That Nick O'Malley, who is, as previously reported, stepping in for bassist Andy Nicholson on Arctic Monkeys upcoming US tour, is apparently playing with a broken hand. He apparently injured himself whilst on a night out a couple of weeks ago with members of his former band, The Dodgems.
Former bandmate Phil Goodwin said: "Two weeks ago we went out to the local pub with one of the lads who roadies for us. As we were walking home the other lad grabbed him and pulled him over our neighbour's wall. It's quite high and he landed on his right hand. It is his plectrum hand and he has a pot on it but he says he can hold a plectrum."