The Arcade Fire, who haven’t played a show in at least a billion years, are making the music world ravenously wait for and then hungrily consume any bit of Arcade Fire-related news. The moment that new shows are revealed, the internet goes into frenzy. The mere speculation of their playing at Lollapalooza has driven bloggers and rumor-mill-grinders into overtime. And every single person in the world is waiting for their next album to be released so that they can either smother it in praise or heap upon it the piles of harsh criticism that any band who even sounds remotely like U2 deserves.
Now, though, we have one tiny bit of information: the band will be playing at Montreal’s Osheaga Festival. The Osh’, as I call it, takes place July 31 - August 1. The Arcade Fire have also scheduled shows in Norway, Belgium, and Ireland. No US shows have been announced yet (besides the wild speculation of their inclusion at Lolla), and all we know about the next album is that it’ll come out this year sometime and will probably be awesome and popular and most music critics have already given it the top spot of the year.
Osheaga Festival Lineup:
Arcade Fire / Weezer / Pavement / Metric / The National / Deadmau5 / Cat Empire / Keane / The Black Keys / Stars / Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Jimmy Cliff / Ariane Moffat / The Gaslight Anthem / Charlie Winston / Beach House / Jamie Lidell / Robyn / Sarah Harmer / Frank Turner / Blitzen Trapper / Avi Buffalo / Bahamas / Amanda Mabro / Ian Kelly
Arcade Fire Shows:
07.02.10 - Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07.04.10 - Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival
07.09.10 - Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07.31.10 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
• Arcade Fire: http://www.arcadefire.com
