Arctic Monkeys’ first release without Nicholson, the single ” Leave

Arctic Monkeys’ first release without Nicholson, the single ” Leave Before the Lights Come On “, came on 14 August 2006. Turner said that the song was one of the last songs he wrote before their rise to fame and suggested that “it feels very much like it could be on the album”. Peaking at No. 4 in the UK, the single became the band’s first single not to reach No. 1. The band was re-united at the Leeds Festival when Nicholson met up with his former bandmates and his replacement bassist, O’Malley. Only the original band members, minus Nicholson, were present at the award ceremony when Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not won the 2006 Mercury Prize two weeks later.