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The Arcade Fire is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada comprising band members Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, and Jeremy Gara. Howard Bilerman, who played drums on the album Funeral, has since moved on to other projects. As of May 2005, the touring band includes horn player Pietro Amato and violinist Owen Pallett. Pallett, though not listed as a band member on the band's official site, both plays with the band live and, according to Butler, helped with the string arrangements for their as-yet-released follow-up album, Neon Bible. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2400x1600, 293 KB) The Arcade Fire live at Debaser, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005-03-15. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... 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Merge Records is an indie-rock record label based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Rough Trade Records was formerly an independent record label based in London, England. ... Motto: (the Royal motto3) (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Capital London Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area Official languages English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic 5 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair Formation - Union of the Crowns 24 March... Win Butler Win Butler is the Texas-born lead vocalist and songwriter (along with wife RÃ©gine Chassagne) of the Montreal rock band The Arcade Fire. ... RÃ©gine Chassagne is a Canadian musician and singer. ... Richard Reed Parry is a musician and member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire, where he plays tom, tambourine, keyboards, electric guitar, and accordion. ... William Butler is a band member of the band The Arcade Fire. ... Tim Kingsbury is a musician and member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire. ... Sarah Neufeld is a violinist and a member of the popular indie rock band The Arcade Fire as well as a member of the post rock band Belle Orchestre alongside fellow Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry. ... Jeremy Gara is a drummer from Ottawa, Canada. ... Owen Pallett (born September 7, 1981) is a violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Howard Bilerman is a musician and former member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Win Butler Win Butler is the Texas-born lead vocalist and songwriter (along with wife RÃ©gine Chassagne) of the Montreal rock band The Arcade Fire. ... RÃ©gine Chassagne is a Canadian musician and singer. ... Richard Reed Parry is a musician and member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire, where he plays tom, tambourine, keyboards, electric guitar, and accordion. ... William Butler is a band member of the band The Arcade Fire. ... Tim Kingsbury is a musician and member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire. ... Sarah Neufeld is a violinist and a member of the popular indie rock band The Arcade Fire as well as a member of the post rock band Belle Orchestre alongside fellow Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry. ... Jeremy Gara is a drummer from Ottawa, Canada. ... Howard Bilerman is a musician and former member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire. ... Funeral is the first album by The Arcade Fire. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pietro Amato is a Montreal French horn player. ... Owen Pallett (born September 7, 1981) is a violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Neon Bible is the The Arcade Fires second full length album, due for release on March 6, 2007. ...

When asked about the rumour that the band's name refers to a fire in an arcade, Win Butler replied: "It's not a rumour, it's based on a story that someone told me. It's not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it's probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him." [1]

History

Band formation

The Arcade Fire formed around the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. Starting in mid-2003, the current lineup solidified in late 2003/early 2004, when their first full-length album Funeral was recorded. Before this an eponymous EP (often referred to by fans as the Us Kids Know EP) had been sold at early shows. The EP was subsequently remastered and given a full release once the band started becoming more prominent. The Arcade Fire is known for its enthralling live performances, as well as its use of a large number of musical instruments. In addition to mainstays guitar, drums, and bass guitar, members play piano, violin, viola, double bass, xylophone, keyboard, French horn, accordion, and harp. With several able musicians, The Arcade Fire takes most of its instrumental diversity on tour and band members switch instrumental duties throughout their shows. The number of instruments, along with a wide set of musical influences has provided a substantial number of resources on which to draw from during the recording process. The promise showed by the band in its live shows allowed it to land a record contract with the independent record label Merge Records. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a string instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Xylophone in Bali 1937 The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia (Nettl 1956, p. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... The horn is a brass instrument consisting of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... For other uses, see Accordion (disambiguation) This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... For other uses, see Harp (disambiguation). ... Merge Records is an indie-rock record label based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ...

