Richard Hawley Drops More Hints About Turner Collaboration

Richard Hawley has dropped more hints of his plans to collaborate with fellow Sheffield native Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys.

Hawley responded to the question of their possible link-up on NME radio by leaving a pause before: "Can you hear the silence? We'll see, we'll see."

The former Pulp and Longpigs guitarist, one of the UK's most critically acclaimed singer-songwriters of the past decade, has previously suggested a project with Turner was on the horizon. In November Turner joined Hawley on stage to perform the Monkeys' 'Only Ones Who Know' at London's Union Chapel, a show where Turner was Hawley's support act.


There is a continuing mutual respect between the two, with Turner proclaiming Hawley was "robbed" of the Mercury Prize in 2006 when Arctic Monkeys picked it up for 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'.

Meanwhile, Hawley has been quoted as saying of Turner, "We're not best mates but I know him enough to know that he's a solid kid, a gentle bloke, and funny. I enjoy his company. They're all top lads, little monkeys."