The new tour dates begin on April 9 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo and run through May 4 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas.

Along the way, Arcade Fire tickets are also available in Orem, Utah (April 11); Phoenix (April 13); Las Vegas (April 14); Santa Fe, N.M. (April 18); the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. (April 20); the Lawn at White River in Indianapolis (April 27); Memphis (April 28); Dallas (April 30); and Bee Cave, Texas (May 3).

Of course, you can also catch them at Coachella (April 15-17) and Bonnaroo (June 9-12).

Arcade Fire’s latest album, The Suburbs, won the Grammy Award for ‘Album of the Year’ and the BRIT Award for ‘Best International Album.’

The Indie phenoms earned nods in the all-important Album of the Year category for their latest release, The Suburbs, which also receive a nom for Best Alternative Album.  They were also named in the category Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group (for “Ready to Start”).

Album of the Year is a tough category to win, with the band going up against the likes of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Eminem, and Lady Antebellum. All of these acts earned multiple Grammy nominations, so Arcade Fire is definitely the underdog here. In the Best Alternative Album class, the competition is more familiar, and obviously, less mainstream, but no less successful: Broken Bells, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses and the Black Keys.  

Who will take home the golden grammophones? Tune in and find out! The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards air on February 13, 2011, at 8pm on CBS. To see the full list of nominations, visit Grammy.com.

Arcade Fire was just getting into the groove of their set when a sudden rainstorm blew through the area, forcing the band to take shelter and cut their performance short. Despite best efforts to mop up, organizers deemed the equipment too wet and unsafe to play considering the electrical hazards, much to everyone’s disappointment. Undeterred, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler brought out the band anyway, and led them through an acoustic version of “Wake Up.”

“It took them five minutes to become heroes for a year,” Rock En Seine chief Salomon Hazot told Pollstar, describing the reaction the band got from the 35,000-capacity, sold-out crowd.

“We are continually getting weather forecast updates and we expected a shower or two and a little wind, but we weren’t expecting anything like we got,” he explained. “The wind came around to blow directly into the stage and within minutes the rain was hammering in to our faces.

“It was all over in a few minutes but most of the equipment was saturated. I say thank you to Arcade Fire and commend their professionalism.”

Arcade Fire recently wrapped up a U.S. tour in advance of their new album, The Suburbs.

Now, it’s no surprise that concerts pop up on the internet immediately after the event, but soon the quality could be top-notch and the cost will be free.

That’s because American Express is launching a new concept that combines social media with live streaming, digital-quality video, which will stream on YouTube and Vevo, according to Pollstar.com.

The first of five bands to be filmed for the live stream is Arcade Fire at their Aug. 4-5 concerts at NYC’s Madison Square Garden. The Arcade Fire concert is scheduled to stream at 10 p.m. on Aug. 5 on YouTube and Vevo.

Other bands that have announced streaming concerts includes John Legend and The Roots. Though this isn’t the first time that concerts have streamed online, it will be the largest coordinated event yet. YouTube and American Express teamed up in December to stream Alicia Keys. YouTube also streamed various bits of San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and a U2 concert.

This series will be different from streamings past, because there will be a variety of interactive features like choosing a camera angle, and possibly even having a vote on song requests.

If you don’t want to chose your own camera angle, then Terry Gilliam will do it for you. That’s because he’ll be directing the Arcade Fire concert at Madison Square Garden.

Of course, you can always just see the band live with Arcade Fire tickets. They just released their new album, The Suburbs, TODAY, Aug. 3, and have a ton of upcoming shows scheduled!

In a handwritten note to fans, the band has announced the release of a 12” vinyl featuring two new singles from the upcoming record, “The Suburbs” and “Month of May.”  It is only available through independent records stores with a limited number of copies produced.  The two singles are also available for digital download or fans can listen to them via arcadefire.com. 

Fans can pre-order the new record in the following formats:

1. Premium Digital in 320kbps Mp3, Flac or Apple Lossless delivered via email $7.99
2. CD & Premium Digital $12.99
3. Double 12” Vinyl & Premium Digital $24.99
4. Two tracks for digital download $1.99
5. CD & Premium Digital w/Limited Edition Screen Printed Poster $32.99
6. Double 12” Vinyl & Premium Digital w/Limited Edition Screen Printed Poster $44.99

The limited edition screen printed poster features the design by Wes Winship from Burlesque of North America.  The band has also hinted at the launch of a new website, which will most likely coincide with the album release.

Not many groups can boast more than a couple guitars and a drum set, but Arcade Fire uses that and more: the piano, violin, cello, viola, double bass, keyboard, French horn, xylophone, glockenspiel, accordion, hurdy gurdy, mandolin and harp.

They also boast numerous awards: the Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year for “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out),” “Rebellion (Lies),” and “Wake Up;” as well as the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year for “Neon Bible.”

“Neon Bible” also won the award for Best International Album in 2008 from the Meteor Music Awards. They’ve also received PLUG Awards and Studio 8 International Music Awards.

There are no Grammy Awards for this group yet, but rest assured. They have been nominated three times (twice in 2006 and once in 2008), but nothing for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards later this month.