Arcade Fire to receive Hard Rock Ambassadors of Rock Award at 2011 Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards

Canadian band Arcade Fire will pick up the Hard Rock Ambassadors of Rock Award at the 2011 Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Lunch on Friday 1 July, it was announced today.

The star-studded event is in aid of Nordoff … Read More

Shockwaves NME Awards 2011 Nominations List

Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Foals and Biffy Clyro are among the acts nominated for this year’s Shockwaves NME Awards. The full nominations list for the honours are listed below – voting is open now at NME.COM/awards.

The winners … Read More

Arcade Fire Confirm London Hyde Park Gig On June 30

Arcade Fire will play their biggest-ever UK headlining gig in London this summer, it’s been confirmed.

The gig will take place at Hyde Park on June 30.

The Montreal-based band will be supported by Mumford & Sons, Beirut and The … Read More

Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Kings Of Leon To Play Coachella Festival 2011

Kanye West, Arcade Fire and Kings Of Leon will headline this year’s Coachella festival in California, it’s been announced.

The festival, which kicks stars the summer season, takes place at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio from April 15-17.

Interpol, … Read More

Free download from Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Today we have got an early Christmas present for you in the outstanding cover of Arcade Fire’s ‘Rebellion’ by phenomenal new talent Benjamin Francis Leftwich. You might remember that we reviewed Ben’s fantastic debut EP ‘A Million Miles Out’ … Read More

The Drums Cover Arcade Fire – Get It Here!

Download The Drums cover of Arcade Fire‘s ‘We Used to Wait‘ performed at BBC Three Live Lounge with Huw Stephens! Get it here!

Listen to the whole show here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tkbkh

Fresh from playing Reading and Leeds Festival, New York’s The … Read More

Arcade Fire Release Music Video With Google

Arcade Fire have released a pioneering video with Google for their song ‘We Used To Wait’.

The video allows viewers to type in the address of their childhood home and see Google Street View images of the area incorporated into … Read More

Arcade Fire Announce UK Tour

Arcade Fire have announced details of a UK arena tour for December.

The band, currently Number One in the UK albums chart with ‘The Suburbs’, will play five dates on the gig run, starting at the O2 Arena in London … Read More