Arctic Monkeys announce first tour date for 2018Drummer gives update on Arctic Monkeys' new albumSheffield's Arctic Monkeys start recording new album and reveal when it should be releasedThe Sheffield band - who haven't played live for four years - will play at a number of festivals across Europe and the United States. The band are believed to have been in California in recent months recording their sixth studio album. Expected to be released later this year the album will be the follow up to 2013's acclaimed. AM. Here is the full list of the band's 2018 festival appearances June 2: Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain June 8: Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek. Netherlands June 14-17: Firefly Festival, Dover, United States 22-24 June: Southside Festival, Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany 22-24 June: Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany July 1: TRNSMT, Glasgow, Scotland July 4: Open'er Festival, Goynia, Poland July 6: Rockwave Festival, Athens, Greece July 8: Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium July 12: Nos Alive Festival, Lisbon, Portugal July 13: Mao Cool Festival, Madrid, Spain August 8: Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway August 9-11: Way Out Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden August 11: Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland August 14: Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary