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Arctic Monkeys give Swansea the Star Treatment in their first Wales gig for a decade

The Pretty Visitors returned to Wales for the first time since 2013

Wales Online

Carl Cashman is ready to get to work amid swirl of online attention

New Liverpool Lib Dem leader has caused a stir on social media. He sat down to speak about his life, his inspiration and his plans for the city.

Liverpool Echo

Review: Arctic Monkeys at Emirates Old Trafford 'a greatest hits set and treat for everyone'

The Yorkshire rockers were back as they took to the stage at at Emirates Old Trafford on Friday night

Manchester Evening News

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Thank you, Royal Blood, for heralding the death of ‘real’ music

Frontman Mike Kerr launched a wave of memes with his petulant festival rant – and revealed the sense of entitlement created by a culture that prized rock above pop

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury 2023: How to watch as Arctic Monkeys return for third headline set

‘You do big shows, big festivals all the time. But it’s a different beast, Glastonbury,’ Alex Turner said of 2013 headline slot

The Independent UK

Mystery Glastonbury act The ChurnUps baffle ticket-holders – but who are the secret band?

A secret set? Well, that’s a churnup for the books

The Independent UK

Arctic Monkeys review – a mirrorball vision of what rock music can be

Putting their foot down for exhilarating rock’n’rollers, then easing it off for bossa nova ballads, Sheffield’s finest show why they’re the most dextrous band of their generation

The Guardian - UK

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Arctic Monkeys smash it at Ashton Gate - review

The first gig on the UK tour

Bristol Post

Who is John Cooper Clarke? As I Wanna Be Yours author performs for the Arctic Monkeys

The much-loved love poem pledging eternal devotion is full of mundane details and the poet took to the stage to perform in front of Monkeys fans this weekend

Evening Standard

‘A billion listens? Is that a lot?’ John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world’s favourite poem

I Wanna Be Yours, a love poem that rhymes Ford Cortina with vacuum cleaner, has been a school text and a wedding staple. But now, thanks to TikTok and Arctic Monkeys, it has gone spectacularly global. So who was it written for?

The Guardian - UK

Arctic Monkeys showcases their musical evolution in Thailand debut

Almost an hour after the scheduled time, Arctic Monkeys took to the stage on March 9 at Bitec Bangna, inside halls 101 and 102 to be precise. There was no fanfare or intro video as silhouettes of the four members walked to their positions on the stage, to the audience's…

Bangkok Post

‘Nobody wants to strike, they don’t do it for fun’: Richard Hawley on his National Theatre debut, Thatcherism and the Tories

The Sheffield rock’n’roller tries to avoid sharing a pint at his local with Megan Graye

The Independent UK

‘I’m at my best now’: Willie J Healey on holding out for success and having a fan in Alex Turner

Willie J Healey is back with his third album, ‘Bunny’, a woozy and playful marriage of guitar and funk music. The Oxfordshire born artist tells Megan Graye about doing things on his own terms, learning to be resilient and why you don’t have to be sad to write good music

The Independent UK

Arctic Monkeys review – it’s Alex Turner’s show and we’re just living in it

Blending old hits with languid tracks from their latest album, the talented Mr Turner seems to be on autopilot – but who cares when the songs are so good?

The Guardian - AU

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The 50 best albums of 2022: No 6 – Arctic Monkeys: The Car

The Sheffield quartet’s elegant, lounge-funk-inflected seventh album was an introspective, elliptical ode to a time that may only live in the mind of its frontman

The Guardian - UK

The 20 best songs of 2022

Alongside landmark records from Kendrick and Beyoncé, the year saw standout tracks from Steve Lacy, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more

The Guardian - UK

Arctic Monkeys: The Car review – oblique reflections in the rearview

(Domino)The arch Sheffield quartet are contemplative, cryptic but still occasionally anthemic on an album of goodbyes laced with crooner soul and loungey funk

Los Angeles Times

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on fame, Frank Sinatra and the elusive search for the 'mega-riff'

LOS ANGELES — Arctic Monkeys blasted out of the U.K. in 2006 with "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," a scrappy modern-classic debut that framed the young quartet as a kind of transatlantic counterpart to the new wave of American garage-revival acts.

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The Independent UK

Arctic Monkeys get their own Later with Jools Holland episode

‘I’m a big fan of that show and I have been for a long time,’ frontman Alex Turner said

Manchester Evening News

Arctic Monkeys fans are hugely divided over new album The Car

The Sheffield four-piece released their highly anticipated seventh album on Friday

Daily Mirror

Who is Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner dating and did he change his Sheffield accent?

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner is known for his thick Yorkshire accent, but the Sheffield local has been criticised for his changing voice over the years after a move to the US

The Independent UK

Arctic Monkeys review, The Car: Alex Turner’s persona gives this album its charm and intrigue

Designed to reward deep listening, these songs mark the start of a post-song era, where form and structure give way to mood and imagery

Evening Standard

Arctic Monkeys - The Car review: Extraordinary in a whole new way

This doesn’t sound like the Arctic Monkeys of a decade ago - but so what?

Evening Standard

Alex Turner — how he became the unlikely frontman for a generation

Three sold-out London gigs this weekend and headlining Glastonbury festival for the third time on Friday: it’s unoffically Arctic Monkeys Week. To celebrate, Samuel Fishwick charts the rise of a reluctant rock ‘n’ roll superstar

The Independent UK

Arctic Monkeys review, The Car: Alex Turner’s persona gives this album its charm and intrigue

Designed to reward deep listening, these songs mark the start of a post-song era, where form and structure give way to mood and imagery

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