da grievance il mar mag 15, 2007 11:09 am
da wikipedia.org
Possible band breakup
In May 2007, rumors spread that the band was breaking up, but Matt Helders denied the rumors, commenting, "It's the first I've heard of it." Helders added they were still working on the US Tour.
However, on 14 May 2007, Alex Turner was interviewed by American radio station WYNC — originally to talk about the tour - and when asked "Are the Monkeys splitting?" replied "Yeah, me and Jamie [Cook] aren't working together." The interviewer appeared unconvinced because, as he said, the band were still going so strong. Turner promptly added that "Jamie wants out, so we can't carry on." The interviewer flipped that the band would be working together again shortly anyways for up and coming festivals, to which Turner, sounding somewhat desperate, replied "No-one believes me... I don't know what else to say!" Turner further commented on the band's breakup: "I'm relieved in some ways...we really hated carryin' on as normal with an awful secret, so let's move on, shall we?"