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Arcade Fire have announced their only ‘Funeral’ 20th-anniversary show in North America, set to take place in Colorado.The band – comprised of frontman Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara – took to their social media to share that they are set to perform their 2004 album at “one of our favourite venues”, the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on September 16.A ticket presale will be available starting May 8 at 10am MDT (12pm EST / 9am PT / 5pm BST). Visit here to purchase tickets and check out a full list of tour dates below.A post shared by Arcade Fire (@arcadefire)JULY 2 – Rho, Italy, Fiera Milano4 – London, UK, O2 Academy Brixton 5 – London, UK, O2 Academy Brixton7 – Dublin, Ireland, The Malahide CastleSEPTEMBER16 – Morrison, CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre The newly announced date is the latest gig to be shared after Arcade Fire revealed that they would be playing “a limited number” of shows in celebration of their seminal 2004 debut LP.Back in February, the band shared two separate invitation posts that read: “Save the date.

Arcade Fire have announced a second ‘Funeral’ 20th-anniversary show at London’s Brixton Academy.The additional London date was added “Due to demand” and will take place on Friday July 5 at the famous venue. Tickets will go on general sale tomorrow (April 19) at 10am local time.

Arcade Fire have announced the latest gig in their “limited number of” shows, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Funeral’.The band – comprised of frontman Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara – will be playing at Brixton’s O2 Academy in London on July 4. Warmduscher will be serving as opening support.A ticket pre-sale will commence on Wednesday (April 17) at 10am local time.

Arcade Fire have announced the first dates of a “limited number of” shows to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Funeral’.The band – comprised of frontman Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara – took to their official Instagram account to reveal that they will be playing shows in celebration of their seminal 2004 debut LP.The band shared two separate invitation posts that read: “Save the date. Arcade Fire invite you to attend a celebration of the twentieth anniversary of their debut album ‘Funeral'”.

Arcade Fire, Massive Attack, The Prodigy and more for the 2024 line-up.The Spanish festival, which takes place from July 11-13, 2024, will also see Jungle, Overmono, Ezra Collective, Floating Points, Underworld, Noname, Khruangbin, JPEGMAFIA, Death From Above 1979, Alvvays, Los Bitchos, Parcels and more perform.General sale tickets for the festival will go live this Friday (December 1) at 9am GMT from here, or fans can alternatively access a special pre-sale from Wednesday (November 29) at 9am GMT time until 9am December 1.

MEO Kalorama has announced the final performers for this year’s festival that takes place between August 31 and September 2.The Prodigy and Lil Silva complete the line-up of MEO Kalorama 2023 that will see Arcade Fire, Florence + The Machine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Aphex Twin and Foals, among many others perform at Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon this summer.Recently added acts include The Hives, Baxter Dury, Tiga, James Holden and Shygirl.

IDLES, Slowthai, Arca and more have been announced for Cala Mijas festival 2023.Other named added to the Spanish festival’s line-up include Belle & Sebastian, Moderat, Charlie Cunningham and José González, who will perform debut album ‘Veneer’. They join the previously announced Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Foals, Amyl & The Sniffers, Delaporte and The Blaze.This year’s festival on the Costa Del Sol will take place from August 31 to September 2, where the likes of Metronomy, Acid Arab, Ethel Cain, Pabllo Vittar, I.Jordan and Siouxsie will also perform.

Aphex Twin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Slowthai leading the new batch of acts on the line-up.The Portugal festival brings a close to the summer season and will take place between August 31 and September 2.Held in Lisbon’s Bela Vista Park, Aphex Twin joins the previously announced Arcade Fire and Florence + The Machine as headliners, as well as a host of others – find tickets here.Alongside Aphex Twin, American indie band Yeah Yeah Yeahs are also set to perform, as well as British rapper Slowthai and Foals. It has not yet been confirmed which days the acts will perform.Lil Yachty, José Gonzalez and Belle & Sebastian are all set to hit the stage, as is pop icon Siouxsie – who was formerly part of Siouxsie And The Banshees.

