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Arcade Fire Plans East Coast Swing with Spoon as Support

3:25 p.m. · June 1, 2010 · by Kiran Aditham

It's been three years since Arcade Fire played headline dates in the U.S., but the beloved Canadian troupe is bringing the anthemic extravaganza back on a tour that will take them through the U.S. in August where no less than Spoon will be the supporting act at the Boston, Philly, NYC and D.C. shows.

Arcade Fire, who will kick off their tour with intimate shows at Sherbrooke ONT's Theater Granada on June 7 and 8, will also be playing Lollapalooza on August 8 as well as various festival dates in Europe all in support of their third full-length, The Suburbs, due out August 3 on Merge. According to Brooklyn Vegan, tickets for the NYC show go on AmEx presale June 9th, fanclub presale June 10th and general sale on June 12th here. Full itinerary below:

06.07  Sherbrooke ONT: Theater Granada

06.08  Sherbrooke ONT: Theater Granada

06.30  Rättvik, Sweden: Dalhalla

07.02  Tromøy, Norway: Hove Festival

07.04  Werchter, Belgium: Rock Werchter

07.09  County Kildare, Ireland: Oxegen Festival

07.12  Quebec, Canada: Quebec City Summer Festival

07.13  Ottawa, Canada: Ottawa Bluesfest

07.31  Montreal, QC: Osheaga

08.01  Boston: Bank of America Pavillion 

08.02  Philadelphia: Mann Centre for the Performing arts  

08.04  New York: Madison Square Garden 

08.06  Washington DC: Merriweather Post Pavilion

08.08  Chicago: Lollapalooza

08.09  Nashville: Ryman Auditorium 

08.11  Atlanta: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

08.14  Toronto - Olympic Island

08.27  Leeds, UK: Leeds Festival

08.27  Reading, UK: Reading Festival

08.29  Saint Cloud, France: Rock En Seine

09.02  Bologna, Italy: I-Day Festival