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Arctic Monkeys have teamed up with The Big Issue for the official programme of their first UK stadium tour, which begins tonight (May 29).In support of new album ‘The Car’, the band will play 15 dates across the UK and Ireland over the next month, including two hometown gigs at Sheffield’s Hillsborough Park and three at London’s Emirates Stadium.Ahead of the tour beginning at Bristol’s Ashton Gate tonight, the band have confirmed that they have teamed up with The Big Issue for the official programme for the tour, with all proceeds going to the homelessness charity.An announcement from the publication reads: “The 36 page programme with a long lasting and collectible heavy cover, features brand-new never before seen images of the band on the road plus an in-depth interview with the band’s beating heart, drummer Matt Helders.”Discussing the band’s wish to support the publication’s work, Helders told The Big Issue: “The obvious reason is the good work you do… but it’s not just that. It is good journalism as well as being a good cause.”Priced at £10, programmes are available online here as well as at all the UK gigs.The 36 page programme with a long lasting and collectible heavy cover, features brand-new never before seen images of the band on the road plus an in-depth interview with the band’s beating heart, drummer Matt Helders.

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has revealed that he has a “weird” version of ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’ that has never been released.In a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, the musician was reflecting on the band’s 2013 album AM, as part of the channel’s series 100 Best Albums.“There is a weird version that I’ve got somewhere of ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’ that sounds a bit like ‘R U Mine’,” Helders said. “It is really fun to listen to but it just wouldn’t have worked.”“I think once [frontman Alex Turner] is done with something, he really has to feel like he can move on to the next thing, because he has given everything to that moment and there’s nothing left after that, I don’t think.”‘R U Mine’ had been released in early 2012 and saw the band embrace a more raucous, rock-oriented sound.

Josh Homme‘s son covered Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath as part of the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman’s recent benefit gig.Earlier this month, Homme announced a one-night only benefit gig in support of his charity, The Sweet Stuff Foundation at the Belasco Hall in Los Angeles.As previously reported, Matt Helders, Beck and St. Vincent all performed at the show earlier this week alongside The Kills, Jesse Hughes, Bill Burr, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Justin Willman, Sarah Silverman and more.During the same show, Homme’s son Ryder’s band Vivant also covered Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ and Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’ – you can watch a performance of the former below.It comes after Homme’s son also played tambourine alongside his dad at a previous benefit show during a rendition of QOTSA’s ‘Into The Hollow’.Elsewhere at the recent show, Dave Grohl also unveiled a new song he wrote about Homme, which he wrote upon being invited to perform at the concert.

Matt Helders, Beck and St. Vincent have all appeared at the recent ‘Josh Homme & Friends’ beefit gig – watch fan-filmed footage of their performances below.Earlier this month, the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman announced a one-night only benefit gig in support of his charity, The Sweet Stuff Foundation. The gig took place on March 20 at the Belasco Hall in Los Angeles.Now, footage of the concert has appeared on social media, where an impressive lineup of artists took to the stage.

Josh Homme has announced his one-night-only ‘Josh Homme & Friends’ benefit gig with Dave Grohl, Matt Helders, Beck and more.The Queens Of The Stone Age frontman took to the band’s official social media accounts to share the details of the benefit gig. Taking place on March 20 at The Belasco in Los Angeles, California, ‘Josh Homme & Friends’ will be held in support of the Sweet Stuff Foundation.Other acts set to perform include The Kills, Jesse Hughes, Bill Burr, St.

Josh Homme has opened up about the possibility of teaming up with Iggy Pop again in the future, after they worked together on 2016’s ‘Post Pop Depression’.That album saw Homme and Iggy come together on an initially secretive project, alongside Homme’s Queens of the Stone Age bandmate Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. The album was highly praised, placing in NME’s Top 10 Albums of 2016 list, and it became Iggy’s highest charting solo album to date.Now, in a new interview with NME, Homme and Fertita have spoken about the likelihood of a potential follow-up to the project. Watch the video of the chat below.“Well, I would do that in a second,” Homme said in response to the idea.“Oh my god, if there was ever the opportunity to do it, it would be amazing,” added Fertita.

Milburn will be reforming for a one-off hometown show for Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus in 2024.The band will be headlining the third of four nights at the circus-themed event at Don Valley Bowl on Saturday August 31. They have also hand-picked their opening acts, with Jake Bugg, The Selecter, The Rifles, Seb Lowe and Gia Ford all set to appear.“Don Valley has a special place in our hearts and to return at the top of a bill which has so many great artists on it, is an honour,” said Milburn frontman Joe Carnall.“Last time we performed at Don Valley it was really wet, so we’re chuffed that we’ve got a big top to play in this time.

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has spoken about shooting the cover artwork for the band’s latest album, and his approach to photography on the whole.In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Helders recalled that he captured the image featured on the front of ‘The Car’ with a long lens from the window of his former apartment in Los Angeles.“This was in 2019, before we’d started any music for the album,” the musician said. “Alex [Turner] was, like, ‘Oh, wow’.

The Hives have shared two new songs – listen to ‘Trapdoor Solution’ and ‘The Bomb’ below.The Swedish indie band are due to release ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ – their sixth album, and first studio effort in over a decade – next Friday (August 11) via Fuga. Pre-order/pre-save here.It’ll feature the tracks ‘Bogus Operandi’, ‘Countdown To Shutdown’ and ‘Rigor Mortis Radio’, all of which arrived this year.Now, the Hives have further previewed the imminent LP with two more cuts.

