BoMac
Self-righteous bullshitter
I was actually thinking to myself the other day: "Hmm, I wonder how the new Arcade Fire album is coming along. Let me look them up to see if there's anything new."
Of course, work distracted me and I forgot all about it until I read this in the paper this morning. I would have loved to see these shows, hear the new songs and in such a small venue!
Thankfully, I was relieved to read this quote in the last paragraph:
"They're planning a major North American tour in May, so they'll be back sometime in the spring."
Arcade Fire tickets flame out quickly
T'CHA DUNLEVY, The Gazette
Published: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Three minutes was all it took yesterday morning for the Admission network to sell out of tickets for five Montreal concerts by the Arcade Fire, Feb. 6 to 10.
Long lineups at Cheap Thrills, L'Oblique and Atom Heart record stores ensured that the rest of the 2,500 tickets got swooped up promptly when the Pop Montreal team (which is co-presenting the shows with Blue Skies Turn Black) brought them around at about 11 a.m.
The shows follow five in London, England, between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 (which also sold out in a flash last Friday morning), as the first the Montreal band has played in more than a year.
The group has been busy recording the follow-up to its 2004 breakout album, Funeral, which brought it around the world. The new album is due for release in the spring.
With Funeral, the Arcade Fire put the Montreal music scene on the international map, while establishing itself as one of the most vital and celebrated new indie-rock bands anywhere.
But despite its sweeping success, the group has endeavoured to keep its head on its shoulders and feet on the ground - which is part of the reason for selecting a little-known venue called the Ukrainian Federation, 5213 Hutchison St., for its upcoming shows.
Originally, the band wanted to perform in a church (as it will for the first three London shows), said Pop Montreal director Dan Seligman: "We spent the last two months location scouting, looking for a church with an organ; there's live organ on the new record. We had a church in St. Henri lined up until Friday. Then (the band's) manager called and said there were technical difficulties. Their sound person had checked out the room, and we would have had to keep the decibel levels really low to avoid reverb."
So Seligman and his crew turned to the Ukrainian Federation, a room they used for the first time this October, presenting several concerts during the Pop Montreal festival. The building was constructed in the late 1800s, and was first used as a Baptist church, then a synagogue, before it was converted into its current function as a cultural space, community centre and theatre in 1956.
"It's warm, it's intimate, the acoustics are great, and the sightlines are good," Seligman said. "It's going to be pretty incredible."
The shows could have taken place in a much bigger venue, he agreed, but the band wanted to start small.
"They're planning a major North American tour in May, so they'll be back sometime in the spring. Basically, we're looking for something outside of the Bell Centre and Metropolis, in the 2,000-3,000 capacity range, for two nights."
Of course, work distracted me and I forgot all about it until I read this in the paper this morning. I would have loved to see these shows, hear the new songs and in such a small venue!
Thankfully, I was relieved to read this quote in the last paragraph:
"They're planning a major North American tour in May, so they'll be back sometime in the spring."
Arcade Fire tickets flame out quickly
T'CHA DUNLEVY, The Gazette
Published: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Three minutes was all it took yesterday morning for the Admission network to sell out of tickets for five Montreal concerts by the Arcade Fire, Feb. 6 to 10.
Long lineups at Cheap Thrills, L'Oblique and Atom Heart record stores ensured that the rest of the 2,500 tickets got swooped up promptly when the Pop Montreal team (which is co-presenting the shows with Blue Skies Turn Black) brought them around at about 11 a.m.
The shows follow five in London, England, between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 (which also sold out in a flash last Friday morning), as the first the Montreal band has played in more than a year.
The group has been busy recording the follow-up to its 2004 breakout album, Funeral, which brought it around the world. The new album is due for release in the spring.
With Funeral, the Arcade Fire put the Montreal music scene on the international map, while establishing itself as one of the most vital and celebrated new indie-rock bands anywhere.
But despite its sweeping success, the group has endeavoured to keep its head on its shoulders and feet on the ground - which is part of the reason for selecting a little-known venue called the Ukrainian Federation, 5213 Hutchison St., for its upcoming shows.
Originally, the band wanted to perform in a church (as it will for the first three London shows), said Pop Montreal director Dan Seligman: "We spent the last two months location scouting, looking for a church with an organ; there's live organ on the new record. We had a church in St. Henri lined up until Friday. Then (the band's) manager called and said there were technical difficulties. Their sound person had checked out the room, and we would have had to keep the decibel levels really low to avoid reverb."
So Seligman and his crew turned to the Ukrainian Federation, a room they used for the first time this October, presenting several concerts during the Pop Montreal festival. The building was constructed in the late 1800s, and was first used as a Baptist church, then a synagogue, before it was converted into its current function as a cultural space, community centre and theatre in 1956.
"It's warm, it's intimate, the acoustics are great, and the sightlines are good," Seligman said. "It's going to be pretty incredible."
The shows could have taken place in a much bigger venue, he agreed, but the band wanted to start small.
"They're planning a major North American tour in May, so they'll be back sometime in the spring. Basically, we're looking for something outside of the Bell Centre and Metropolis, in the 2,000-3,000 capacity range, for two nights."
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