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THE STORY OF MILEX

26th of May, 2005 – the start of the AM tour “Five minutes with Arctic Monkeys”. First support for The Little Flames. Boardwalk, Sheffield (in Alex's homeland, in the bar where he used to work)! Miles is in the wings!!!

Until this day Miles didn’t even hear Arctic Monkeys. As he says. Photos by Glenn Ashley and Andy Wilsher

April 22, 2007

Leadmill, Sheffield (day two).

In an article from the online music magazine PennyBlackMusic, we found confirmation that Little Flames performed at this concert with Monkeys:

Alex realized something overnight and apologized for yesterday's silence:

(baabyy)

Photos by Kevin Wells

Andy is watching the concert backstage. Something in the interview about two years of lack of communication does not correspond to reality…

The encore is "505" again: "As a traditional set-closer 'A Certain Romance' builds up to a crescendo I glance over to the sound desk and who should be standing there but former Monkey's bassist Andy Nicholson. He surveys the scene of euphoria in front of him and for a moment his eyes glaze over, only for a wry smile to form across his lips as a sense of pride of his former involvement wells up. There's even time for an encore as the band return to play album closer '505' with Alex sat astride an electric piano: the perfect way to finish a special night that few will forget in a hurry".

"505" with Miles!!!

April 21, 2007.

The first of two joint gigs of Monkeys and The Little Flames in Sheffield, the home club Leadmill.

Where Miles will spend the night?

At Alex's house, ofc, because the songs for future Puppets' album will not write themselves😊

It is necessary to build a spiritualistic circle with guitars, to cuddle up to each other with your knees, well, because magic is built on this, you know;) Any free time for writing Puppets songs😉 Yeahh…

We have one tiny but priceless photo.

NME written two articles about the gig. One with the announcement of the next gig and the release of the second album. Noted that Turner was taciturn (well, as always):

«Arctic Monkeys played an intimate homecoming show to a joyous crowd at the Sheffield Leadmill last night (April 21, 2007). Alex Turner remained next to silent in between songs, speaking only to thank the crowd towards the end of the gig, earned him enourmous cheers.

The second article is the author's material, there are more beautiful epithets to describe all this splendor. Very sweet, but the description of "505" will add: "Best though is their encore, the glorious future Glasto-slayer '505'. "In my imagination you're lying waiting on your side/With your hands between your thighs", sighs Alex with the grace and composure of a less misanthropic Morrissey".

What was on this song between our guys, we can guess, because we only have 30 seconds from the video (Oasismad). And that's the end of the song.

April 20, 2007

Carling Academy, Birmingham. There is also little information, but the gems still managed to be found! A short video in potato quality and two small precious photos.

And there is more information for example review from Birmingham Live. The only interesting thing about it is this (for me): «Unlike other recent gigs, the band even managed smiles, occasional words and even half-hearted dancing instead of their usual aloof demeanour. Another addition to the set from other recent gigs was an encore - a showbusiness tradition they have recently chosen to ignore but not in Birmingham». Our Milex were cheerful, playful, in the mood!

And the encore guys came out with a gem! What kind of song was that? Yeah, that's 505! Yeah, with Miles!!!

A small piece of video where you can see that Milex manage to talk to each other (video by tomchad22) But of course only for business ;)

16th of April, 2007

Carling Academy in Newcastle. Unfortunately, this is a very meager gig for information. There is only NME article in which The Little Flames are announced with Arctic Monkeys on whole tour.

There are no photos or reviews yet either. As a consolation, let's at least watch video of the song Do Me A Favor from this gig.

17th of April, 2007

Milex and their bands are moving to Scotland and giving a gig at Caird Hall, Dundee. The same silence according to reviews and photos. But there are a lot of videos from the concert. As a consolation, this time we will look at the good old Mardy Bum.

This day is also marked by the release of the single Brianstorm!

April 18, 2007 is next.

Barrowlands, Glasgow. Scotland.

Alex in pink 👙Oops👚

Photos by J Easton

Yeah I know, it's pink, mutters Alex Turner by way of a greeting, as he pre-empts any potential teasing regarding the rather luminous t-shirt he's decided to premiere in Glasgow tonight (i love him!)

But more importantly, the audience accepts new songs of Monkeys! And in general, the Scots are well done!

14th of April, 2007, pt3.

This is the apogee of the gig – the eternal 505 together with Miles! Here we can observe a phenomenon that years later Alexander would call "What you whispered in my ear".

Despite the potato quality of the video, Alex can be seen constantly turning his head towards Miles. And Mi at some point breaks down and approaches Alex, bends down and intimately whispers something to him (I need to know!)

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PS.

At this gig, either something too obvious happened with Milex, or people began to see clearly, to ask questions to themselves and others, which soon became the beginning of the first PR relationship, the first ‘lavender’ in Milex's life.

14th of April, 2007, pt2.

On this day, Alex went on stage to Miles and The Little Flames to play guitar for the song Put Your Dukes Up John.

We don't see it on the video, but we can hear it. We also have a mention of this moment on the Setlist website:

Listen very carefully, lovely people!

Cr.: RockNRooollStar

April 14, 2007. This is Liverpool, ladies and gentlemen! Carling Academy. Milex came to Miles' homeland. It is possible that someone spent the night and even stayed at home with a dear friend, because after the concert everyone had a day off (the next concert is only on the 16th).

Well, new songs won't write themselves and like they said: "wrote them in our bedrooms" (Magicrpm, 2008).

There’s a brief comment from a photographer (Dave Hawkins) about The Little Flames: "There were two support groups, but they were the only decent ones".

And the Irish Times article. Just took before the gig. Here we have exactly the same Alex as he appears when talking to journalists:

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He shared his thoughts about the upcoming album, but did not explain anything:

UPD

Added photo (most likely from the same day).

Let this picture live in this post for now!

Arctic Monkeys with The Little Flames!

Miles right behind Matthew☺️

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13th of April, 2007

The second gig at Astoria!

And the first live performance of the song 505. The first live with Miles☺️ And it's recorded and saved!!! Look! Milex is of course like angel twins. What would later become Ewil Twin according to Alex😋 And everything is as always - Miles Energizer Kane managed to talk to everyone, spin around, wave his hands. Turner turns towards Mi all the time, checks if everything is good according to the technique, asks the technician to fix something with the sound. And you know what I'll tell you lovely people? Nothing has changed since then. Alex is still constantly turning to Miles. Miles still moves closer to him when he looks at him and stands next to him and catches glances. And leaving the stage is always waiting for him. And these little things are so HUGE! You know what I mean, right?♥️

Photos by thierry_hhh, video by Mark Hillary

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12th of April, 2007 Hello, London! Arctic Monkeys with The Little Flames at Astoria. But alas, it has not yet been possible to find photos and videos of Milex together. There are some photos of AM from gig and after it:

By Marc Broussely

At the entrance to the Astoria club (during Celebrity Sightings) By Sylvia Linares

10th of April, 2007 - Arctic Monkeys and The Little Flames joint gig at Great Hall, Exeter.

We have a review as confirmation. Again unfortunately it's unflattering for The Little Flames:

And unfortunately, it hasn’t yet been possible to find a photo of Miles by this point, but there are incredibly cute photos of Alex and Monkeys.

Huge THANKS to Ross Halfin!

We continue to watch young Milex on the 2007 joint tour, lovely people! On April 9, 2007 the next part of tour of their native country (UK Fan Club Tour) started.

A tour in which Milex was already actively working on songs for their beloved creation, The Last Shadow Puppets.

Wikipedia quote: “The Little Flames also supported Arctic Monkeys on their April 2007 UK tour, when Turner and Kane wrote songs together for a collaborative project."

In a video interview Magicrpm from 2008, Miles will say that about Christmas they began to create songs for TLSP “In our bedrooms”

AM performed at Southampton Guildhall, Southampton.

Thanks to a fan Dancan Seealiar, who shared his photos from the gig and afterparty, so we know that the guys went to the Soul cellar pub. Miles (and indeed the guys from Little Flames) were not noticed nearby, unfortunately(

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Stop and wait a sec. Here it is. The very first live 505.

On April 5, 2007, Arctic Monkeys at Later with Jools Holland. Four small, but very bright stars and a fifth, which always need. A guiding star that always leads Alex to his home. To his heart. And, therefore, to him. If it is a 7-hour flight or a 45-minute drive. Only the path matters. Isn't that right, Alex?

* Alex turns around and looks at his fifth star M.

https://youtu.be/zeZs-xkIDMw

Continuing the topic of the influence of Miles ' musical taste on the formation of Alex's musical taste (this is almost an ideal title for a dissertation), we must mention this interview for Q, most likely from May or July, 2007.

This interview was close to an appearance on the Jools Holland show with AM and Miles.

This part is interesting: "I'm still forming what I'm drawn to and I'm alwaysbecoming drawn to different things," he says. “This week it's Billie Holiday, Gloomy Sunday. My friend lent it me the other day. I’m fond of not being able to explain why a song gets under your skin. With a quiet "thanks” of farewell he wanders off".

Thank you, friend Mi ;)

TA-DAM!!! So the 505 era has begun!

5th of April, 2007 – AM's performance on the show Later...with Jools Holland. Who do we see sitting with the Monkeys?

Who is the young man in the foreground with a radiant smile? Who is the frontman of the popular band Arctic Monkeys looking at like THAT?

This is Miles Kane himself! Finally!

And he didn't just come to look at the guys and hold the guitar for the camera.

It was at the show that the premiere of a very iconic song for the band and for Milex happened. Folks, this is the legendary "505"!

Miles performed the guitar solo part in this song, and Alex played the electric organ. More about the song a little later, but we will point out one fact right now – the guys included a sample from the soundtrack of the film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). The music for the film was written by Ennio Morricone.

A little later, Milex will say that this soundtrack was the inspiration for creating the first TLSP album! According to next interviews, it can be understood that Miles's musical taste influenced the sound of 505 and subsequent AM and TLSP songs indirectly or directly, because it was he who discovered the music of the 60s for Alex, this is his favorite soundtrack (although he loves the music of Ennio Morricone from the movie "For a few dollars more" more).

28th of February, 2007 – joint gig at Parr Hall, Warrington.

NME, 1 March, 2007: «Frontman Alex Turner told the noisy crowd the show had been a highlight for him».

«I have had a nice time,» he declared. «A very, very nice time and exceptionally nice time, I wouldn’t lie to anyone!»

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27th of February, 2007 – «Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed as the band playing a 'secret' gig at Middlesbrough Town Hall».

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Images're from Evening Gazette