The Hives brought out Arctic Monkeys’ drummer Matt Helders to join them on stage during their recent show in Athens. Check out footage below.While performing at Release Athens at Plateia Nerou in the Greek capital on Tuesday (July 18), the Swedish indie icons invited the drummer on stage to perform upcoming new album track ‘Rigor Mortis Radio’.“We got another of the world’s best drummers coming in, coming in hot!” said The Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist as he introduced the drummer to the stage. “From the Arctic Monkeys, Mr.

The Hives have called their recent tour mates Arctic Monkeys “the only good really popular band” in a new interview with NME.The Swedish group supported the Sheffield band on their recent UK stadium tour, with drummer Matt Helders calling them “so much fun to watch” last year.Speaking to NME for the latest interview in the In Conversation video series, Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist responded to other comments from Helders, in which he cited The Hives as one of Arctic Monkeys first real inspirations. “They told us that the first week or month that they started the band, they saw The Hives and The Strokes and that was the thing that really started it off for them,” the frontman said.“We toured with them in South America about 10 years ago and had a great time, so I’m really happy they wanted us back.

Whether you were in the thick of it and soaking up the vibes at Worthy Farm, or you were snuggled up on your sofa watching Glastonbury from the comfort of your own home, chances are, you tuned in for the first major headline show of the festival. Last night, Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley, and Matt Helders - aka Arctic Monkeys - took to the iconic Pyramid stage for their third headline set, after first securing a main stage slot in 2007 and then again in 2013. For hardcore AM fans, it was a huge moment, with literally thousands of people gearing up for an hour and a half of their biggest hits.

Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher wore an Arctic Monkeys shirt during his set at Glastonbury Festival today (June 23), returning the favour to Monkeys’ drummer Matt Helders, who sported a Royal Blood shirt during his own Glasto set back in 2013.Royal Blood took to the Pyramid Stage at Glasto 2023 this afternoon, in the slot between Foo Fighters – who were revealed to be mystery band The Churnups – and headliners Arctic Monkeys.Back in 2013, Arctic Monkeys drummer Helders wore a Royal Blood t-shirt during their Glastonbury headline set. To return the gesture, Thatcher took to the stage in an Arctic Monkeys t-shirt 10 years later.ICONIC— Wanting FSG OUT #FSGOUT (@Lpool_5843) June 23, 2023Royal Blood opened with ‘Out Of The Black’, also performing tracks including ‘Come On Over’, ‘Boilermaker’, ‘Lights Out’, ‘Mountains At Midnight’ and more.The band, however did not address the moment their annoyed reaction to the crowd at Radio One’s Big Weekend that went viral recently.“I guess I should actually introduce ourselves seeing as no-one actually knows who we are,” frontman Mike Kerr told the crowd last month.

Arctic Monkeys are officially back on the road in support of their 2022 album The Car.

Arctic Monkeys' biggest UK and Irish tour to date finally lands in Manchester this weekend as the four-piece head to Emirates Old Trafford for two massive gigs.

Arctic Monkeys are officially back on the road in support of their 2022 album The Car.

Albert Hammond Jr has spoken to NME about his new hip-hop-inspired single ‘100-99’, his upcoming solo album ‘Melodies On Hiatus’, working with Arctic Monkeys‘ Matt Helders, and progress on The Strokes’ next record.The guitarist and singer-songwriter shared his latest solo track earlier this week (April 4) and announced details of the new record – which will be his fifth solo album and the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Francis Trouble’.The LP’s first single finds Hammond Jr combining a beat inspired by ‘90s hip-hop and a glacial guitar melody as he sings: “I’m not safe / I’ve made mistakes, I would again / In spite of what it cost me.” It’s a merging of styles that he has wanted to try out for some years.“I’d write riffs and think, ‘I can imagine that looped with a beat and someone rapping over it’,” he told NME. “This song just happened to work [like that].

The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr has announced a new solo album ‘Melodies On Hiatus’ and shared lead single ‘100-99’. Check it out below.The LP marks the fifth solo album for the guitarist and songwriter, following on from his 2018 release ‘Francis Trouble’.

Artic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders is part of a group who have bought a beloved Sheffield pub.Fagan’s in the city centre of Sheffield is to be taken over by a nine-strong group after the departure of pub landlords, and husband and wife duo, Tom and Barbara Boulding.

Arctic Monkeys are the defining British band of their generation.

Arctic Monkeys have explained the connection between all their seven studio albums as they gear up to release new LP ‘The Car’ next week (October 21).Since releasing debut album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ in 2006, the band have flirted with desert rock (2009’s ‘Humbug’), arena-filling rock’n’roll (2013 classic and NME Album Of The Decade, ‘AM’) and lunar-inspired slow-jams (‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’)As the band told Dutch radio station NPO 3FM in a new interview, the connections between the albums are more obvious to the band than they may be to fans.“There’s a path that goes from the first album to this album,” drummer Matt Helders explained. “It might not be obvious and clear to everybody at first, but for us, it’s definitely got a bit of that.