Arcade Fire is no longer where it’s at.The alt-rock star has dropped out of supporting the Canadian band on the US leg of its “We” trek two weeks before it’s due to start on Oct. 27.Although Beck didn’t give a reason why he was quitting the tour, he is the second artist to bail on Arcade Fire following Feist, who cited the sexual misconduct allegations against the group’s lead singer, Win Butler, as her reason for leaving the European leg in September.“I can’t continue,” the “I Feel It All” singer wrote on Twitter about her “incredibly difficult” decision to split from her fellow Canadians on tour.“To stay on tour would symbolize I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury,” she wrote.

Beck will no longer open for Arcade Fire on their North American tour, it’s been reported, with his removal coming less than two weeks before the run is scheduled to begin.Billboard reports that Beck has backed out of the tour, with his role instead being filled by Haitian outfit Boukman Eksperyans. At the time of writing, however, Beck is yet to address his removal from the tour, and has not shared a formal announcement through any of his official channels.The move comes some seven weeks after Arcade Fire’s frontman, Win Butler, was accused of sexual assault by multiple women.

Arcade Fire‘s show at London’s O2 tonight will go ahead tonight (September 8), despite the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II hours before.The Queen of the United Kingdom, who succeeded to the throne in 1952 aged 25, passed away today.“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” The Royal Family shared in a statement at 6:30pm BST. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”The news of Arcade Fire’s gig was shared via The O2’s social media.In a statement, they said: “The O2 is incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and would like to extend its sincerest condolences to the Royal Family at this time of national mourning.

has denied a Pitchfork report published last week in which three women accused him of inappropriate sexual interactions and another person accused him of sexual assault.“I can’t continue,” Feist, 46 wrote of her “incredibly difficult” choice in a lengthy letter posted on Twitter that explained her thought process.“To stay on tour would symbolize I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury,” she wrote. “I was never here to stand for or with Arcade Fire — I was here to stand on my own two feet on a stage.” “The Bad In Each Other” artist said her songs ultimately made the decision for her after she played them during the tour’s first two dates.“Hearing them through this lens was incongruous with what I’ve worked to clarify for myself through my whole career,” she wrote.“I’ve always written songs to name my own subtle difficulties, aspire to my best self and claim responsibility when I need to.

Feist has left her tour with Arcade Fire, citing allegations of sexual misconduct levied by four people against frontman Win Butler. Read Leslie Feist’s full statement on leaving the tour below.Earlier this week, the Canadian band continued with their ‘WE’ tour – despite Butler facing allegations of sexual misconduct (all of which he has denied) – and began the UK leg in Dublin on August 30.

accused of sexual misconduct.At least three radio stations in Canada have made statements regarding their decision not to play the Canadian rock band’s music.Ian March, a program director at Toronto music station Indie88, confirmed to CBC News that they made “a quick decision over the weekend to pull the band’s music,” though they haven’t had any internal discussion over whether the decision will be permanent.“In light of the recent allegations against Win Butler, CBC Music will pause on playing Arcade Fire’s music until we learn more about the situation,” Chuck Thompson of CBC Music added.Canadian Broadcasting Corp. will “pause” playing Arcade Fire’s music on its CBC Music FM station and SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 station “until we learn more about the situation,” a representative told Ottawa City News and CBC News.Meanwhile, a radio host in St.

Two radio stations in Canada have confirmed that they will not be playing Arcade Fire music following news this week of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by four separate people against frontman Win Butler. Ottawa City News reports that CBC will “pause” playing Arcade Fire on both CBC Music FM and the SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 station "until we learn more about the situation." Toronto's Indie88 also confirmed that “a quick decision" had been made to pull the band’s music with a "fulsome internal conversation about the permanence of this decision" to follow.

