Arcade Fire to play gig at Manchester Central in December

Aug 19 2010 by Mark Smith, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News

Arcade Fire to play gig at Manchester Central in December

CANADIAN indie-rock outfit Arcade Fire are set to end the year with a gig in the North West.

Their third studio album, The Suburbs, has been described by music presenter Zane Lowe as ‘one of the greatest albums of the last decade, maybe of all time’ and went straight in at number one in the UK, Ireland and Norway, and number two in the US.

The Montreal outfit are to cap a successful 2010 with a gig at Manchester Central on December 11.

Fronted by husband and wife duo Win Butler and Regine Chassagne, they recently played New York’s Madison Square Garden and produced a live stream on video sharing website YouTube, directed by filmmaker Terry Gilliam.

The concert received more than 1.8million views worldwide.Š

Arcade Fire have won numerous awards, including both the Meteors 2008 Best International Album award, and the Juno Awards 2008 Alternative Album of the Year award for Neon Bible.

They have also been nominated for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2005 for Funeral and in 2008 for Neon Bible.

Tickets for the Manchester date are priced at £28.50 (plus £1 charitable donation) and can be booked at www.gigsandtours.com.