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<a name="_GoBack"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1A1A1A"><img width="278" height="136" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image007.png@01CEB2D6.20D3A5D0" alt="CURRENT logo 2011"></span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1A1A1A"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1A1A1A">US Tour Kicks Off Tonight In NYC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1A1A1A">AM</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1A1A1A"> Is Arctic Monkeys’ 5<sup>th</sup> Consecutive British Number One Album<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1A1A1A">Nominated for 2013 Mercury Music Prize
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1A1A1A">Confirmed For Performance on
<i>Jimmy Kimmel Live! </i>on October 9th</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“…an LP that’s sounding more and more like a game changer.” –
<b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“<span style="color:#222222;background:white">The dance-floor-ready post-punk of their early days has
matured into a meatier, more assured sound — the kind that attracted Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, who's worked with them since 2008. He helps out here, but he doesn't have to; led by Alex Turner's cocksure vocals,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">AM</span></i></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>mixes
Velvet Underground melodies, Black Sabbath riffs, and playful grooves, and has fun doing it.”
<b>A-</b> <b><i> Entertainment Weekly</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“Arctic Monkeys’ fifth record is absolutely and unarguably the most incredible album of their career. It might also be
<i>the</i> greatest record of the last decade.” – <b><i>NME (10 out of 10)<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#222222;background:white">It's genuinely affecting.”
– <b><i>Pitchfork </i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Arctic Monkeys</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> released their globally lauded fifth studio album,
<b><i>AM, </i></b>on <b>Domino </b>last week. The eagerly anticipated release immediately rocketed to the #1 spot in the UK Album Charts with over 157K copies sold, making it the band’s FIFTH consecutive British #1 – a feat only ever achieved once before in
British chart history. Helped by the huge radio support of single “<b>Do I Wanna Know?</b>” (<a href="http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/splash/">PRESS HERE</a> to watch the video)
<b><i>AM </i></b>is heading into the Billboard Top Ten, giving the band their biggest US chart debut since 2007’s
<i>Favourite Worst Nightmare</i>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">TONIGHT the triumphant Monkeys return to US to kick off the coast-to-coast tour with an intimate show at
<b>New York City</b>’s <b>Webster Hall</b>. The British four piece are performing in several cities across the country including three sold out shows at
<b>The Wiltern</b> in <b>Los Angeles</b> with <b>Mini Mansions</b> as support featuring Michael Shuman from Queens of the Stone Age. Also supporting the band for selected cities are
<b>Drowners</b>, <b>The Walkman</b>, and <b>Deep Vally</b>. Check out a full list of tour dates below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">AM</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">was just announced as a finalist for the prestigious<i>
</i><b>2013 Mercury Prize </b>which goes to one British album each year. The band were previously the recipients of the award for their Grammy nominated debut
<i>Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not </i>in 2006.<b> </b>The award will be announced in London on
<b>October 30<sup>th</sup></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Arctic Monkeys will make their first US TV performance of songs from
<b><i>AM </i></b>on ABC’s <b><i>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</i></b> on <b>October 9<sup>th</sup></b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Tour Dates<br>
</span></u></b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/16 New York, NY @ Webster Hall # (sold out)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/17 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club # (sold out)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/18 Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at the Mann Center for Performing Arts^<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/21 Atlanta, GA @ Music Midtown Festival
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/23 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater + (sold out)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/26 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/27 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/29 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * (sold out)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/30 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * (sold out)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10/1 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * (sold out)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10/4 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10/5 Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity Theatre (sold out)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10/7 Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 %<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10/8 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works %<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10/9 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City- Birmingham %<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10/11 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""># Drowners support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">^The Walkman support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">+ Twin Peaks support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">* Mini Mansions support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">% Deap Vally support<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.arcticmonkeys.com">www.arcticmonkeys.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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