UK album sales fall in first quarter
UK album sales fell 6% in Q1 2007 year on year, the lowest first quarter since 2002, while digital album and single sales continued to rise.…
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Cocker on Sheffield scene
Jarvis Cocker has praised Arctic Monkeys but criticised The Long Blondes and Little Man Tate in an interview with Pitchfork about the Sheffield music scene.…
Dizzee Rascal album
Dizzee Rascal releases 'Maths & English' on 4 June, preceded by the single 'Sirens' on 21 May, with contributions from Arctic Monkeys and UGK.…
Glastonbury sells out fast
Glastonbury sold out in under two hours, with 137,500 tickets gone by 10.45am and around 400,000 registered applicants.…
Glastonbury secures four-year licence and capacity increase to 177,500
Glastonbury has been granted a four-year licence and approval to raise capacity from 150,000 to 177,500, with Damien Rice and Shirley Bassey added to the line-up.…
Noel Gallagher says nice things about British pop music
Noel Gallagher praises British pop music and bands including Klaxons, Hot Chip and Arctic Monkeys in an interview with Virgin Radio at his Royal Albert Hall show.…
TubeTribe takes Arctic Monkeys pre-orders by text
Digital download platform TubeTribe is offering an SMS pre-order service for the Arctic Monkeys single 'Brianstorm', released digitally on 1 April.…
Domino partner with Warner for Arctic Monkeys album in North America
Domino Records have signed a distribution deal with Warner for North American release of the new Arctic Monkeys album, following a similar partnership for Franz Ferdinand.…
Arctic Monkeys restrict ticket sales to signed-up fans
Arctic Monkeys are restricting tour tickets to fans on their email database, selected at random, to combat touting ahead of their April UK tour.…
SMD to hook up with Monkey and Klaxons
James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco says the band may collaborate with Alex Turner and Klaxons in future, though not on their debut album.…
Arctic Monkey outfits to be auctioned by Christie's
Christie's will auction seven outfits Arctic Monkeys wore in their BRIT Awards acceptance videos at its pop memorabilia sale on 26 April.…
Arctic Monkeys announce Lancashire guests
Supergrass, The Coral and Amy Winehouse will support Arctic Monkeys at their two Lancashire County Cricket Ground shows on 28 and 29 July.…