Arctic Monkeys unwrap their third album, entitled Humbug on Monday the 24th of August 2009.

Humbug features 10 brand new Arctic Monkeys’ songs and was produced by Josh Homme in the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles and James Ford in Brooklyn. Fans can now pre-order the album in bundle form, with a collectible, limited edition poster, from the band’s website:

www.arcticmonkeys-store.co.uk

The band, who will be headlining the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August and playing the following shows over the summer, have announced 4 new shows in the US in August*

TOUR DATES

Thursday 2nd July Opener Festival, Gydnia, Poland

Saturday 4th July Rock For People, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Sunday 5th July Vienna Arena, Austria

Tuesday 7th July Prokurative, Split, Croatia

Thursday 9th July Exit Festival, Serbia

Saturday 1st August All Points West, New Jersey, USA

Sunday 2nd August Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada

*Monday 3rd August Highline, New York, USA

*Wednesday 5th August Paradise, Boston, USA

*Friday 7th August Metro, Chicago, USA

*Saturday 8th August Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA

Thursday 13th August Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway

Friday 14th August Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden

Saturday 15th August Beat Day Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Friday 21st August Highfield Festival, Erfurt, Germany

Saturday 22nd August Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium

Sunday 23rd August Lowlands Festival, Holland

Friday 28th August Leeds Festival, England

Saturday 29th August Reading Festival, England

Friday 6th November Zenith, Paris, France