Arctic Monkeys biography
Their fourth album's first single, titled "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" was released as a digital download on 11 April, and on Vinyl with "Brick by Brick" on 16 April for Record Store Day. A version of the single with 2 B-sides was released on 7 and 10 inch vinyl on 30 May. The band allowed fans to listen to the entire album on their website before deciding about whether to purchase it or not. "Suck It and See" was then released on 6 June 2011, and went straight to #1 in the album charts. In doing so, Arctic Monkeys became only the second band in history to debut four albums in a row at the top of the charts.
The band announced The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala as the second single to be taken from Suck It and See. Most of the stock was burned because of the London riots. A limited edition 7' Vinyl of the single was then released over the band's website on 14 August. The song only managed to chart in the top 200 in the UK, however reaching higher in Belgium at #25. In September 2011 the band released a music video for the song "Suck It and See" featuring drummer Matt Helders, and announced they would be releasing it as a single on 31 October 2011. In July 2011, the band released a live EP over iTunes with 6 live recordings from the iTunes Festival in London.
The band confirmed that they will release a DVD, documenting their performance in Don Valley. On 29 August 2011 the band released a trailer of the DVD.
Arctic Monkeys embarked in May 2011 on their Suck It and See Tour. They headlined the Benicassim Festival 2011 along side The Strokes, Arcade Fire and Primal Scream. They also headlined Oxegen 2011, Super Bock Super Rock 2011, V Festival 2011, Rock Werchter. and T in The Park. They confirmed on 7 February that they were playing two "massive homecoming shows" at the Don Valley Bowl in Sheffield on 10 and 11 June, support included Miles Kane, Anna Calvi, The Vaccines, Dead Sons and Mabel Love, clips from the show were also used in the music video for The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala. They played at Lollapalooza 5-7 August 2011. On 21 August, they also played at Lowlands, the Netherlands. The tour is expected to continue until March 2012.
On 27 October they released a music video for "Evil Twin" on YouTube, the b-side to their new single "Suck It And See". They performed the song on The Graham Norton Show on 28 October.
In January 2012, in a radio interview with Triple J, Alex Turner revealed that Arctic Monkeys would be recording a new Arctic Monkeys EP in Sheffield "in a few weeks", and that a new single would be released around it. No further details have been released as yet.
The 4th single off of Suck It and See, Black Treacle is due for release on the 23rd January 2012. The video for the single was released on YouTube on the 5th of January 2012. This video continued the theme from the previous single, Suck It and See and Evil Twin.
Next album (2012-?)
In an interview with the Sun, Alex Turner said that Arctic Monkeys will take a break from the recording and performing until 2013. Frontman Alex Turner said: "I don't really write on the road any more. We come up with a few ideas on soundchecks and that but I have written too many terrible lyrics touring around. As yet there is no plan to return to the studio next year, we're keeping our heads down." Miles Kane has confirmed that The Last Shadow Puppets are planning their second album, which they will begin in the studio as soon as the end of 2012, confirming again that Arctic Monkeys will not be recording a new album in 2012.
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