The band has already played a bunch of tiny shows in L.A., Brooklyn and Montreal, all under the band name "Reflektors".
The new album has more of a dance beat quality with new sounds. The sound was inspired by Regine Chassagne and Win Butler's trip to Haiti to see Carnival and was later expanded upon by co-producer James Murphy.
Butler said to Rolling Stone magazine, "Going to Carnival for the first time and seeing rara music, which is a kind of street music with all of these horns and African percussion. I remember being on a beach at three in the morning, and there was a voodoo drummer playing, and he had been dancing for like, four hours with kids and teenagers and they started to get the spirit. . . . It really kind of makes you feel like a hack being in a rock band, having musical experiences like that. It's just like, 'Oh right. There's living, beating folk music that's alive in the modern world.' I've always listened to folk records, but actually experiencing it reminded me of the whole point."
Another point of interest, Arcade Fire is instilling a dress code for this upcoming tour of all the show-goers: they need to wear formal attire. Interesting, eh?
ARCADE FIRE TICKETS
Not So Silent Night: The Arcade Fire, Phoenix & Alt-J Oracle Arena
Oakland, CA Saturday
12/7/2013
6:00 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire KFC Yum! Center
Louisville, KY Thursday
3/6/2014
TBD view
tickets
Arcade Fire Target Center
Minneapolis, MN Saturday
3/8/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Palace Of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, MI Monday
3/10/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Consol Energy Center
Pittsburgh, PA Wednesday
3/12/2014
8:00 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Canada Thursday
3/13/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Canadian Tire Centre (formerly Scotiabank Place)
Ottawa, Canada Friday
3/14/2014
TBD view
tickets
Arcade Fire Quicken Loans Arena (formerly Gund Arena)
Cleveland, OH Sunday
3/16/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Wells Fargo Center - PA
Philadelphia, PA Monday
3/17/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Webster Bank Arena At Harbor Yard
Bridgeport, CT Tuesday
3/18/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Spring, TX Wednesday
4/9/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Austin360 Amphitheater
Austin, TX Thursday
4/10/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Pepsi Center - Denver
Denver, CO Wednesday
4/23/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Starlight Theatre
Kansas City, MO Saturday
4/26/2014
TBD view
tickets
Arcade Fire Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - MO
Maryland Heights, MO Sunday
4/27/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Schottenstein Center
Columbus, OH Tuesday
4/29/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Bridgestone Arena (Formerly Sommet Center)
Nashville, TN Thursday
5/1/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Aarons Amphitheatre At Lakewood (formerly Lakewood Amphitheatre)
Atlanta, GA Friday
5/2/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Shoreline Amphitheatre - CA
Mountain View, CA Wednesday
7/30/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Gorge Amphitheatre
Quincy, WA Friday
8/8/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Rexall Place
Edmonton, Canada Monday
8/11/2014
TBD view
tickets
Arcade Fire Scotiabank Saddledome (Formerly Pengrowth Saddledome)
Calgary, Canada Tuesday
8/12/2014
TBD view
tickets
Arcade Fire MTS Centre
Winnipeg, Canada Thursday
8/14/2014
TBD view
tickets
Arcade Fire Verizon Center - DC
Washington, DC Sunday
8/17/2014
TBD view
tickets
Arcade Fire Comcast Center - MA (formerly Tweeter Center)
Mansfield, MA Tuesday
8/19/2014
7:30 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Barclays Center
Brooklyn, NY Friday
8/22/2014
7:45 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Barclays Center
Brooklyn, NY Saturday
8/23/2014
7:45 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire United Center
Chicago, IL Tuesday
8/26/2014
7:00 PM view
tickets
Arcade Fire Parc Jean-Drapeau
Montreal, Canada Saturday
8/30/2014
TBD view
tickets
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