Arcade Fire announce Spring US tour
Music News | Feb 20th, 2011
Who is Arcade Fire?? The Montreal “indie” rock band have announced a full US tour dates for April. After the upset at the Grammys, the band will play in cities like Phoenix, Vegas, Chicago, Memphis, Dallas and a few other cities. They will also be playing at Coachella, but good luck trying to get tickets for it since it’s sold out already. See the full list of dates below:
Album of the Year Grammy winners Arcade Fire have confirmed all remaining dates of their upcoming U.S. tour.
The shows kick off April 9 in Denver and include previously announced sold out appearances including an April 16 Coachella headlining set, an April 22, 24, 25 three-night stand at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. The band’s May 6 Jazz Fest headline in New Orleans will be the tour’s final date.
The April 9-May 6 run is Arcade Fire’s latest in support of its critically acclaimed third album The Suburbs, which recently took Album Of The Year, top prize at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.
The Suburbs was released August 3, 2010 on Merge Records, debuting at #1 on the U.S. Top 200 and selling nearly 500,000 copies as of press time. The record has been supported by an extensive world tour that has included two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
See below for a full itinerary. For further information, check arcadefire.com.
SAT4/9/2011 Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center *
MON4/11/2011 Orem, UT The UCCU Center *
WED4/13/2011 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre *
THU4/14/2011 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel *
SAT4/16/2011 Indio, CA Coachella (Sold out)
MON4/18/2011 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Convention Center
WED4/20/2011 Kansas City, MO Starlight Amphitheatre **
FRI4/22/2011 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
SUN4/24/2011 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
MON4/25/2011 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion (Sold out) **
WED4/27/2011 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn at White River State Park **
THU4/28/2011 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
SAT4/30/2011 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion ***
TUE5/3/2011 Austin, TX The Backyard ****
WED5/4/2010 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ****
FRI5/6/2011 New Orleans, LA Jazz and Heritage Festival* Local Natives Support
** The National Support
*** Okkervil River Support
**** Explosions in the Sky Support
