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Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has confirmed the band are planning a new album for this year, and are ‘definitely happy’ with what has been written so far.

The Arctic Monkeys have signed up to headline the first night at this year’s Glastonbury festival, if one of The Sun’s army of ‘sources’ is to be believed.

Arctic Monkeys have announced another trip across the big pond to play a short run of tour dates at the end of May 2013.

The Arctic Monkeys will join Queens Of The Stone Age and The Killers as headliners at this summer’s Benicassim festival.

Arctic Monkeys will take up the last headline spot at next next year’s Open’er festival in Poland, joining an impressive line-up which also includes Blur, Queens Of The Stone Age and Kings Of Leon.

The Cribs and Arctic Monkeys are amongst the artists nominated for this year’s Association of Independent Music Awards, which aim to celebrate the best of independent music.

Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones has heaped praise on the Arctic Monkeys and said he would be happy to work with the Sheffield band in the future.

Muse and the Arctic Monkeys have both landed a handful of nominations for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards, which will take place at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany on November 11th.

Progressive rock pioneer Mike Oldfield has admitted he had never heard of the Arctic Monkeys before the Sheffield band performed live at the London Olympics’ opening ceremony last month.

The Arctic Monkeys are on course to enter the Top 20 on the UK Singles Chart this weekend with their cover of The Beatles‘ 1969 track ‘Come Together‘.