Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Arctic Monkeys are one of the most successful rock bands to ever come out of Britain. They’ve ruled their home country for nearly ...

Alex Turner is many things: shape-shifting frontman of the Arctic Monkeys, a brilliant performer, and one of the UK's best lyricists. He makes outlandish rhyming couplets for fun, and his twisting ...

Alex Turner is out of breath. The Arctic Monkeys frontman has just blazed through a guitar solo on Body Paint - the swaggering, Bowie-esque centrepiece of their new album, The Car - on TV ...