Arcade Fire Debut New Songs At Intimate Montreal Gig

It’ll be August before Arcade Fire‘s (Merge Records) unfathomably anticipated new album The Suburbs is released, but the band isn’t resting on its haunches. Prepping for a lengthy summer tour, the band recently played a show at a “dusty, crumbling mansion” for 50 people in Montreal.

The band debuted eight new songs from their upcoming LP and played classics from Funeral and Neon Bible. The band’s summer tour, which takes them to Europe and North America, started last night in Quebec.

Check out the setlist and videos from the show, and Arcade Fire’s tour itinerary below!

Arcade Fire
Notman House, Montreal
June 4, 2010

The Suburbs
Ready to Start
Month of May
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
City With No Children
Rococo
Keep the Car Running
Empty Room
Modern Man
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Rebellion (Lies)
Suburban War
Wake Up

6/7 – Sherbrooke, Quebec – Granada Theatre
6/8 – Sherbrooke, Quebec – Granada Theatre
6/28 – Helsinki, Finland – The Senate Square
6/30 – Rättvik, Sweden – Dalhalla
7/2 – Arendal, Norway – Hove Festival
7/4 – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter Festival
7/9 – Naas, Ireland – Oxegen Festival
7/12 – Quebec City, Quebec – Quebec City Summer Festival
7/13 – Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa Blues Fest
7/31 – Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Festival
8/1 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
8/2 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center
8/4 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
8/6 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/8 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
8/9 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
8/11 – Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/14 – Toronto, Ontario – Olympic Island
8/27 – Leeds, England – Leeds Festival
8/28 – Reading, England – Reading Festival
8/29 – Saint Cloud, France – Rock En Seine
8/31 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
9/2 – Bologna, Italy – I-Day Festival

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