Arctic Monkeys new album reportedly out in May
The Sheffield rockers are set to play their first live show in years that same month
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Your support makes all the difference.Another day, another piece of the 'when the hell will Arctic Monkeys release new music?' puzzle.
Following on from frontman Alex Turner reportedly telling a fan that the rock quartet will be releasing a new single “soon,” it's claimed that drummer Matt Helders has narrowed an album release date down to a month
According to fan George Evans - who bumped into Helders in a kebab shop in Sheffield - Arctic Monkeys' sixth studio record will be released in May, the same month in which they're scheduled to perform their first live shows in four years.
The band's return was officially confirmed in January following the launch of their revamped website, brand new logo and announcement of their first tour date in four years, and now Turner himself has given word on when to expect new music.
Fans have been awaiting confirmation of a new album for some time now, with speculation rife since frontman Alex Turner was photographed reunited with his bandmates in December 2016.
Earlier this month, Arctic Monkeys announced six new European live dates for May having previously confirmed a further 14 dates across Europe - including Primavera Sound in Barcelona -as well as one UK date at TRNSMT in Glasgow.
In 2016, Turner united with The Last Shadow Puppet's Miles Kane to tour their sophomore record, Everything You've Come to Expect. The new album will be Arctic Monkeys' first since the critically-acclaimed AM in 2013.
You can find a compilation of Turner's greatest lyrics here.
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