On 23 and 24 May 2014, Arctic Monkeys held one of their biggest shows to date, playing to approximately 80,000 across two days shows at Finsbury Park with the support act by Tame Impala , Miles Kane and Royal Blood . Arctic Monkeys also headlined the Reading and Leeds Festival in August 2014. The band had a handful of shows in late 2014, which closed the AM Tour. In December 2014, “Do I Wanna Know?” was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance . On 24 August 2014, the band announced a hiatus following their AM Tour. Turner and Helders have both pursued other projects during this time. In 2016, Turner announced his second album with the Last Shadow Puppets, Everything You’ve Come to Expect . Helders played the drums on Iggy Pop’s album Post Pop Depression . In July 2016, the band revealed an elephant sculpture designed in the style of their AM album cover for charity. The project raised money for the Sheffield Children’s Hospital arts trail.
On 23 and 24 May 2014, Arctic Monkeys held one of their biggest shows
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