Music Arctic Monkeys announce first live dates since 2014 The Sheffield band are expected to release their sixth album later this year Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys at Leeds festival in 2014 Photograph: Andrew Benge/Redferns via Getty Images
Arctic Monkeys have announced their first live dates since 2014. The Sheffield band will play a number of European and American festivals this summer. The sole UK appearance announced so far is a headline slot at Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival on 1 July.
The four-piece start their run at Barcelona’s Primavera Soundon 2 June. Other European dates include the Netherlands’s Best Kept Secret (8 June) and Finland’s Flow (11 August). The group have announced one US appearance, at Firefly festival in Delaware (14–17 June).
Arctic Monkeys are expected to release their sixth studio album later this year. They went on hiatus after headlining Reading festival in 2014, with frontman Alex Turner telling NME it was the “perfect place to leave things for a while”. In 2016, they teased work on a new album via a series of gnomic Instagram posts, and last September bassist Nick O’Malley confirmed that progress was underway for a planned 2018 release.
Arctic Monkeys (@ArcticMonkeys) We're pleased to announce our 2018 festival dates. Full information at https://t.co/j1hCeXFZBM pic.twitter.com/0LSBftUUZb
The as-yet untitled album follows 2013’s AM, which reached No 1 in the UK charts and featured singles including Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? and the Grammy-nominated Do I Wanna Know?
During the band’s break, Turner released Everything You’ve Come to Expect, the second album with his other band the Last Shadow Puppets. Drummer Matt Helders contributed to Iggy Pop’s 2016 album Post Pop Depression, which also featured Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. The band’s debut, 2006’s Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, was recently revealed to be the biggest-selling Mercury prize winner of all time.
The band will be headlining TRSNMT in Scotland
Arctic Monkeys have announced their first UK tour date of 2018 – headlining TRNSMT festival alongside a huge line-up.
Today saw the band announce a huge run of festival dates throughout Europe and America, including headline slots at NOS Alive and Primavera Sound.
This also marks their return to the UK – where they’ll be headlining TRSMT Festival in Scotland on Sunday July 1, where they’ll be joined by Interpol, Blossoms, Nothing But Thieves, Declan McKenna, Miles Kane and Tom Grennan.
Tickets are on sale from 9am on Tuesday January 30 and available here.
The full line-up for TRSNMT Festival 2018 is:
WEEKEND 1
FRIDAY 29th JUNE 2018 – Stereophonics | The Script | James Bay | Kodaline | Jessie J + more TBA
SATURDAY 30th JUNE 2018 – Liam Gallagher | Courteeners | Wolf Alice | J HUS | Krept x Konan | Gerry Cinnamon + more TBA
SUNDAY 1st JULY – Arctic Monkeys | Interpol | Blossoms | Nothing But Thieves | Declan McKenna | Miles Kane | Tom Grennan
WEEKEND 2
FRIDAY 6th JULY 2018 – TBA
SUNDAY 8th JULY 2018 – The Killers | CHVRCHES | Franz Ferdinand + more TBA
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Arctic Monkeys join The Killers, Liam Gallagher and Sterophonics as headliners
Arctic Monkeys have been announced as headliners at the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow this summer.
The Sheffield band last performed in Scotland at T in the Park in 2014.
They will close the festival on Sunday 1 July. Interpol, Blossoms, Nothing But Thieves and Miles Kane are among other acts announced.
The other headliners for the festival, which will run over two weekends, are The Killers, Liam Gallagher and Sterophonics.
TRNSMT, now in its second year, will be held from 29 June - 1 July, and then on 6 and 8 July at Glasgow Green.
Last year, the festival was over 3 days and attracted 120,000 fans.
Geoff Ellis, Head of DF Concerts said: "DF Concerts are thrilled to bring TRNSMT fans Arctic Monkey's as our opening weekend's final headliners; we've wanted to have them back in Scotland for a while now and can't wait to see what their set will bring.
"Sunday 1st July's line-up is a combination of legends and bright young stars. We can assure fans TRNSMT 2018 will be unmissable. Stay tuned."
