Arcade Fire, Belle and Sebastian Unveil Tour Dates

I make an effort to avoid parrot-blogging things like tour dates around here, but this time it’s different: While Arcade Fire haven’t toured North America since 2007 and Belle and Sebastian haven’t performed publicly on this side of the Atlantic since 2006, all this will change in coming months…

Matador Records and Belleandsebastian.com announced some relatively rare upcoming performances today by our “suburban” friends and a certain Glaswegian indie-pop ensemble. Now’s a good time to start plotting your summer/fall concert plans (if you haven’t begun already). Did I mention that the National have a September/October road trip planned as well? Well, they do.

Check out both itineraries (so far) below:

Arcade Fire (via Pitchfork):

06/07 Sherbrooke, Quebec – Granada Theatre
06/08 Sherbrooke, Quebec – Granada Theatre
06/28 Helsinki, Finland – The Senate Square
06/30 Rättvik, Sweden – Dalhalla

07/02 Arendal, Norway – Hove Festival
07/04 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter Festival
07/09 Naas, Ireland – Oxegen Festival
07/12 Quebec City, Quebec – Quebec City Summer Festival
07/13 Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa Blues Fest
07/31 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Festival

08/01 Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
08/02 Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center ^
08/04 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden ^
08/06 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
08/08 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08/09 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
08/11 Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre ^
08/14 Toronto, Ontario – Olympic Island
08/27 Leeds, England – Leeds Festival
08/28 Reading, England – Reading Festival
08/29 Saint Cloud, France – Rock En Seine
08/31 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom

09/02 Bologna, Italy – I-Day Festival

^ w/ Spoon

Belle and Sebastian (via CoS):

07/11 – Tuku, FI, Ruisrock Festival
07/12 – Helsinski, FI, avastia
07/15 – Tonsberg, NO, Slottsfjell Festival
07/17 – Suffolk, UK, Latitude Festival
07/23 – Santader, ES, Santader Music Festival
07/25 – Arezzo, IT, Play Art Festival

08/01 – Niigata, JP, Fuji Rock Festival
08/27 – Stockholm, SE, Eriksdalsbadet

09/30 – Brooklyn, NY, Williamsburg Waterfront &

10/03 – Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood Palladium #
10/07 – Guadalajara, MX, Teatro Estudio Cavaret
10/09 – Mexico City, MX, TBA
10/11 – Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre
10/12 – Toronto, ON, Massey Hall
10/14 – Washington, DC, DAR Constitution Hall
10/15 – Boston, MA, Wang Theatre
10/17 – San Francisco, CA, TBA

12/10-12 – Minehead, UK, The Bowlie Weekender 2