Arcade Fire began their 2022 UK and Ireland headline tour last night (August 30), despite recent allegations of sexual misconduct against frontman Win Butler.On Saturday (August 27), Pitchfork published an article in which four former fans of the band – who were aged between 18 and 23 at the time of the alleged interactions – accused Butler of sexual misconduct.Three of the accusers are women and the fourth identifies as gender-fluid who uses they/them pronouns.Butler responded to the accusations of “inappropriate” actions in a statement, claiming he was “very sorry to anyone who I have hurt with my behaviour” but maintaining that “these relationships were all consensual”.The musician added: “I fucked up, and while not an excuse, I will continue to look forward and heal what can be healed, and learn from past experiences.”Butler’s wife and Arcade Fire bandmate Régine Chassagne also shared her own statement, in which she said: “I know he has never, and would never, touch a woman without her consent and I am certain he never did.”After the accusations came to light, some fans called on the group to cancel their tour or offer refunds to those who no longer wanted to attend. However, the first show in Dublin went ahead as planned yesterday evening.Sharing a thread of tweets throughout the concert, one attendee said that Arcade Fire came out onstage to “rapturous applause” from the audience before opening with ‘Wake Up’.Later, it was claimed by multiple audience members that it appeared to be “business as usual” for the band.

Arcade Fire‘s music after allegations made against frontman Win Butler.Last week, an investigation was published by Pitchfork which saw four fans of the band accused Butler of sexual misconduct.After he was accused of “inappropriate” actions, Butler replied to the allegations in a lengthy statement of his own, claiming he was “very sorry to anyone who I have hurt with my behaviour” but maintaining that “these relationships were all consensual”.Since then, a representative for the CBC Music FM radio station has told Ottawa City News that the station is pausing playing Arcade Fire’s music “until we learn more about the situation”.Another station, Toronto’s Indie 88, confirmed that they had made “a quick decision over the weekend to pull the band’s music” but that they have “not yet had a fulsome internal conversation about the permanence of this decision.”Feist is donating proceeds from the merch at the Arcade Fire show tonight to Women’s Aid Dublin pic.twitter.com/36Q3lyYXSL— kevin freeburn (@KevFreeburn) August 30, 2022Following the allegations, Arcade Fire kicked off the European leg of their world tour as planned with a Dublin show. last night (August 30).Feist opened for the show, but – as pictures on social media showed – has committed to donating all proceeds earned from her merch sales to the local chapter of Women’s Aid.As shown in a photo making the rounds on social media, Feist’s merch stall was adorned with a flyer that read: “All proceeds from Feist merchandise will be donated to Women’s Aid Dublin”.

Arcade Fire appear to be moving ahead with their ‘WE’ tour – despite frontman Win Butler facing allegations of sexual misconduct (all of which he has denied) – and began the UK leg in Dublin last night (August 30). Feist opened for the show as planned, but has committed to donating all proceeds earned from her merch sales to the local chapter of Women’s Aid.As shown in a photo making the rounds on social media, Feist’s merch stall was adorned with a flyer that read: “All proceeds from Feist merchandise will be donated to Women’s Aid Dublin”.

Over the weekend, Pitchfork reported multiple sexual misconduct allegations against Win Butler, frontman of Canadian indie rock institution Arcade Fire. Butler denied any non-consensual sexual activity – in a statement issued through a representative, he called such characterizations "revisionist, and frankly just wrong" and offered an apology.

Win Butler of Arcade Fire has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple people, Pitchfork reports. The frontman, who is married to fellow band member Régine Chassagne, has stated that it is his belief that the relationships were consensual and that any claims of misconduct are "revisionist, and frankly just wrong." Speaking to Pitchfork, three women and one gender-fluid person share similar stories.

This story contains descriptions of attempted suicide and alleged sexual misconduct.Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has been accused of sexual misconduct by four people, allegations which he denies.In a new investigation from Pitchfork, four people – who were between 18 and 23-years-old at the time of the alleged interactions between 2015 and 2020 and asked to use pseudonyms when sharing their stories – accused Butler of “inappropriate” actions.In a lengthy statement shared with Pitchfork – which you can read in full below – Butler said he was “very sorry to anyone who I have hurt with my behaviour” but that “these relationships were all consensual”.He added: “I fucked up, and while not an excuse, I will continue to look forward and heal what can be healed, and learn from past experiences.”Butler’s wife and Arcade Fire bandmate Régine Chassagne also shared her own statement, in which she said: “I know he has never, and would never, touch a woman without her consent and I am certain he never did.”Included in the story is an allegation from ‘Lily’ (they/them), who alleges that, after meeting him at a concert in Montreal at the start of 2015, Butler touched her non-consensually while in a car, and gave them a kiss that they “I did not ask for”.Lily then alleged that, at a further meeting at their apartment, Butler “pinned me up against the wall and was aggressively grabbing my body and sticking his tongue down my throat” which they say was “so not OK in the context” and referred to as “manipulation”.

