ARCADE FIRE GOES DISCO

Arcade Fire has returned! Following the announcement of a new album Everything Now out July 28th, the band has now released its second track of the year and title track to the forthcoming album, a collaboration with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter.

TURN UP THE SPEAKERS TILL THEY BREAK

Win Butler sings.

“There’s sort of an everything-nowness to life. I feel like almost every event and everything that happens surrounds you on all sides,” Win Butler said of the track earlier this afternoon on BBC’s Radio1, “It’s trying to capture some of the experiences of being alive now in all its flaws and all its glory.”

In the video for the track storefronts read “Everything Now” and children, as well as men in hazmat suits, roam the beautiful barren landscape as if they’re looking for something, perhaps serving as a grave reminder to see beauty in desolation, to turn up the music, make your own paradise, and revel in its glory.

Following the release of the full-out disco rock track the band has kept the hype coming this afternoon with the announcement that they’ll be heading on the road with the most impressive group of opening acts to date in a long time, including Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade, Angel Olsen, Phantogram, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Grandmaster Flash.

Everything Now, co-produced by Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, is out July 28th via Columbia Records and available to pre-order now from the Arcade Fire e-store in a multitude of options.

Check out the track, new album artwork, and epic set of tour dates that are sure to be a fucking party below. Tickets are set to go on sale June 9th at 10 a.m. local time but be on the lookout for additional dates that may be announced via the group’s website.

LISTEN TO EVERYTHING NOW:

EVERYTHING NOW ARTWORK:

INFINITE CONTENT TOUR DATES:

06/03 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound Festival
06/05 – Lyon, FR @ Nuits de Fourviere
06/07 – Scunthorpe, UK @ Baths Hall
06/08 – Edinburgh, UK @ Corn Exchange
06/10 – Newport, UK @ Isle of Wight Festival
06/13 – Belfast, UK @ Belsonic Festival
06/14 – Dublin, IE @ Malahide Castle
06/16 – Cologne, DE @ Tanzbrunnen
06/17 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
06/19 – Zagreb, HR @ INmusic Festival
06/29 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/01 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/02 – Berlin, DE @ Wuhlheide
07/04 – London, UK @ York Hall
07/05 – London, UK @ York Hall
07/06 – Manchester, UK @ Castlefield Bowl
07/09 – Belfort, FR @ Eurockéennes Festival
07/11 – Linz, AT @ Ahoi! The Full Hit of Summer
07/15 – Carhaix-Plouguer, FR @ Vieilles Charreus
07/17 – Milan, IT @ City Season Festival
07/18 – Florence, IT @ City Season Festival
07/19 – Nyon, CH @ Paleo Festival
08/06 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
09/05 – Quebec City, QC @ Centre Videotron
09/06 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
09/09 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre *
09/12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^%
09/15 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden ^
09/16 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center ^
09/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
09/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Infinite Energy Arena *
09/22 – Tampa, FL @ USF Sun Dome *
09/23 – Miami, FL @ Watsco Center at the University of Miami *
09/26 – New Orleans, LA @ UNO Lakefront Arena *
09/27 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center *
09/28 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center *
10/11 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place #
10/12 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome #
10/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum #
10/15 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena #
10/17 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena $
10/18 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena $
10/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum $
10/22 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center $
10/25 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
10/27 – Kansas City, MO @ Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
10/29 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
11/01 – Windsor, ON @ Windsor Credit Family Union Centre +
11/03 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
12/15-16 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Festival BUE

* = w/ Wolf Parade
^ = w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band
% = w/ Grandmaster Flash
# = w/ Phantogram
$ = w/ Angel Olsen
+ = w/ Broken Social Scene

List via Consequence of Sounds

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