Planet of the Apes?

Fringey can now exclusively reveal that the Arctic Monkeys plan to defy conventional wisdom and launch their next single from the South Pole.

Wearing fairly nondescript clothing, Singing Monkey said that the band “hope to conquer the world from the bottom up”. While cheeky chappie Drumming Monkey let slip that they still need to finish their BTEC diplomas in 'Being in a Band' before they can hope to complete the mixing of their debut album, tentatively titled ‘We’re a Jammy Bunch of Chancers Aren’t We?'.

The shadowy pop svengali behind the rapid rise of the boys, known only as Organ Grinder, released a statement denying that there are any actual plans for world domination.

The Acne Monkeys have remained silent on continuing speculation that they were somehow involved with the mysterious disappearance of the Antarctic Monkeys; on whose turf they plan to do the single launch.