Arcade Fire were on the ground at this year’s Osheaga Festival in Montreal, Canada – where they filled in for the Foo Fighters – frontman Win Butler and guitarist Richard Parry spoke warmly about the late Taylor Hawkins.Prior to their headlining set, Butler and Parry sat down with iHeartRadio, where journalist Jason Rockman asked if their role on the festival – filling the space left by the Foos, who dropped out after Hawkins’ passing back in March – had left Arcade Fire feeling any pressure to succeed. Though he didn’t specify whether or not that was the case, Butler did note that he’d met with Hawkins “a couple of weeks before he passed”.Reflecting on his friendship with the late drummer, Butler continued: “Every single time I ever hung out with them, we were just talking about music, and reminiscing about old shows.

Arcade Fire kicked off the new leg of their ‘WE’ tour last night (July 29) when they headlined the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, Canada.During their performance, they covered Wolf Parade’s 2005 track ‘This Heart’s On Fire’ – check out footage and the complete setlist below.Since the release of ‘WE’ in May, Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner has been playing live with Arcade Fire, filling the gap left by the departure of Will Butler that same month. Last night, they performed ‘This Heart’s On Fire’ from Wolf Parade’s debut album, ‘Apologies To The Queen Mary’.So this happened #HeartsOnFire #ArcadeFire #WolfParade pic.twitter.com/0FJsZIAvEY— Michael Barclay (@mmmbarclay) July 30, 2022Taking to Twitter after the show, Boeckner said that “headlining Osheaga was amazing”, before sharing a backstage photo.G’night folks pic.twitter.com/Fp5oaqWsjS— Jabroni and the Air-rifle (@DanBoeckner) July 30, 2022Arcade Fire previously covered Wolf Parade’s ‘I’ll Believe In Anything’ at their final, homecoming ‘Reflektor’ tour show in 2014.

Arcade Fire and The Weeknd are among the leading names on the longlist for the Polaris Music Prize 2022.The annual Canadian music prize, which was won last year by Cadence Weapon, “honours and rewards artists who produce Canadian music albums of distinction”. Previous winners include Kaytranada, Caribou and Fucked Up.The 2022 longlist for the Polaris Music Prize has now been announced, with the likes of Arcade Fire (nominated for their album ‘WE’), The Weeknd (‘Dawn FM’) and BADBADNOTGOOD (‘Talk Memory’) nominated.You can see the full longlist for the Polaris Music Prize 2022 below.AHI – ‘Prospect’Arcade Fire – ‘WE’Backxwash – ‘I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES’BADBADNOTGOOD – ‘Talk Memory’Jean-Michel Blais – ‘aubades’Basia Bulat – ‘The Garden’Tanika Charles – ‘Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly’Chiiild – ‘Hope For Sale’Destroyer – ‘LABYRINTHITIS’Julie Doiron – ‘I Thought Of You’The Garrys – ‘Get Thee To A Nunnery’The Halluci Nation – ‘One More Saturday Night’Joyful Joyful – ‘Joyful Joyful’Adria Kain – ‘When Flowers Bloom’Lydia Képinski – ‘Depuis’Pierre Kwenders – ‘José Louis And The Paradox Of Love’Ada Lea – ‘one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden’Lisa Leblanc – ‘Chiac Disco’Hubert Lenoir – ‘PICTURA DE IPSE : Musique directe’Luna Li – ‘Duality’A post shared by Polaris Music Prize (@polarismusicprize)Les Louanges – ‘Crash’LOONY – ‘soft thing’Kelly McMichael – ‘Waves’Men I Trust – ‘Untourable Album’Haviah Mighty – ‘Stock Exchange’myst milano. – ‘Shapeshyfter’Cedric Noel – ‘Hang Time’Ombiigizi – ‘Sewn Back Together’Orville Peck – ‘Bronco’Ouri – ‘Frame of a Fauna’P’tit Belliveau – ‘Un homme et son piano’PUP – ‘THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND’SATE – ‘The Fool’Shad – ‘TAO’Sister Ray –

