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Arcade Fire Debuts 'Hunger Games' Track

02 Mar The Hunger Games, based on the young adult book series, is one of the most anticipated movies of 2012 and hits theaters on March 23. Taylor Swift already released one of her songs featured in the soundtrack, and Arcade Fire is the latest to do so. Featured in the credits, their Hunger Games song, “Abraham’s Daughter,” hit the internet... Read more »

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Arcade Fire Win Polaris Music Prize

20 Sep After taking home the Grammy award, the Brit award, and the Juno award for Album of the Year, Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs has added another prize to its shelf: best Canadian album of the past 12 months, earning the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, announced yesterday evening in Toronto. The indie rocker’s third album bested some high-profile... Read more »

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The annual Manchester, Tennessee music festival makes early plans for...

17 Jun Another year, another successful turnout for the annual Bonnaroo music festival. 2011 marked the tenth anniversary for the increasingly large event, hosting 80,000-plus fans for four long and hot early summer days, boasting heavily touted artists like Eminem, Lil' Wayne, Arcade Fire, and many, many more spread throughout June 9 - 12. Shortly... Read more »

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Cyndi Laupar’s Performance of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” with...

09 May Arcade Fire has had a good year, picking up awards and selling records. The band has taken to performing Cyndi Laupars 1983 pop classic Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" as part of their live set. The band recently headlined the New Orleans Jazz Festival, where Bon Jovi, Mumford and Sons, The Strokes, Wilco, and The Decemberists also took to the... Read more »

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Arcade Fire and Robyn Set to Compete for Most Innovative Video Title...

25 Apr The contestants have already been whittled away to five, and once the thousands of votes are tallied, the nominee list for the Most Innovative Video O Music Award will be further reduced to half. In the Most Innovative Video category, only five videos will survive the cut this list includes the Arcade's Fire's "We Used to Wait," Andy Grammer's... Read more »

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