***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…
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…
The shortlist for this years Mercury Music Prize album of the year has just been announced, and it turns out my prediction from yesterday wasn’t too far out – I’m counting 7 out of 12 as a success anyway! Here’s the full shortlist: Arctic Monkeys – AM David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle…
Whatever your thoughts on the annual music industry love-in that is the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year, you can’t deny it creates a bit of a talking point in the music world. The shortlist for this years Mercury Prize is announced tomorrow evening (5.30pm, 10 September), so prepare for a few weeks of…
Arctic Monkeys – AM {rating} Buy: AM Throughout the history of rock music there’s certain famous moments that stand out as epochal – Dylan going electric, Hendrix at Woodstock, Oasis at Knebworth, Radiohead at Glastonbury – the list goes on, and is full of musical events that elevated artists to a level beyond the reach…
Yes, it’s finally here ladies and gentleman! Arctic Monkeys fifth studio album AM is now available to stream ahead of its general release next week. The only downside is you have to use iTunes to stream it, but we’ll overlook that little obstacle to get our ears around it! Just follow this link to listen…
Arctic Monkeys aired a new track from their upcoming album AM on XFM last night. Called ‘I Want It All’, it’s a bit more of a classic riff-led rock song than the previous slinky and suggestive releases ‘Do I Wanna Know?‘, ‘Why Do You Only Call Me When You’re High?’ and ‘Stop The World I…
Just as I predicted last week, Arctic Monkeys have announced details of their new album in the tun-up to their headline appearance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage on Friday. The Sheffield band today revealed their fifth album will be called AM (are they copying Beady Eye!?) and is set for release on 9 September via Domino. AM…
