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Alex Turner with fans last night in Brooklyn, New York

08/05/2024

📸 and 🎥: justrommaa

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Alex Turner at a Fontaines D.C. concert Brooklyn, NY, 8th May 2024 Cr: indiesleazes & notsohonestface

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chris_bloodfilms Met my hero on a train. This story is long so scroll if you cba reading. It’s 2005, a band explodes on MySpace. They’re dressed like you and their lyrics are a mirror to your life. Bleeding heck, who the fuck are the Arctic Monkeys? After 19 years on repeat it’s now 2024. Myself and @/conor_bloodfilms are travelling back from Paris. We arrive at Gare Du Nord and Duffy stops in his tracks. He whispers to me “I think that’s Alex Turner.” “F**k off!” I immediately reply. I gaze over at a guy wearing a leather jacket with long brown hair, his face adorned with aviators. We should probably stop staring as it’s getting weird, sexually and aggressively weird. Turns out it is bloody Alex Turner, the man who’s provided the soundtrack to my life! He strolls past and disappears into the Parisian platform crowd. A missed opportunity. We board our train back to London. We look to our left and there’s Alex. Sitting in his seat accompanied by a notepad. He’s probably writing the next Arctic Monkeys hit “Two gawping pricks on a train”. We really need to stop staring. I tell Duffers I’m going in, he stops me. Reminds me that I’m a fully functioning adult and not to create a scene. Christ, he’s right! I feel like I’m 15 years old again, someone get me a Strongbow and whack Dancing Shoes on, kin hell lad! Eventually myself and Con engage, it’s a surreal experience. Alex is polite and returns conversation in a soft friendly manner. The whole situation is just bloody lovely. I awkwardly ask if I can take his portrait, fully aware that it could result in an awkward exchange and destroy this wonderful moment. He smiles and obliges, he’s effortlessly cool, asks for direction and I take a few snaps. We disembark the train, I felt quite emotional and that’s embarrassing to admit. Maybe it was the jet lag, the caffeine and croissant overload? Or maybe it was just the rekindling of my youth. This all might sound trivial, however, for me these portraits are deeply personal serving a reminder that life is a series of fortunate events and when fully appreciated can conjure up some pretty awesome memories.

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Miles’ Instagram [28-04-2024]

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Arctic Monkeys at Coliseo Live, Bogota, 17/11/2022. (Photos by malejafernandezcas)

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Happy birthday to The Age of the Understatement, which was released on April 15, 2008.

“Doing the Shadow Puppets album was when I started to think of what I did as songwriting. Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, ‘Yeah, songwritin’ man,’ looking wistful. That wasn’t me—those kinds of people put me off. In the early days, I’d write a bunch of lyrics and almost look at them as a sort of joke, to make the rest of the boys laugh. And then we’d jigsaw all these parts together to make the tunes. With the Last Shadow Puppets album, Miles and I took a much more traditional approach, thinking about melodies and chords, melodies and lyrics. That opened the door to more of a purist approach. Every time you write a song, you’re looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You’re always looking for that extra missing piece.”

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Original manuscript of the track The Jeweller's Hands (2008/2009)

"so many great songs have been written here and this is a really great one @ arcticmonkeys the jeweler's hands.i still have a lot of handwritten original lyrics from any band that is cool enough to leave them here for me. i love hearing the @ bechstein.official piano on this track, and all others it appears on. it's my favorite piano sound in the world. fred and i bought it at @ shop_angelview thrift store after @ vicwillums found it and suggested we buy it to record it on her album she was readying to record here, musings of a creek dipper. our friend, the extremely talented and awesome @ trinashoemaker produced and engineered it.. i couldn't be happier that many find this little house in the desert inspiring. i know i have since the first day i walked through the door. love to all"

📸: ranchodelalunastudio

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Alex Turner and Matt Helders in Australia during the AM tour, 2012

📸: rageabc

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Arctic Monkeys at Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, 30/09/2013. (Photo by scummyman)

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scummyman: Just an appreciation post for pictures of (almost) every album tour that I've taken 📸🎸🫶🏽🥁🎤

I wasn't able to take any at the first show I seen them in 06 at the wiltern in Los Angeles, but managed to snag a few for every album tour since🫶🏽 enjoy!

Miss everyone I've met along the way too! 🤘🏽😎❤️

1: @coachella main stage Friday April 27th, 2007 FWN

2: @pappyandharriets pioneertown Sunday April 18th, 2010 Humbug

3: @foxtheaterpomona Thursday June 2nd, 2011 Suck it and see

4: @coachella weekend 2 Friday April 13th, 2012 Pre- AM

5: @majestic.ventura.theater Wednesday May 22nd, 2013 Pre- AM

6: @cryptocomarena Thursday August 7th, 2014 AM

7: @billgrahamcivic Saturday October 20th, 2018 TBH&C

8: @billgrahamcivic Sunday October 21st, 2018 TBH&C

9: @vystavistepraha Thursday August 18th, 2022 The Car

10: @visitsheffield@sheffieldmagazine#hillsboroughpark Friday June 9th, 2023 The Car

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Arctic Monkeys at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, 12/01/2012. (Photos by petedov)

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Alex Turner during The Car tour, 2023

📸: emmapicq

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Happy birthday to Miles Kane! (March 17, 1986)

“When I stop and think of my life, sometimes it’s been absolutely chaotic… like a bit of a rollercoaster at times. You’ve been doing this since you were 17, so you’ve experienced a lot. But when I hit 30… I kind of wanted to learn more things about myself and understand my bad traits and not be afraid to go inside and better myself. When you’re in your late teens, 20s, it’s two fingers against the world and fuck everyone. Don’t get me wrong; it’s still in me. But I’m not afraid to take a step back and not get clouded by any nonsense. I don’t need any bad people around me; I keep my unit tight—friends and stuff. I’m not searching for anything, and I’m just content with who I am as a person. That helps me write songs easier.”

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skysedgemusical: We welcomed some familiar faces to Park Hill last night at the official West End opening of #SkysEdgeMusical ✨ (28/2/24)

📸: piersallardycephotographer

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Arctic Monkeys at 3Arena, Dublin, 15/10/2023. (Photos by mikjra)

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Via Mark Bull's IG story, 12/02/2024.

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Arctic Monkeys at Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, 09/09/2023. (Photo by valph7)