Arcade Fire took to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform ‘Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)’ – check out the performance below.The band have been playing a number of late-night TV slots around the release of new album ‘WE’, which came out last week (May 6) and gave the band their fourth UK number one album.Arcade Fire played Saturday Night Live last week, where, introduced by guest host Benedict Cumberbatch, they performed recent singles ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’ and ‘The Lightning I, II’ in the legendary New York studio.The band then took to Fallon this week to share another track from the new record. For the rendition of ‘Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)’, the band were watched over by a giant eye, the same that hung above the stage for the band’s recent London gig at KOKO.Watch the performance below.Reviewing ‘WE’, NME wrote: “Our global journey from fear to appreciation is played out in what Arcade Fire themselves accurately describe as a ‘concise 40-minute epic’.

Arcade Fire have scored their fourth UK Number One album with their sixth studio album ‘WE’.The Canadian collective shot straight to the top of the album chart and the vinyl albums chart, with their latest record beating Sigrid‘s ‘How To Let Go’ into second place, according to the Official Charts Company.It comes after their previous LPs – 2010’s ‘The Suburbs’, 2013’s ‘Reflektor’ and 2017 album ‘Everything Now’ also went to Number One.Frontman Win Butler recently told the NME Big Read, that the album title was inspired by the 1924 dystopian novel WE by Yevgeny Zamyatin, which itself inspired George Orwell’s 1984.“The seeds of everything that we’re ever going to do are within us,” he explained. “Reading that Zamyatin novel connected this dot in my childhood, then to Orwell, and then allowed me to be inspired by its own merits.“I didn’t know what ‘WE’ was, but I knew that it was in there and that I’d use it at some point.

Arcade Fire performed as part of a live-stream to unveil the first image of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy – watch below.The picture was produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes. Known as Sagittarius A*, the object is four million times the mass of the Sun.“These unprecedented observations have greatly improved our understanding of what happens at the very centre of our galaxy, and offer new insights on how these giant black holes interact with their surroundings,” said EHT Project Scientist Geoffrey Bower.Coincidentally, ‘Sagittarius A*’ is the subtitle of a song on Arcade Fire’s new album ‘WE’ (‘End Of The Empire IV’).

Arcade Fire have shared their performance of ‘End Of The Empire II’ from their appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend – watch below.The Canadian band featured on the hit US show on Saturday (May 7) in support of their sixth studio album ‘WE’, which came out the day before (May 6).Introduced by guest host Benedict Cumberbatch, Arcade Fire played their recent singles ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’ and ‘The Lightning I, II’ in the legendary New York studio. Frontman Win Butler ended the powerful latter performance by speaking out about abortion rights.In a rare move, SNL allowed its most recent musical guests to play a third track.

Arcade Fire have shared a new video for ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’, filled with the tube men that have appeared at their recent live shows – watch it below.The track, shared last month, is the second single from the band’s sixth album, ‘WE’, which came out last week (May 6).The video centres around a host of inflatable tube men, which have also danced around while the band played the song at a number of recent shows at Coachella, in New York and at London’s KOKO.Speaking to NME for last week’s Big Read cover feature, frontman Win Butler was reminded of a scene from the Coachella set, when one of the tube men didn’t inflate properly and needed a kick in order to begin dancing with his friends.“I think when we were making these songs, we weren’t sure what world we were making it for,” he responded.“There’s so many precarious things in the world and so much to have anxiety about, but I’ve been trying to really appreciate these moments when I’m in them. When the world is a beautiful place, I’m trying to allow myself to appreciate it in a way that I wouldn’t have before.”Butler added: “The concept of the video for ‘…Lookout Kid’ is that one of those tube men is depressed and their whole family is happy around them.”Watch Arcade Fire’s new video below.‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’ was given its live debut last month during that surprise performance at the first weekend of Coachella 2022.