Funeral

Their first album, Funeral, debuted in September 2004 in the USA and in February 2005 in the UK, and was highly acclaimed by critics.[2]. The title of the debut album was chosen because of the deaths of several relatives of band members during recording. These events created a somber atmosphere which influenced songs such as "Une année sans lumière" ("A Year without Light"), "In the Backseat", and "Haiti", Chassagne's elegy to her lost homeland. Funeral is the first album by The Arcade Fire. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Without a major label backing, the success of the band and the album Funeral has been acclaimed as an Internet phenomenon. After a 9.7 rating from Pitchfork, Merge Records sold out their inventory of Funeral and it became the label's first album in the Billboard 200 chart.[3] An early tip from David Bowie was also influential. The band booked small clubs for their 2004 tour but growing interest forced many venue changes, far beyond the band's expectations, and continued internationally into mid-2005 throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the SummerSonic Festival in Japan. Taking much of the summer of 2005 off, the band made four key festival appearances at the Coachella Music Festival, the Sasquatch! Music Festival, Lollapalooza and Reading Festival in the UK. Funeral made many top ten album lists for 2004, with Pitchfork, Filter and No Ripcord crowning it the album of the year. With the release of Funeral in 2005 in the UK, Japan and Australia, the Arcade Fire also made many top lists for 2005. The MTV2 2005 Review hosted by Zane Lowe named Funeral Album of the Year, and NME named Funeral Number 2^[1] in their list of 2005's best albums and "Rebellion (Lies)" the best track. By November 2005, Funeral had gone gold in both Canada and the UK and sold in excess of half a million copies worldwide [4], a phenomenal number for an independent release with minimal television or radio exposure. It has also surpassed Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea as the biggest selling Merge Records album to date. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Pitchfork Media, often referred to simply as Pitchfork, is an internet publication devoted to music criticism, focusing primarily on the world of independent music. ... Merge Records is an indie-rock record label based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans more than four decades. ... 2005 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual event held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California featuring musical performances by a number of artists on different stages, showings of independent films, and a number of displays of contemporary art. ... The Sasquatch! Music Festival is an indie-rock music festival held annually at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. ... Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, rap, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ... The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ... Top Ten is a generic term used to indicate the ten items that are best, worst, or otherwise notable according to some criteria. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a music magazine in the UK which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was an album released in 1998 (see 1998 in music) by Neutral Milk Hotel, a member of the Elephant 6 Collective. ...

The Arcade Fire was featured on the April 4, 2005 cover of Time Magazine's Canadian edition, and hailed as a band who "helped put Canadian music on the world map". On May 1, 2005, the band performed to approximately 15,000 fans at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival; their performance is often viewed as the highlight of Coachella 2005. In May 2005, the band signed a short-term publishing contract with EMI for Funeral and in June, the band released a new single, "Cold Wind", on Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends, the second soundtrack album to the popular HBO series Six Feet Under. The BBC used the track "Wake Up" on an advertisement for their autumn 2005 season and the tracks "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" on adverts in January 2006. On September 9, 2005, the band appeared on the UK/US TV special Fashion Rocks, where David Bowie joined them for "Wake Up". This recording, as well as recordings by the collaboration of Bowie's "Life on Mars" and "Five Years", were made available on the iTunes Music Store in a virtual live EP. The same trip to New York City took them to the Late Show with David Letterman and a concert in Central Park. The Central Park Show had a surprise appearance by Bowie, and capped a great touring season for the band. On September 11, 2005, The Arcade Fire appeared on the long-running BBC music series Top of the Pops, performing Rebellion (Lies) - on what was one of the band's first mainstream UK television appearances. The band also performed to a TV audience in Paris for Canal +, and the show was later screened on UK television channel, Channel 4. The band has scored two Number One songs on MTV2(UK)NME CHART SHOW, with "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" and a three week run with "Wake Up". However this followed Rough Trade Records (the label who distributes Arcade Fire's music in the UK) deciding at the last minute not to release "Wake Up" on CD, and only on 7" vinyl. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (485x640, 93 KB) Summary Picture of the Arcade Fire (band) on the cover of Time, Canada Edition. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (485x640, 93 KB) Summary Picture of the Arcade Fire (band) on the cover of Time, Canada Edition. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... The EMI Group is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Six Feet Under was a popular and critically acclaimed American television drama produced by HBO. It first aired on June 3, 2001 and concluded its fifth and final season on August 21, 2005. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ITunes. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ... The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ... A Central Park landscape Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week on alternating BBC channels from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... Funeral is the first album by The Arcade Fire. ... The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Channel 4 is a public-service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. ... Rough Trade Records was formerly an independent record label based in London, England. ...

The Arcade Fire's song "Wake Up" was played immediately before the Irish rock group U2 opened their concerts on their 2005 Vertigo Tour; the band would subsequently open three shows for that tour, and at the third show, they appeared onstage during U2's encore to join them in a cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. This article is about the Irish rock band. ... The Vertigo Tour is a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which began in 2005 in support of the groups 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. ... Joy Division was an English rock band that formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. ... Love Will Tear Us Apart is a 1980 song by Joy Division. ...

