Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Joins Richard Hawley Onstage

Posted on Nov 20th 2009 10:31AM by Julian Marszalek
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Two of Sheffield's most high profile sons Richard Hawley and Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner joined forces at the Mencap Little Noise Sessions at the Islington Union Chapel in London last night (Nov. 19). The pair shared the stage during Hawley's headlining set to perform to a version of Arctic Monkeys' 'The Only Ones Who Know'.

Speaking of the collaboration, Hawley told NME how easy it was to team up with Alex Turner. He said: "I went to see [Arctic Monkeys] when they were in Sheffield the other day and said, 'Fancy getting up with us?' He said, 'Yeah.' It's not complicated. We don't need to do managers and 'your people talk to my people' and all that nonsense. It's just mates."

The singer then let slip to BBC 6 Music that the pair may even work again. He blurted out: "Well, we are gonna, you know... I really want, um... I'm not saying. No I'm not! I'll get shot!"

Hawley bolstered his set with a smattering of cover versions including Elvis Presley's 'Crawfish' and 'Hushabye Mountain' from the 1968 movie 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.'

Yet it was Alex Turner who provided the biggest surprise of the night when he debuted two new unnamed songs in addition to acoustic versions of 'Fluorescent Adolescent', 'Secret Door' and 'Cornerstone'.

The Mencap Little Noise Sessions continue tomorrow with a headline set from Lostprophets.