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Doctor and Poet John Cooper Clarke has spoken about the great job the Arctic Monkeys did with their homage to his poem ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ which features on the bands latest album AM. Talking in a video on the Arctic Monkeys’ Youtube Channel, the poet spoke about his pride in seeing his “semi comedic […]
Over the past twelve months I have reviewed 752 singles and EPs on my weekly All-Noise single reviews column so hopefully that puts me in a good position to create a best of list for 2013, comprised not necessarily of songs that have sold the most or charted the best, but have been the most […]
Arctic Monkeys look like they’re planning on taking over the summer again in 2014. The Sheffield band seemed to dominate the music scene this year, thanks mainly to their ‘coming-of-age’ set at Glastonbury, and have today been confirmed as headliner for their third 2014 festival. As well as headlining next years T In The Park […]
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Amber Run – ‘Heaven’ Avicii meets Mumford and Sons meets Autotune in this cross pollination of genres. A slow burner, taking half of its running time to even touch on its chorus, fans of Coldplay and similar indie bands will seek refuge […]
If any band can stake a claim for having a stellar year, it’s Arctic Monkeys. They stole the show at Glastonbury and released an album that is featuring towards the top of most peoples ‘albums of the year’ lists. The Sheffield band are planning on rounding off the year with the release of AM track […]
BRIT Awards organisers have today revealed the first clutch of information regarding next years glitzy ceremony, which is to be held at London’s O2 Arena on 19 February. Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys and US superstar Katy Perry are the first acts to be confirmed as performers at the ceremony – which will be hosted by […]
***UPDATE 7 March – Festival organisers have revealed there will be four headliners this year – click here to see the updated post ***
***UPDATE – Blink 182 have been announced as the first headliners of Reading and Leeds 2014 – see the early line-up here***
***UPDATE NUMBER 2 – Arctic Monkeys have now been announced as headliner of this years festival – click here for the latest news on the Reading and Leeds 2014 line-up***
Reading and Leeds Festival organisers have announced that they will reveal the first headliners for next years festial next Monday (2 December). Read more about Reading and Leeds 2014: First headliners to be announced next week – here are the top rumours …
Arctic Monkeys have just been confirmed as the a headliner for next year’s T In The Park festival. The Sheffield band, who released their fifth album AM earlier this year, are the first headliner to be announced for the festival – which takes place in Kinross in Scotland from 11-13 July 2014. In announcing the […]
Arctic Monkeys have today announced they will play two huge shows next spring at London’s Finsbury Park. The Sheffield band will play Finsbury Park on 23 and 24 May 2014 – and have scored something of a coup by enlisting Aussie psych-rockers Tame Impala as support act. How good are these shows going to be!? […]
Arctic Monkeys paid tribute to the late and great Lou Reed last night during their show at Liverpool’s Echo Arena – playing his signature solo track ‘Walk On The Wild Side’, taken from his 1972 solo album Transformer. Former Velvet Underground front-man Reed passed away over the weekend and has been the subject of tributes […]