Arcade Fire are set to end the year in Ireland and the UK with an arena tour in December. The band have confirmed they are due to play a show at London’s O2 Arena on December 1st, followed by dates in Dublin, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow. Special guests for The O2, Dublin are Vampire Weekend and Devendra Banhart (on stage 7.00pm).
Arcade Fire’s third studio album The Suburbs has debuted at #1 in Ireland, the UK, the US and Norway and in the top five in Germany, Denmark and Holland. The Canadian band recently played New York’s Madison Square Garden, and produced a live stream on YouTube, directed by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and watched by over 1.8 million people worldwide.
Playing an intimate gig at London’s Hackney Empire last month, Arcade Fire garnered rave reviews ahead of their headline slot at Reading and Leeds later this month.
Tickets for the The O2, Dublin will go on sale at 9.00am on Friday 20th August priced from €55.80.
Arcade Fire are Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara
DECEMBER
1st @ London O2 Arena
5th @ Dublin, The O2
8th @ Birmingham LG Arena
9th @ Cardiff Arena
11th @ Manchester Central
12th @ Glasgow SECC
