Arctic Monkey to open pub!!
Matt Helders will be the landlord of a Sheffield boozer...
28th Aug 08
Arctic Monkeys' drummer Matt Helders has reportedly bought a pub in Sheffield with former band-mate/Monkeys' bassist Andy Nicholson.
The Bowery, located in the band's hometown in South Yorkshire, will apparently open for business under Arctic management on September 20, with numerous special guests playing on the night to celebrate. Upstairs from the pub will be a shop selling clothes from Helders' Supreme Being label.
A source close to the band has said: "Matt and Andy have had their eye on setting up a pub for ages. When the property came on the market they had to have it. It's perfect, Matt puts in most of the money and Andy can DJ there and manage it when Matt is off touring. All the lads can relax there and bring their mates."
Elsewhere in Arctic Monkey land, Alex Turner is readying for his third Mercury Music Prize nomination in as many years, this time with The Last Shadow Puppets, his succesful side-project with Rascals frontman and fellow Miloco client, Miles Kane.
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