The Arcade Fire plans to begin recording a follow up to Funeral in the winter of 2005-2006 having bought an old church forty minutes from central Montreal which they are converting into a studio. ^{[citation needed]}

The Arcade Fire's album Funeral and their single "Cold Wind" were respectively nominated for Grammys in the best Alternative Rock Album and Best Song Written for Television, Film, or Other Media categories (Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends). On April 2, 2006, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, The Arcade Fire received the Juno Award for Songwriters Of The Year for three songs from Funeral: "Wake Up", "Rebellion (Lies)" and "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" [5]. The band was nominated for, but not awarded, three Brit Awards; Best International Group, Best International Album and Best International Breakthrough Act. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Motto: Template:Unhide = E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: (former city) 79. ... The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States Grammy Awards. ... Kaiser Chiefs collecting one of their three Brit Awards, 2006 with Vic Reeves. ...

The Arcade Fire made an appearance on the BBC show Later with Jools Holland on May 12th 2005, performing Power Out and Rebellion (Lies). Later with Jools Holland is a contemporary music show hosted by Jools Holland. ...

On December 27, 2005, Funeral was ranked #1 on MTV2's "50 Greatest Albums of the Year" in the United Kingdom. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. ...

Neon Bible

On June 26, 2006, Win Butler reported on the band's journal that work had been progressing on their new album and the band had committed 15 tracks to tape so far using a wide variety of new instruments. These apparently include a pipe organ, and some recording has taken place in the living room of Win and Regine[6]. The band hopes to record with a full orchestra in Budapest over the summer. Contrary to previous reports, the wedding of Tim is not taking place in Budapest; the wedding will take place in Canada^{[citation needed]}. Tim Kingsbury is a musician and member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire. ...

On July 14, 2006, Win Butler also announced on his online diary, Win's Scrapbook, that the new album would be self-produced, saying that "after trying to decide if we should work with any producers we kind of realized that we already know how we want things to sound so we should just run after that sound as fast as can and not rely on someone else to guide the good ship Arcade Fire." He also said the band was working with the engineers Scott Colburn and Marcus Dravs.

The album is to be released in March 2007, and the Arcade Fire are to tour from April through to June, although no official confirmation from the band has been given yet [7]. Five shows in London during January and February 2007 sold out within two minutes of going on sale on December 8th, 2006 [8]. On December 11th, 2006 the band announced 5 additional shows to be held in their hometown of Montreal, Quebec. The shows will mark the first performance of the band in their hometown since November of 2005 when they supported U2 at the Bell Center. These will be the first headlining shows in Montreal since April 2005, a 3 night stand at the Corona Theatre. After going on sale on December 13th, as was the case with their London dates announced days before, tickets for all five shows sold out within minutes. London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... The Bell Centre (French: Centre Bell), formerly known as the Molson Centre, has been the home of the Montreal Canadiens since March 16, 1996, when the team departed from the historic Montreal Forum after their last game on March 11 of the same year. ... Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province QuÃ©bec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Mayor GÃ©rald Tremblay Area - City 366. ...

A winter 2007 tour in support of the new album was announced in December 2006. The five night residency in London, UK, will take place from January 29, 2007, to February 2nd, 2007: three nights at St Johns Smith Square and two nights at Porchester Hall, both unusual venues for a "rock" or alternative band, as both venues are associated with classical, sit down concerts. On December 11, 2006, 5 nights at The Ukrainian Federation in Montreal were announced, following on from the London dates. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

According to sources, including MOJO magazine, the new album makes use of Pipe Organ, Military Choir, Hurdy Gurdy, a full Hungarian Orchestra amongst others. Win Butler described the album as sounding "like standing by the ocean at night." Mojo (pronounced ) is a term commonly encountered in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo. ... Win Butler Win Butler is the Texas-born lead vocalist and songwriter (along with wife RÃ©gine Chassagne) of the Montreal rock band The Arcade Fire. ...

The new album is confirmed to be called Neon Bible. Information was rapidly spread throught the Us Kids Know - Arcade Fire Fan Forum. Details for the album name and the song "Intervention" were heard on Zane Lowe's BBC Show. It's available at near 18 minutes in at [9] Fans are able to hear the song as well by going to http://www.neonbible.com Neon Bible is the The Arcade Fires second full length album, due for release on March 6, 2007. ...

Rumours began on Friday 16 December that the band may have their own label, after the Zane Lowe website was altered, to show Intervention - Arcade Fire (ArcadeFireMusic) from (Mercury).

Trivia

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Discography

Albums

Funeral is the first album by The Arcade Fire. ... Merge Records is an indie-rock record label based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Neon Bible is the The Arcade Fires second full length album, due for release on March 6, 2007. ...

EPs

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Singles

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Notes and references

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Contents

History

Band formation

Funeral

Neon Bible

Trivia

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Notes and references

See also

External links

Contents

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Band formation

Funeral

Neon Bible

Trivia

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Notes and references

See also

External links

History