Guardian Music — Montreal band promise to donate $1m to aid organisation if public donations reach the same amountArcade Fire have sounded their most ambitious rallying-cry yet – asking the public to help them raise $2m (£1.28m) for Haiti. On Monday, the Montreal ... more info

NME - Festivals — Live Review - Arcade Fire Oxegen Festival, Punchestown, Ireland, July 9 It’s been three long years since Montreal’s Arcade Fire last played at Oxegen. Back then the band were buzzing off becoming a household name in Ireland thanks to the success... more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonArcade Fire fans have been spoilt in the past. This extraordinary seven-piece band – whose roots fan out as distantly as Montreal, Texas and Haiti – have been known to end gigs by leading audiences out of the venue, playing ... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — I was one of the privileged few who were allocated tickets to last night's Arcade Fire gig at the Hackney Empire - their first non-festival performance in the UK in 3 years and a chance for them to test out new material from forthcoming album The Su... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Arcade Fire made their comeback last night in London debuting songs from their new album The Suburbs.   The Canadian indie gods used the show to warm up for their headline appearance at Oxegen... more info

Guardian Music — LCD Soundsystem leader would like to make up for missing two opportunities to work with the Montreal bandJames Murphy almost produced Arcade Fire's Neon Bible, he has revealed. The LCD Soundsystem leader said he has "missed two opportunities" to work... more info

DrownedInSound — Maybe tonight is just a lie: the next time we see Arcade Fire it won’t be in a plush Edwardian music hall, but headlining to fuck knows how many pissed up Libertines and Blink 182 fans at Reading/Leeds. We’ll know by then whether we like The Subu... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Lead singer Win Butler says the Canadian band are excited to be back as they play their first UK gig to support new album The Suburbs. more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonThere's something striking about the behaviour of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler at the show to launch the band's third album, The Suburbs. Between songs, he jokes with the crowd: "Well, I still think England have a pretty good... more info

Gigwise — Frontman Win Butler says... more info