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Thursday 27th June 2013 by Gigwise

Tags: Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys are back - and in a big way. The band release their fifth studio album, AM, in September this year, will tour the UK and the US and, oh yeah, this weekend they headline Glastonbury.

When Arctic Monkeys first arrived on the music scene, Alex Turner was every inch the teenager . Scruffy hair, baggy clothes and teen angst, but in the seven years since the release of 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor', Turner has evolved into a slick, suave rock frontman - and lost none of his cool along the way.

So, as their Glastonbury headline slot approaches, see how Turner has evolved from 2006 to 2013, an adolescence in the spotlight.

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