The Arcade Fire is an indie rock band from Montreal, Canada. Without a major label backing, the success of the band and the album
Funeral has been acclaimed as an Internet phenomenon. As of November 2005,
Funeral has gone gold in both Canada and the UK and has sold in excess of half a million copies worldwide, a phenomenal number for an independent release with minimal television or radio exposure.
The Arcade Fire's song "Wake Up" was played immediately before the Irish rock group U2 opened their concerts on their 2005 Vertigo Tour; the band would subsequently open three shows for that tour, and at the third show, they appeared onstage during U2's encore to join them in a cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart.
The Arcade Fire's album
Funeral and their single
Cold Wind were respectively nominated for Grammys in the best Alternative Rock Album and Best Song Written for Television, Film, or Other Media categories.
The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood 1 (Tunnels) The Arcade Fire - Wake Up The Arcade Fire - Cold Wind U2 & The Arcade Fire - Love Will Tear Us Apart
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