The last album cycle of the Arctic Monkeys will be a tough one to top. While the band has long been a huge success overseas, including when their 2006 debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not became the fastest-selling debut album in British history, their American success was a little more tempered. But that all changed with AM, their 2013 offering that found the band getting the huge rock hits that have allowed them to become festival headliners now, including closing out the first night at the upcoming Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Arctic Monkeys have now announced the album that they’ll be touring behind this year, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. According to the band’s Twitter, the album will be released on May 11. The five years between records is by far the longest of their career, with the band previously taking no more than two years between albums for their first five offerings. The band also offered up a teaser video, which you can watch below.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981892986329030656
The new album will be released on Domino. It was produced by James Ford and Alex Turner, and was recorded in Los Angeles, Paris, and London. Check out the absolutely bonkers tracklist for Arctic Monkeys’ Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino below, as well as their current tour dates.
1. “Star Treatment”
2. “One Point Perspective”
3. “American Sports”
4. “Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino”
5. “Golden Trunks”
6. “Four Out Of Five”
7. “The World’s First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip”
8. “Science Fiction”
9. “She Looks Like Fun”
10. “Batphone”
11. “The Ultracheese”
05/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
05/22 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
05/23 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
05/26 – Rome, IT @ Cavea
05/27 – Rome, IT @ Cavea
05/29 – Paris, FR @ Le Zenith
05/30 – Paris, FR @ Le Zenith
06/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/04 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum
06/08 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
06/14-17 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival
06/16 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
06/18 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater
06/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca Cola Roxy Theatre
06/22-24 – Neuhausen Ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/22-24 – Scheeßel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/26 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Mitsubishi Electric Halle
06/27 – Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena
07/01 – Glasgow, UK @ TRNSMT Festival
07/04 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/06 – Athens, GR @ Rockwave Festival
07/08 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/12 – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive Festival
07/13 – Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival
07/24 – Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
07/27 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
07/28 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
07/31 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
08/01 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
08/05 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
08/08 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/09-11 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/11 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/14 – Budapest, HR @ Sziget Festival
