LEE PAYNE
An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more
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Scroll down for plenty of photos and videos Last night – wow! I was there when Arctic Monkeys – more than a band to me – played on my football team’s pitch. Two of my worlds, two very different worlds, colliding. I’ve been to Carrow Road hundreds of times. I have had my season ticket…
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Friday 21st October. A package lands on the doormat. Could it be? The previous day’s postal workers’ strike had put doubt in my mind. It was the right size and shape. All the signs were good. I opened it. YES! It is! The new Arctic Monkeys album! Yes, I know I could get it on…
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You’ve had two number one albums. The first was the fastest selling debut album in British music history. You’ve won the Mercury Prize. You’ve headlined Glastonbury. Where do you go from here? Many would have been tempted to stick to the formula that had brought such huge success, releasing a rinse-and-repeat third album to please…
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Yes, I’m writing about Arctic Monkeys again. To go with my pieces on their first, second and sixth albums, I am going to take you track-by-track through the record that cracked America for the four-piece from Sheffield. One of the things I admire so much about Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O’Malley and Matt Helders…
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Films have never been my thing, but Submarine is one that I’ve got a lot of time for.
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The release of the debut album by Arctic Monkeys was a major cultural event. The kind that wouldn’t happen nowadays. The full story of the origins of the band is one to be told another day, but by 23rd January 2006 it’s fair to say there was rather a lot of hype surrounding the Sheffield…
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LEE PAYNE on a 2006 song about one night stands.