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The Last Shadow Puppets have released their latest single 'Standing Next To Me’, taken from their recent album ‘The Age Of The Understatement’, ‘Standing Next To Me’ features Alex (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles (The Rascals) on duel vocals, injecting a sense of flair and drama into a 2 minute 18 second pop gem.

The single features 3 exclusive, brand new tracks from The Last Shadow Puppets and will be released digitally in North America and on 2x7", CD and Digital in UK/Europe. Click to Buy!

The Last Shadow Puppets will be performing their debut live shows in August, followed by their first European and American shows in October/November.  The band, Alex Turner and Miles Kane, and live musicians James Ford (drums), John Ashton (keyboards) and Stephen Fretwell (bass) will be augmented by a full 16 piece orchestra at each show.

Full dates

US
October 30th - Grand Ballroom, New York (On Sale 7/14) Buy Tickets!
November 3rd - Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles (On Sale Now) Buy Tickets!

UK/EUROPE
August 19th – Portsmouth, Guildhall
August 20th – Oxford, New Theatre
August 22nd – Leeds Festival
August 24th – Reading Festival
August 26th – Paris, Olympia

October 15th – Stockholm - Circus
October 16th – Copenhagen – Vega Main Hall
October 17th – Berlin – Tempodrome
October 19th – Brussels – Cirque Royale
October 20th – Amsterdam – Paradiso
October 22nd – Glasgow – Academy
October 23rd – Sheffield – City Hall
October 26th – London – Hammersmith Apollo
 
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The Last Shadow Puppets have unleashed their second single, "Standing Next To Me", from the stunning debut album 'The Age Of The Understatement'.  "Standing Next To Me" features Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals) on duel vocals, injecting a sense of flair and drama into a 2 minute 18 second pop gem.  The video for "Standing Next To Me" was shot in London by Richard Ayoade. Check it out!

'The Age Of The Understatement' is available now on CD, LP and Digital.

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The Age Of The Understatement (www.theageoftheunderstatement.com for more), the debut album by The Last Shadow Puppets on Tuesday May 6th, 2008 (April 21 UK).
The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (from Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (from The Rascals). Firm friends ever since Arctic Monkeys toured with Kane’s previous group, The Little Flames, the pair were so inspired by listening to the likes of Scott Walker, early Bowie and David Axelrod, that they hatched a plan.

The result, The Age Of The Understatement, is an album of 12 full-blooded songs, bold and brassy, full of drama, wit and melody, that source the past but avoid falling into pastiche. Both Miles and Alex are 22, and this is a youthful record, full of life and the sheer pleasure of music making.
The Last Shadow Puppets recorded the songs at Black Box studios near Nantes, France in two weeks during the summer of 2007, with producer and drummer James Ford. The band then approached Owen Pallett to arrange and conduct the orchestration of the tracks, which were recorded by the 22 piece London Metropolitan Orchestra at British Grove studios in London over Christmas.
The album will be preceded by a single (7” and Digital), also titled “The Age Of The Understatement”, released Tuesday, April 15th.

The Age Of The Understatement album will be available on CD, vinyl & digital download. Tracklisting is as follows:

1. The Age Of The Understatement
2. Standing Next To Me
3. Calm Like You
4. Separate and Ever Deadly
5. The Chamber
6. Only The Truth
7. My Mistakes Were Made For You
8. Black Plant
9. I Don't Like You Any More
10. In My Room
11. Meeting Place
12. The Time Has Come Again