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Jun 22, 2017 Arcade Fire By Christopher Roberts

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Arcade Fire are releasing a new album, Everything Now, on July 28 via their new label Columbia. They have previously shared a video for the album’s title track, “Everything Now,” announced a tour, and shared a funny fake cereal ad/teaser video for another song from the album, “Creature Comfort,” as well as a full on video for “Creature Comfort.” Now they have shared a new annotated version of the “Creature Comfort” video, kind of like the old pop up videos on VH1. Various silly and fake facts come up on the screen, such as that “the keytar was invented in 1453… over 200 years before the invention of the piano!” Or that “Win Butler was born on the same day the Titanic sank… Abraham Lincoln was shot… and the McRib was introduced.” Watch the new version of the video below.

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Pulp’s Steve Mackey produced Everything Now with the band, with co-production by Markus Dravus. The album was recorded in three different countries: at Boombox Studios in New Orleans, Sonovox Studios in Montreal, and Gang Recording Studio in Paris. It will be released on CD, cassette, and heavyweight black vinyl LP, as well as digitally. The vinyl version “will feature 20 different artwork variants, each bearing the album title in one of 20 different languages.”

In January Arcade Fire released a brand new song, “I Give You Power,” that featured the guest vocals of soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples. Its release the day before President Donald Trump’s inauguration was probably no accident, especially as all proceeds from the song are being donated to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The tracklist for the album hasn’t been released yet, so there’s no word on whether or not “I Give You Power” is on the album. The band’s last full-length was 2013’s Reflektor.

Arcade Fire “Infinite Content” Tour Dates:

06-29 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-01 Rosklide, Denmark - Rosklide Festival
07-02 Berlin, Germany - Wuhlheide
07-04 London, England - York Hall
07-05 London, England - York Hall
07-06 Manchester, England - Castlefield Bowl
07-09 Belfort, France - Eurockéennes Festival
07-11 Linz, Austria - Ahoi! The Full Hit of Summer
07-15 Carhaix-Plouguer, France - Vieilles Charrues
07-17 Milan, Italy - City Season Festival
07-18 Florence, Italy - City Season Festival
07-19 Nyon, Switzerland - Paléo Festival
08-06 Chicago, IL - Grant Park
09-05 Québec City, Quebec - Centre Videotron
09-06 Montréal, Quebec - Bell Centre *
09-09 Ottawa, Ontario - Canadian Tire Centre *
09-12 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden +!
09-15 Boston, MA - TD Garden +
09-16 Washington, DC - Verizon Center +
09-17 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
09-21 Atlanta, GA - Infinite Energy Arena *
09-22 Tampa, FL - USF Sun Dome *
09-23 Miami, FL - Watsco Center at the University of Miami *
09-26 New Orleans, LA - UNO Lakefront Arena *
09-27 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center *
09-28 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center *
10-11 Edmonton, Alberta - Rogers Place ^
10-12 Calgary, Alberta - Scotiabank Saddledome ^
10-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum ^
10-15 Seattle, WA - Key Arena ^
10-17 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena **
10-18 San Diego, CA - Viejas Arena **
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum **
10-22 Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center **
10-25 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
10-27 Kansas City, MO - Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
10-29 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
11-01 Windsor, Ontario - Windsor Credit Family Union Centre ++
11-03 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre

* with Wolf Parade
+ with Preservation Hall Jazz Band
^ with Phantogram
** with Angel Olsen
++ with Broken Social Scene
! with Grandmaster Flash

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