Arctic Monkeys Head Back Into Studio After Tour

The Arctic Monkeys will likely hit the rehearsal room once their current tour finishes, the band has revealed. The Sheffield foursome kick off a series of North American dates in support of last year's 'Humbug' in Miami, Fla., on Thursday, April 1 and, according to drummer Matt Helders, album number four is next on the agenda as soon as the trek winds down on April 22 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

"We've said we'll stop touring this album and we're eager to start working on new stuff again, not have time off," the drummer told NME Radio. As for whether the Monkeys will hook up again with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme -- who helped produce 'Humbug' -- Helders is not sure.

"It's hard to say, both parties are up for it but they have a lot going on around the time we'd need to be recording. But we'd like to."

Frontman and songwriter Alex Turner, meanwhile, is keeping his cards close to his chest with regards to the musical direction of the group's fourth long-player. "We haven't tied our shoelaces yet, so it's hard to say," he told the NME. "There's a few things we've been playing around together and we've spoke about how we might go about it. We haven't started walking yet, the laces are undone, never mind dancing."

Well. Quite.