Arcade Fire‘s Win Butler has discussed the divisive reputation of the band’s fifth album, 2017’s ‘Everything Now’, in a new interview with NME.Speaking to NME for last week’s Big Read cover feature, released on the same day as the band’s new record and ‘Everything Now’ follow-up, ‘WE’, Butler said he doesn’t think negatively of the band’s last album – while many fans and critics were left divided over it.“I don’t have any insecurity about that record,” Butler told NME. “I think a lot of journalism has become very ‘cut and paste’ and there needs to be some sort of storyline in interviews, so I’m happy for ‘Everything Now’ to take the hit and be maligned… Like, I know there needs to be a cliché and story and [‘WE’] is, like, ‘the comeback’.

Arcade Fire appeared on Saturday Night Live last night (May 7), performing two tracks from ‘WE’ and seemingly speaking out about abortion rights.Earlier this week, a leaked draft from the US Supreme Court suggested the organisation is preparing to overturn Roe V. Wade – a 1973 ruling that made abortion legal on a federal level.Arcade Fire used their performance on Saturday Night Live to seemingly critique the proposed draft.After a powerful performance of ‘The Lightning I,II’, vocalist Win Butler returned to the mic to say “a woman’s right to choose forever and ever and ever.

Arcade Fire have announced details of a new world tour, set to take place later this year in support of their new album ‘WE’.The band released the record – their sixth so far – earlier today (May 6) and will hit the road in September, following on from one-off dates in New Orleans, New York, Coachella, and London in the run-up to the LP’s release.The tour will kick off in Dublin on August 30, taking the group across the UK and into Europe throughout September. The North American leg of the tour will begin in Washington D.C.

Arcade Fire and Benedict Cumberbatch have appeared together in a humorous new promo clip for this weekend’s Saturday Night Live – you can watch the band constantly interrupt the actor below.Arcade Fire will feature on the long-running comedy series tomorrow (May 7) as the musical guests, where they’ll perform in support of their new album ‘WE’.The band will be joined tomorrow by SNL guest-host Cumberbatch, who is taking on the role this weekend in support of his new film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.A new SNL promo has now been released starring the actor and Arcade Fire, along with castmember Ego Nwodim. In the clip, Cumberbatch attempts to present the segment according to the script, but his efforts are scuppered by Nwodim and the members of Arcade Fire, who all chip in to individually introduce themselves.The clip ends with Cumberbatch walking off in mock-frustration, leaving Arcade Fire drummer Jeremy Gara to introduce himself on his own.

Arcade Fire have opened up to NME about the recent departure of Will Butler from the band.Arcade Fire were founded by multi-instrumentalist Win Butler, Will’s brother, in Montreal in the early 2000s, with Butler joining in 2004 ahead of their debut album ‘Funeral’.After the band returned in March with news of their sixth album ‘WE’, and a video for its first single ‘The Lightning I, II’, Will confirmed on social media that he had left Arcade Fire.In a series of tweets posted on March 19, Will revealed that he had left the band at the end of last year, saying that it was “time for new things” and that the band remain his “friends and family”.“Hi friends— I’ve left Arcade Fire,” he wrote. “I left at the end of last year, after the new record was complete.

Arcade Fire‘s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, titled ‘L.E.S (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)’.The song opens Kwenders’ new album ‘José Louis And The Paradox Of Love’, which arrived last Friday (April 29). A vibrant nine-and-a-half-minute dance track, it features keys from Chassagne and vocals from Butler, as well as production from American DJ, King Britt.Check out the track, a swirling mix of African-inspired beats, electronica and atmospheric synths, below:‘José Louis And The Paradox Of Love’, released via Arts & Crafts, is Kwenders’ third full-length album, and his first since 2017’s ‘MAKANDA At The End Of Space And Beginning of Time’.

NME about the improvements made and what it means for music fans, artists and culture in the city.Before relaunching as a “50,000-square foot state-of-the-art live music venue and broadcasting house”, the venue (located on 1A Camden High Street) initially shut in 2019 for a planned one-year refurbishment. Those plans were scuppered after a fire broke out at the venue in January 2020 with the coronavirus pandemic and “colossal water damage” further holding up progress.This week (Friday April 29) saw Arcade Fire play the first gig back at the newly renovated Camden venue to launch their upcoming album ‘WE‘, before Luciano headlined the first ‘KOKO Electronic’ night the following evening to celebrate the venue’s major £70million renovation.We had @arcadeFire open our theatre last night – a phenomenal, truly moving performance from one of the world’s best live acts.