Arcade Fire to make their NI debut at Belsonic

Arcade Fire are set for their debut Northern Irish appearance this summer, with an outdoor show at Ormeau Park, Belfast on June 13 as part of Belsonic 2017.

By The Newsroom

Published 20th Feb 2017, 10:03 BST

Updated 28th Feb 2017, 12:25 BST

Formed in Montreal, Arcade Fire are Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara.

Arcade Fire’s fourth album Reflektor was released in October 2013 on Sonovox. Led by title track ‘Reflektor’, the album hit #1 in the Official Album Charts across the UK, Canada, Ireland, Belgium, Portugal and the USA and topped the iTunes charts in 40 countries.

The Arcade Fire’s seminal debut Funeral (2004) was released to wide critical acclaim and featured in numerous Album of the Decade Polls including NME, Pitchfork, Guardian, Mojo and Rolling Stone. Their 2007 follow-up Neon Bible, debuted at #2 in the UK and also the Billboard Hot 100. Both records were nominated for Best Alternative Album at the Grammy Awards following their release.

Tickets for the Belfast show are on sale now from all usual outlets.

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