Arctic Monkeys: Last News

Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon and The Killers, and remains popular with live music fans and clubbers in the Steel City.However, today (March 31) saw the venue – which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year – issuing a statement on its website explaining that it is being forced out of business.“Today we have received some devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close,” the statement began.“Since 1980 The Leadmill has spent millions of pounds on what was a derelict warehouse, transforming it into one of the U.K’s most respected venues where countless acts from across the globe have performed over the years,” it continued.The team then asked people to show their support by “sharing this news and sharing your best memories that we can gather to help show them reasons why #WeCantLoseLeadmill”.They signed off the statement with contact info for those wanting to know more about the situation.Today we have received some devastating news that in 1 year's time, our Landlord is evicting us and forcing us to close.Please show your support by sharing this news & sending us your best memories that we can gather to help display all the reasons why #WeCantLoseLeadmill pic.twitter.com/6pVKaTFJ4U— The Leadmill (@Leadmill) March 31, 2022Since the news broke, a number of musicians, gig-goers and friends of the venue have taken to social media to react to the news, with many calling to save the venue, and using the hashtag #WeCantLoseLeadmill to bring awareness to the news.“Such a brilliant venue. Let’s do all we can to stop The @Leadmill from closing,” Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess tweeted, while The Subways wrote: “IN WHAT WORLD IS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN? Unacceptable.

Peaky Blinders’ final series, the original soundtrack is getting a vinyl release.The 49 tracks of music and dialogue from the show’s first five seasons will be spread across three blood-red LPs.The vinyl release will feature two versions of Peaky Blinders’ iconic theme tune ‘Right Hand Red’ – the original by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds as well as a reworked version by PJ Harvey.Other tracks included are Jack White‘s ‘Love Is Blindness’, Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Do I Wanna Know?’, Radiohead’s ‘You and Whose Army?’ and ‘Lazarus’ by David Bowie.Songs by Royal Blood, Laura Marling, The White Stripes and Queens Of The Stone Age will also appear. Check out the complete tracklisting and pre-order the record here.“The Peaky Blinders story and the music we use are twins, born at the same time,” said creator Steven Knight in a statement.

Arctic Monkeys have been announced as one of the headliners for this year’s Electric Picnic – check out the full line-up below.Alex Turner and co. will top the bill at the Irish music and arts festival on Sunday, September 4 alongside Tame Impala (September 3) and Dermot Kennedy (2).

Foals have spoken about how they now feel comfortable being “in a lane of one”, adding that they no longer feel competitive with other bands.The Oxford band were speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story to launch their upcoming new album, ‘Life Is Yours’. While this upcoming record will be Foals’ seventh album, frontman Yannis Philippakis “balked” at the suggestion that the band were now “indie statesmen”.“I mean, I don’t agree with the ‘indie’ bit, I guess, weirdly – or the statesmen bit,” Yannis told NME.

Miles Kane has hinted that The Last Shadow Puppets could return in the future.Kane formed the group with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner in 2008. They released two albums, 2008’s ‘The Age Of The Understatement’ and 2016’s ‘Everything You’ve Come To Expect.’Speaking to Music Week, Kane said they while had no plans to reunite soon, he hasn’t ruled out another album for the group.He said: “We won’t be doing anything in the near future, but I think it’d be rude not to do a trilogy.“The trilogy would be the icing, wouldn’t it?”Previously, Miles said in 2018 that he would “never say never” when it came to the group returning on day. “The Last Shadow Puppets was good, I had great fun with that.

Arctic Monkeys have been announced as one of the headliners of Lowlands Festival 2022.The Netherlands festival, which takes place at Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, is set to return this year from August 19-21.Arctic Monkeys lead the 68 new additions to the Lowlands 2022 line-up which have been announced today (February 2).The bill, which you can view in the below Instagram post, also includes the likes of Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi, Arlo Parks, Bring Me The Horizon, Aurora, Slowthai, Wet Leg and Yard Act.A post shared by Lowlands (@lowlands_fest)Pre-sale tickets for Lowlands 2022 will be available from 11am on Saturday (February 5), and will be open to those who bought tickets for Lowlands in either 2020 or 2021.Any remaining tickets will then go on sale on February 12 at 11am. You can find out more information about this year’s festival by heading here.Arctic Monkeys’ latest festival booking has further expanded their summer tour schedule, with a number of gigs in Europe planned as well as a headline slot at Reading & Leeds Festival.

being named as NME‘s Album Of The Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under‘, Sam Fender has now announced details of a huge London gig at Finsbury Park for summer 2022 – with some very special guests.To round off the huge success surrounding the North Shields’ singer-songwriter’s second album, Fender will be following in the footsteps of the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pulp and Liam Gallagher by headlining Finsbury Park.The huge show on Friday July 15 will see him being joined by a hand-picked roster of Fontaines D.C., Declan McKenna, Beabadoobee and Goat Girl, with many more to be announced.“It’s the biggest gig we’ve put on so far – 45,000 tickets,” Fender told NME.

