Arcade Fire man to lecture at old university

 

Plus get the band's latest album 'The Suburbs' for a quid

 

Arcade Fire's Will Butler is set to give a lecture at his old university.

 

The multi-instrumentalist is addressing the Northwestern University in Chicago on November 2.

 

Butler is set to talk about how he has blended a career in music with social activism at the institution's Center For Civic Engagement, according to student website Northbynorthwestern.com.

 

According to organisers it is possible Butler "might treat students to an impromptu performance, but nothing is planned yet".

 

Butler majored in poetry and creative writing while at Northwestern University, where he also was a radio DJ and editor of the literary magazine Helicon.

 

http://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/53434

that's news?

lol.

 

I'll put the only songs I like on the album in order...

 

Ready To Start

Rococo

Empty Room

Modern Man

The Suburbs

and maybe We Used To Wait

Omg, you just said something positive about the Suburbs :bigcry:

 

Here's mine:

The Suburbs

Deep Blue

We Used to wait

Suburban War

Half Light II

.. I love them all except maybe Sprawl I actually

that's news?

 

Some miners in Chile really lowered the bar for what's news these days.

They are playing SNL the 13th of November weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

They are playing SNL the 13th of November weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee![/color]

 

That's awesome! Can't wait!

They are playing SNL the 13th of November weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee![/color]

 

since they're playing SNL... maybe they'll do a surprise show! :awesome:

thats what im thinking im checking out all the smaller venue sites in the city. side note Nassau Coliseum really sucks they need a total overhaul, so disapointing

 

Screenshot from the latest episode of The Office:

 

 

The Halperts are fans!!

woo! :thumbsup:

omg i have that shirt

Screenshot from the latest episode of The Office:

 

 

The Halperts are fans!!

haha I noticed that. Triumphs the dress. :D

I have that shirt too! haha

That was so awesome haha.

 

I was just wondering, I wanted to get one of the three Arcade Fire albums for Christmas. Which one do you think I should buy? I love their vintage orchestral sound (Rebellion/Lies, Neighbourhood #3, KTCR, No Cars Go), so... :)

Get Funeral. :nice:

Mmhmm, Funeral for sure.

Arcade Fire planning writing session ahead of spring 2011 tour

 

Will Butler reveals band's plans as he returns to lecture at his old university

 

Arcade Fire's Will Butler has said that the band will tour in Spring next year.

 

The band have gigs booked up until their UK dates end in mid-December, but the multi-instrumentalist told The Wall Street Journal that they would "definitely" be announcing more shows for the first quarter of 2011.

 

"We'll definitely be touring next Spring because the weather will be nicer to drive around in the springtime than the winter," he said.

 

Butler was speaking ahead of a talk yesterday (November 2) at Northwestern University in Illinois, which he used to attend. He talked about the band's work with the Partners For Health charity.

 

He also said that Arcade Fire would start new writing sessions before the spring dates.

 

"We're going to experiment this winter," he said. "We're not quite sure what we're doing in February, but January and March we'll probably be off. We've never successfully written or done anything really in a middle of a touring cycle."

 

He added: "We're going to see if we can maybe get into a different rhythm besides the tour, tour, tour, rest, rest, rest, tour, tour, tour, rest, rest, rest. We're going to see if we can intertwine them a little bit."

 

http://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/53717

they better come here in 2011 :bomb:

sounds interesting!

A cross Canada tour would be nice. Or at least visiting somewhere east of Montreal.

Or they could not skip the Netherlands on their next European tour. :escaping:

They cannot skip the Netherlands, indeed. It's quite centered as well :D

 

Just wanted to refer to this tumblr, because they have some Apparatjik fun in it as well :D

 

^:inquisitive:

This is the mew thread mike.

ha ha?