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Wales Online
2 days ago
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- Wales Online
‘Door open' for Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner to play at music venue's final gig
'Door open' for Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner to play at music venue's final gig he Leadmill announced it would have to leave its premises (Image: undefined via Getty Images ) Singer Miles Kane has said "the door's always open" for Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner to join him at the final gig at Sheffield music venue The Leadmill. Kane, 39, who plays with Turner in The Last Shadow Puppets, is due to play the venue's last gig on June 27, after The Leadmill announced it would have to leave its premises in the South Yorkshire city after losing a long-running eviction battle with its landlord, Electric Group. Arctic Monkeys played several early shows at the venue before the release of their first album, Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not, and Kane has said he would welcome Turner's return to the stage during an interview with Radio X. Asked whether the Sheffield-born singer, who is also 39, would join him, Kane said: "Well, he's redecorating it (The Leadmill) at the minute, so he's making it all leopard print for us, because, you know, it's got to be done by hand. "My door's always open for my bro, he knows that, and that's that." Article continues below Turner has not performed live since Arctic Monkeys' last gig on their tour in support of latest album The Car (2022) in 2023. The duo have seen both of their albums with The Last Shadow Puppets reach number one in the UK albums chart, and Kane said it would be an "honour" to play The Leadmill's last gig having performed there throughout his career. He told Radio X: "It's served me well, and Sheffield as a city as well has always had my back with gigs, that'd be one of the first to sell out or whatever. Article continues below "So, it's a complete honour, and let's give it a good send-off. I think it'll be a very special night, and it always pops off in there, and hopefully next Friday it won't be any different." Arctic Monkeys have seen six of their seven albums reach number one, and two of their singles reach the peak of the UK singles chart in I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor and When The Sun Goes Down. The band performed I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor and a cover of The Beatles' Come Together at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games in 2012, and have also headlined Glastonbury on three occasions, in 2007, 2013 and 2023.
Daily Mirror
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Arctic Monkeys' 'true meaning' of iconic song that fans are still trying to work out
Fans of Arctic Monkeys are still trying to work out the meaning behind one of the band's most iconic songs, with one Reddit user suggesting they have finally cracked the code Arctic Monkeys' fans are still puzzled over the meaning of one of the band's biggest hits. The indie rock legends have a plethora of popular songs, with tracks like Fluorescent Adolescent continuing to spark discussions among fans even after more than a decade since its release. Now, attention has shifted to a song from Arctic Monkeys ' most commercially successful album, led by Alex Turner. A post on the r/ArcticMonkeys subreddit has seen fans sharing their various interpretations of a track from 2013's AM, an album that was released around the time the band were headlining Glastonbury Festival. Fans are still trying to figure out the meaning behind the song, Do I Wanna Know?, which featured on the 2013 album. One user wrote: "My interpretation of AM's 'Do I Wanna Know?' I feel that the best way to enjoy this song is with the music video. A lot of people find the AM persona irritating and cringe. Constantly chasing this girl to no avail and telling us, the listener, about his fantasies about her. "But I find it quite interesting. You can clearly see in the video the personas spiral into madness as s**t just gets weirder and weirder, symbolising how the character may feel. "It starts out as clearly being black and white (either true or false) but then colour creeps its way into the video symbolising how the persona begins to question what he knows and believes because of this girl. "This culminates into full blown explosion of colour and confusion. The things that the character used to know as true are ultimately questioned and perhaps ignored." Other users have suggested other interpretations of the song, which has been aided by watching the music video. Another has since thanked the original poster, as the music video has recontextualised the song for them. They wrote: "I never watched the music video until now so thanks. "It's the song that got me into it them so I don't find it cringy. But I also think that the video could symbolize him getting farther and farther away from the girl (feels like he's losing her and control over the situation/his feelings). "Like things started out simple and easy to understand between them, black and white, and slowly got more confusing, adding colour, until he's not even sure what's happening between them or if there was anything to start with." But some fans have suggested that this bewildering track is misunderstood as being superficial. One user countered: "That's an interesting perspective... "I'm pretty sure it was never meant to be as shallow as people perceived it to be. It's just that because it got really popular, people thought it just became a stupid song. Another jokingly claimed the song straightforward than the original poster suggested. The song 'Do I Wanna Know?' appears on Arctic Monkeys' widely debated 2013 album, AM. However, one user thinks they've deciphered its rather simple message, humorously suggesting: "He just doesn't know if he wants to know."