Bring Me The Horizon have spoken to NME about what to expect from their upcoming headline set at Reading & Leeds 2022. Check out our video interview with frontman Oli Sykes above.The Sheffield metal titans were today confirmed to be topping the bill for the first time at the legendary twin-site event, along with fellow headliners Arctic Monkeys, Halsey, Dave, Megan Thee Stallion and Rage Against The Machine.

Arctic Monkeys have announced their first headline shows of 2022 – see all the details below.The Sheffield band, who last performed live in 2019, will hit the road for a string of European dates next August. Tickets go on sale here at 9am GMT (10am CET) next Wednesday (November 24).Alex Turner and co.

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has revealed that the band’s new album is “pretty much” finished and likely to arrive in 2022 ahead of a summer tour.Fans have been eager for news on the anticipated follow-up to 2018’s acclaimed ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino‘, with numerous reports and rumours around its recording emerging over the last year.Back in January, the Sheffield band’s manager revealed that the group had been “working on music” and had initially planned to record last summer, before Helders confirmed that they were in the “early stages” of the album while trying to overcome obstacles brought on by the pandemic.

The Strokes‘ Julian Casablancas has admitted in a new social media post that he “always wanted to be in the Arctic Monkeys”.The frontman took to Instagram this morning (October 10) to share a photo of himself recreating the cover art of the Sheffield band’s debut album, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’.Released in 2006, the album’s iconic cover image features a black and white photo of Chris McClure – brother of Reverend And The Makers’ Jon McClure – smoking a cigarette.Casablancas’ recreation of the famous artwork sees a similar close-up shot of him smoking, while the title tag in the left corner has been replaced with The Strokes’ logo.“lolll – i always wanted to be in the Arctic Monkeys,” the singer captioned his post.

The Lathums complete their rise to the top as their debut album How Beautiful Life Can Be enters straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

The Lathums' chart-topping debut album is the latest success that is seeing 2021 on course to be the best year for new British groups in well over a decade.

Nandi Bushell has shared a video of her interviewing Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, following her jam session with him last week.The Arctic Monkey visited Bushell at her home on Saturday (June 26), with the young musician teasing an interview and jam on her Instagram page.During the chat – which Bushell said was her first time conducting an interview – the two drummers discussed their top five favourite bands, the hardest drum beat they can play and more.When Helders selected ‘Brainstorm’ as the hardest drum beat he can play, Bushell replied: “That is a hard one cos my hands always get really tired and sometimes it’s hard to make it through the whole song.”“I struggle – if I did it now, I’d probably find it difficult,” Helders

Nandi Bushell has shared another performance from her jam session with Arctic Monkeys‘ Matt Helders – this time taking on the band’s ‘AM’ single ‘R U Mine?’.Earlier this week, the 11-year-old drummer posted a video of the pair playing ‘I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor’ before following it up with a joint rendition of ‘Brianstorm’.Bushell has now uploaded the third and final part of the session, which this time sees the young musician play the iconic ‘R U Mine?’ riff on electric guitar.

Nandi Bushell has shared the second part of her recent jam session with Arctic Monkeys‘ Matt Helders, doubling up on drums for a rendition of ‘Brianstorm’.Earlier this week, Bushell shared a video of the pair performing ‘I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor’, revealing that more clips from their session would soon be released.In addition to ‘Brianstorm’, a performance of the band’s track ‘R U Mine’ is on the way. Bushell also revealed that she’s filmed an interview with Helders, and that the two also played an improvisational session which will soon be released.Watch Bushell and Helders perform ‘Brianstorm’ below:“Matt Helders came to my house for a cup of Tea and a Jam with me,” Bushell said on Instagram earlier this week.

Nandi Bushell and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders have recorded a “jam” together, the young musician has revealed.The 11-year-old drummer became a viral sensation after posting a video of her covering Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’ in November 2019.Since then, she has engaged in a drum battle with Dave Grohl and received praise from Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Queens Of The Stone Age, Royal Blood and more.Now, Helders has paid Bushell a visit at her home to record what the child star has described as a “jam” together.