‘Crying Lightning’, the first single from Arctic Monkeys’ new album, ‘Humbug’, will receive it’s worldwide, exclusive first radio play on Monday the 6^th 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 17^th of August, a week before ‘Humbug’s release – more details to follow soon. 

‘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.

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                     2^nd  July           Opener Festival, Gydnia, Poland            

Saturday                      4^th  July            Rock For People, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Sunday                        5^th  July            Vienna Arena, Austria

Tuesday                      7^th July             Prokurative, Split, Croatia

Thursday                     9^th  July            Exit Festival, Serbia

Saturday                      1^st  August       All Points West, New Jersey, USA

Sunday                        2^nd  August      Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada

Monday                        3^rd August        Highline, New York, USA

Wednesday                 5^th August        Paradise, Boston, USA

Friday                          7^th August        Metro, Chicago, USA

Saturday                      8^th August        Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA

Thursday                     13^th August      Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway

Friday                         14^th August      Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden

Saturday                      15^th August      Beat Day Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Friday                         21^st August      Highfield Festival, Erfurt, Germany

Saturday                      22^nd August     Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium

Sunday                        23^rd August      Lowlands Festival, Holland

Friday                         28^th August      Leeds Festival, England

Saturday                      29^th August      Reading Festival, England

Monday                        19^th October    Budokan, Tokyo, Japan

Friday                          6^th  November Zenith, Paris, France