British rockers ARCTIC MONKEYS fired bass player ANDY NICHOLSON last year because he refused to go on tour, fearing he would suffer from homesickness.

The 21-year-old mysteriously left the band days before last summer’s American tour – and only now have the band revealed why.

Frontman ALEX TURNER says, “I think Andy missed his girlfriend. I remember him saying to me, ‘I just wanna go to the park and take me dog for a walk.’”

Nicholson was replaced by NICK O’MALLEY.

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