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The Arcade Fire

Label: Merge Records

Some say the whale can't open his mouth, but that is a fable."

The Arcade Fire are Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and Win's little brother Will.

The last year has been an eventful one for The Arcade Fire. In June 2003, Régine's grandmother Nancy died; in August, Win and Régine were married; in September, the Arcade Fire started recording their debut album. In March 2004, Win and Will's grandfather Alvino Rey died; Richard Parry's Aunt Betsy passed away in April; in May 2004 the Arcade Fire were signed to Merge Records, and completed their album. It having been something of a heavy hitting year, the band's minds were somewhat a-whirl. The deaths of Nancy , Alvino and Betsy brought to mind all the people they had loved who had died: they decided to call their newly completed album Funeral.

The Arcade Fire reside in Montreal, Quebec. Win moved to Montreal four winters ago, as a panther moves from jungle to jungle—silently, with rocking shoulder blades. Looking for musicians, he found Régine, who combed his sleek fur and removed the thorns from his paws....

Régine had secretly learned to sing, play piano, guitar, accordion, mandolin, flute, drums, and harmonica while her parents weren't watching. Her family fled Haiti (under the dictatorship of Duvalier) in the 1960's for Chicago, New York, and then finally to Montreal, where Régine grew up.

Win and Régine wrote song upon song; they performed and recorded them with the help of many tiny hands: hands such as Richard Parry's; a hulking brute who knew recording and the finer points of instrumentology. Richard consistently collaborated with Win and Régine, waking up one day to find himself fairly ensconced with them musically—a sort of red-haired lighthouse firmly planted on the Arcade Fire's frontier.

His great winking light helped draw in dozens of moths, as well as his former band-mate Tim Kingsbury. Tim killed the moths, joined the band, and then skillfully played whatever instrument was open to him. In March 2003, Will slipped across the border into Canada, with the goal of playing music with his brother. This he did until the truant officers caught up with him and forced him back to college in Chicago. But that was later.

With Win and Régine freshly married in August 2003, and a summer's worth of rock and roll at their backs, the Arcade Fire wanted to record an album. But they hadn't a drummer. They persevered in the recording, though, only to discover the man that was to record them, Howard Bilerman, was a meat-hook fisted, iron-boned drummer of a fellow. Howard graciously agreed to perform on their new album.

Why hell, there was their band, and they recorded. Thousands of tiny luminary hands came out and helped
oance again: Sarah Neufeld; Owen Pallett; Michael Olsen; Pietro Amato; Anita Fust; Sophie Trudeau; Jessica Moss; Genevieve Heistek; Arlen Thompson; Mark Lawson; Thierry Amar. Sarah Neufeld is still playing and touring with the band doing the work of an entire string section with her single violin.

The result of all this collaboration is Funeral, the debut full length recording from the Arcade Fire. The CD will be released by Merge Records on September 14th, 2004. In the tradition of their itinerant, Depression-era family-musical performing forefathers, the band will be touring extensively in the fall, as well. show more

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Menzies Music presents: 2025 Summer Concert Series @ Golden Skybridge - Aug 30, 2025

Live Music on the Patio: The Isaac Brothers @ Bayleaf Restaurant - Aug 29, 2025

Flats Fest - Day 2 @ Civic Centre - Aug 16, 2025

Past Events

Jun

2014

Current Swell, The Arcade Fire, Maklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Black Keys

$149

Hurricane Festival

Jun

2014

Current Swell, The Arcade Fire, Maklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Black Keys, Bastille

$156

Southside Festival

Sep

2010

19:30

The Arcade Fire, Calexico

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH @ 10AM

$30.50-$46

Pacific Coliseum

Feb

2009

20:00

Bell Orchestre, The Arcade Fire, The Besnard Lakes Beast

$19.50

The Commodore Ballroom

May

2007

18:30

The Arcade Fire, St. Vincent

on sale 4/7 @ 10am

$38

Deer Lake Park

Oct

2005

19:00

The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, Bell Orchestre

Tickets onsale now at Ticketmaster and Zulu Records. Sponsored by http://www.kex...

$31.50

PNE Forum

Oct

2005

19:00

The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, Belle Orchestra

CJSW & FFWD PRESENT THE ARCADE FIRE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MACEWAN HALL - U O...

$19.99

MacEwan Hall

Aug

2005

BOY - Toronto, The Arcade Fire, Ian Brown, The Tears, MEW, Hal, The Little Flame...

http://www.summersonic.com ALL-AGES

$13000

Osaka WTC Open Air Stadium & Intex Osaka & Zepp Osaka

Aug

2005

BOY - Toronto, The Arcade Fire, Ian Brown, The Tear, MEW, Hal, The Little Flames...

http://www.summersonic.com ALL-AGES

$000-$13

Chiba Marine Stadium Makuhari Messe

Dec

2004

20:00

The Arcade Fire, Robosexuals

$12

Mesa Luna

Dec

2004

21:00

The Arcade Fire, Immaculate Machine

This show is totally sold out

Lucky Bar

Dec

2004

20:00 01:00

The Arcade Fire, Chet

Plus guests. Tickets on sale Nov. 5th at Scratch, Zulu and Red Cat.

$12

The Commodore Ballroom

Dec

2004

The Arcade Fire

The Commodore Ballroom

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Current Swell, The Arcade Fire, Maklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Black Keys

Current Swell, The Arcade Fire, Maklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Black Keys, Bastille

The Arcade Fire, Calexico

Bell Orchestre, The Arcade Fire, The Besnard Lakes Beast

The Arcade Fire, St. Vincent

The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, Bell Orchestre

The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, Belle Orchestra

BOY - Toronto, The Arcade Fire, Ian Brown, The Tears, MEW, Hal, The Little Flame...

BOY - Toronto, The Arcade Fire, Ian Brown, The Tear, MEW, Hal, The Little Flames...

The Arcade Fire, Robosexuals

The Arcade Fire, Immaculate Machine

The Arcade Fire, Chet

The Arcade Fire

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