Arctic Monkeys in Manchester

MEN Arena, ManchesterHeartbreak does funny things to people. When the news emerged last summer that Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and TV presenter Alexa Chung had split up, the indie nation mourned the loss of its articulate and photogenic It-couple. That dismay deepened with the news last month that indie rock's most totemic partnership, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, was dissolving after nearly 30 years, 17-odd albums and one child together. Never mind the southern European econom...

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