Arctic Monkeys announce Crying Lightning as new single

The first release from Arctic Monkeys‘ upcoming third LP Humbug will be ‘Crying Lightning’, it has been announced. The track will receive its first airing on July 6 on Zane Lowe’s radio show, and will become available for download via iTunes from midnight that night. The physical single will be release on August 17, a week before the release of the album.

Humbug, produced by Josh Homme in the Mojave Desert and James Ford in Brooklyn, is set to be a broader-spanning affair that Whatever I Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not and Favourite Worst Nightmare.

The Sheffield four-piece will be headlining Reading/Leeds Festival in August and also hitting a variety of destinations across Europe and over the Atlantic.

July 2   Opener Festival, Gydnia, Poland

July 4   Rock For People, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

July 5   Vienna Arena, Austria

July 7   Prokurative, Split, Croatia

July 9   Exit Festival, Serbia

August 1   All Points West, New Jersey, USA

August 2   Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada

August 3   Highline, New York, USA

August 5   Paradise, Boston, USA

August 6   Metro, Chicago, USA

August 8   Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA

August 13 Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway

August 14  Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden

August 15  Beat Day Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

August 21  Highfield Festival, Erfurt, Germany

August 22  Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium

August 23  Lowlands Festival, Holland

August 28  Leeds Festival, England

August 29  Reading Festival, England

October 19    Budokan, Tokyo, Japan

November 6  Zenith, Paris, France