Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning

‘Crying Lightning’, the first single from Arctic Monkeys’ new album, ‘Humbug’, will receive it’s worldwide, exclusive first radio play on Monday the 6th of July on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show.   The single will then be available digitally via iTunes from midnight that night.  The physical versions of ‘Crying Lightning’ will be available on the 17th of August, a week before ‘Humbug’s release – more details to follow soon.  The ‘Crying Lightning’ sleeve is attached.

‘Humbug’ features 10 brand new Arctic Monkeys’ songs and was produced by Josh Homme in the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles and James Ford in Brooklyn.  Fans can now pre-order the album in bundle form, with a collectible, limited edition poster, from the band’s website: http://www.arcticmonkeys-store.co.uk/

The band, who will be headlining the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August and playing the following shows over the summer, have announced 4 new shows in the US in August*:

Thursday         2nd  July           Opener Festival, Gydnia, Poland           
Saturday         4th  July               Rock For People, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Sunday         5th  July            Vienna Arena, Austria
Tuesday        7th July             Prokurative, Split, Croatia
Thursday         9th  July            Exit Festival, Serbia
Saturday         1st  August       All Points West, New Jersey, USA
Sunday         2nd  August      Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada
Monday         3rd August     Highline, New York, USA
Wednesday         5th August     Paradise, Boston, USA
Friday             7th August      Metro, Chicago, USA
Saturday        8th August      Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA
Thursday         13th August      Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway
Friday             14th August      Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden
Saturday         15th August      Beat Day Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday             21st August      Highfield Festival, Erfurt, Germany
Saturday         22nd August     Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium
Sunday         23rd August      Lowlands Festival, Holland
Friday             28th August      Leeds Festival, England
Saturday         29th August      Reading Festival, England
Monday        19th October    Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Friday              6th  November Zenith, Paris, France