The band’s second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, was released on 23 April 2007, a week after the release of accompanying single «Brianstorm». Like its predecessor, Favourite Worst Nightmare also went straight to No. 1 in the album charts. Turner described the songs as «very different from last time», adding that the sound of some tracks are «a bit full-on – a bit like «From the Ritz to the Rubble», «The View from the Afternoon», that sort of thing.» A secret gig played at Sheffield’s Leadmill on 10 February 2007, debuted seven new songs (six from Favourite Worst Nightmare and one other). Early reviews of the release were positive, and described it as «very, very fast and very, very loud.»
Meanwhile, the band continued to pick up awards from around the world, namely the ‘Best New Artist in the United States’ at the PLUG Independent Music Awards, the «Album of the Year» awards in Japan, Ireland and the US, awards for «Best Album» and «Best Music DVD» at the 2007 NME Awards. It ended the year by clinching the «Best British Band» and «Best British Album» at the 2008 BRIT Awards. For the second year in a row, the band was nominated for the annual Mercury Prize, although it failed to match its feat of 2006 after the award went to Klaxons’ Myths of the Near Future.
On 29 April 2007, the day Favourite Worst Nightmare charted at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart, all 12 tracks from the album charted in the Top 200 of the UK Singles Chart. On 27 April 2007 it had a total of 18 tracks in the Top 200. «Fluorescent Adolescent» and «505» charted in the Top 75, at No. 60 and No. 74 respectively. The band later released «Fluorescent Adolescent» as a single, and it charted at No. 5, after debuting the song live on The Jonathan Ross Show.
The third single from Favourite Worst Nightmare, «Teddy Picker», was released on 3 December 2007. It charted at No. 20 and remained only one week in the top 40 staying in this position, making it the lowest charting single for the band so far. Prior to this release the band released an extremely limited number of 250 vinyl under the pseudonym The Death Rampscontaining two of the b-sides from the «Teddy Picker» single.
Arctic Monkeys headlined the Glastonbury Festival on 22 June 2007, the highlights of which were aired on BBC2. During their headline act, the band performed with Dizzee Rascal and Simian Mobile Disco and covered Shirley Bassey’s «Diamonds Are Forever». The band also played a large gig at Dublin’s Malahide Castle on 16 June 2007, with a second date added the following day. The band was also slated to play the Austin City Limits Music Festival in September 2007. Other European festivals include Rock Werchter in 2007. The band played two shows at Cardiff International Arena on 19 and 20 June 2007 supported by local friends of the band, Reverend and the Makers. It also played two London gigs at Alexandra Palace on 8 and 9 December 2007. On 1 September 2007 the band insisted on taking a working holiday to Ibiza where it played what turned out to be the last ever full live Ibiza Rocks show in Bar M (now Ibiza Rocks Bar). The band performed in front of 700 people in the bar by the beach whilst many thousands lined the beach outside unable to get a ticket – The Sun described this concert as the «rock event of the summer» stating that «most people left saying they had just witnessed the best gig of their lives». The band played their last show of the tour on 17 December 2007 at Manchester Apollo, which was filmed for the live DVD ‘At The Apollo’ which was released in cinemas the following year.
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