Arctic Monkeys release first new song since 2022 to benefit War Child

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner at Glastonbury in 2023. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

Arctic Monkeys have released Opening Night, their first new song since 2022 album The Car, with proceeds benefiting the charity War Child.

Opening Night is taken from HELP(2), a sequel to War Child’s 1995 album Help, which brought together A-list music names to raise £1.2m for children affected by conflict, including Radiohead, Blur, Sinéad O’Connor and the Smokin’ Mojo Filters (a supergroup of Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller).