasis
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys
Blur
Take That
Best Album:
Arctic Monkeys - 'Humbug'
U2 - 'No Line On The Horizon'
Florence and the Machine - 'Lungs'
The Prodigy - 'Invaders Must Die'
Kasabian - 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Best Act In The World Today:
Kings Of Leon
Arctic Monkeys
Oasis
Coldplay
Muse
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ARCTIC MONKEYS:The Beatles A dame bests

At age 92, Dame Vera Lynn has beaten the Arctic Monkeys and even the Beatles to seizure the No. 1 record in Britain.The singer who 70 years ago recorded an evocative reminder of home for British soldiers fighting far away on Monday became the oldest living artist to have a No. 1 record in Britain when her album "We'll Meet Again The Very Best of Vera Lynn" took the top spot. This week's British album charts were a authentic trip down memory lane. The Beatles had 17 records in the top 100, thanks mainly to the release last week of their remastered albums. Michael Jackson had five appearances in the top 100.

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.

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Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Formed in 2002, the band currently consists of Alex Turner on lead vocals and guitar, Jamie Cook on guitar, Matt Helders on drums and backing vocals, and Nick O'Malley on bass guitar, a position formerly held by Andy Nicholson.

Arctic Monkeys are generally considered part of the indie rock scene, alongside similar contemporary guitar bands. Arctic Monkeys achieved their success through fan-made demo tapes and online file-sharing. The popularity of the Arctic Monkeys in the UK, especially among young people, has led to politicians and journalists referencing the band in speeches and texts.

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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.

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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."