Once again, Chicago radio listeners were ahead of their time. Arcade Fire went from the top of our year-end XRT Listener Poll results to center stage at the GRAMMY’S. They played a killer set from Chicago in an Xclusive XRT LIVE broadcast from UIC Pavilion. and you can watch all the action that took place in the above gallery — fully stocked with concert photos taken throughout the show!
Arcade Fire To Release Two New Tracks
It’s been a good year for Arcade Fire, what with taking home the Grammy for Album of the Year as well as several other awards, and headlining Lollapalooza and Coachella, where a spectacular LED ball drop accompanied their encore performance. But the Montreal indie rockers have no intention of slowing down. In fact, they’re planning the release of a deluxe edition of The Suburbs, due on June 27. [CONTINUE READING]
Watch Arcade Fire Live At Coachella Last Saturday at Coachella saw an unforgettable performance from Arcade Fire. The setlist included an extensive representation of the band’s hits and was elaborated with a wondrous presentation from the Creator’s Project during the group’s final (pre-encore) tune “Wake Up”. [WATCH THE FULL SET LIVE AT COACHELLA]
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In-Studio Download
Arcade Fire visited our friends at KROQ and packed in to a tiny little studio for a very intimate acoustic performance. Watch the band play an acoustic version of “Month Of May” and “Ready To Start” and download both songs.
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Video: Arcade Fire Cover The Rolling Stones, Cyndi Lauper & Perform “Haiti” In Haiti
Earlier this year, we reported that Arcade Fire would heading to Haiti to record several live performances for a 2011 DVD and just two weeks after the announcement, the band held a secret show at Port-au-Prince’s Hotel Oloffson.
The 45-minute set featured several hits from their catalog and covers of The Rolling Stones‘ “The Last Time”, CCR‘s “Who’ll Stop The Rain”, and Cyndi Lauper‘s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”. [WATCH VIDEO]
Arcade Fire Rocks GRAMMYS
The Montreal rockers brought their energetic rock anarchy to the GRAMMY stage for the first time, performing “Month of May” from their album The Suburbs. Stunt bike riding tricksters circled the band on stage wearing helmet cameras. [WATCH VIDEO FROM THE GRAMMYS]
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