Arcade Fire Announce UK Arena Tour

Arcade Fire are set to end the year in the UK with an arena tour in December. 

The band have confirmed they are due to play a show at London's O2 Arena on December 1st, followed by dates in Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow.

Arcade Fire's third studio album The Suburbs was released on Monday (2nd August) to worldwide acclaim.  The Canadian band also played two shows at New York's Madison Square Garden this week, with a simultaneous stream directed by filmmaker Terry Gilliam broadcast on YouTube.

Playing an intimate gig at London's Hackney Empire last month, Arcade Fire garnered rave reviews ahead of their headline slot at Reading and Leeds later this month.

Tickets for the December UK dates will be on sale at 9am on Friday 13th August from outlets as detailed below.

Arcade Fire are Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara.

December dates:

1st  London O2 Arena                    
8th  Birmingham LG Arena          
9th  Cardiff Arena                        
11th Manchester Central                
12th Glasgow SECC 

Find out more about Arcade Fire here.