Arcade Fire were joined onstage by Ian McCulloch of Echo And The Bunnymen onstage in London earlier this evening (June 6).
The band were playing the first of two nights at London’s Earls Court and McCulloch arrived onstage to perform the 1983 Echo and the Bunnymen track ‘The Cutter’ with the Canadian band. During the gig Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler spoke about the band’s reasons for playing the venue, commenting: “We wanted to do Earls Court before they tear it down for condos. Get your bids in now. Hope they’re cheap.” The band then launched into ‘The Suburbs’. In 2012 an online petition was launched to ‘save’ the venue, opposing plans to demolish the centre as part of redevelopment plans for the area.
Lorde will support Arcade Fire at their gig at the same venue on Saturday (June 7). There will also be a DJ set from 2ManyDJs. This evening’s openers were Owen Pallett and a DJ set by Pulp’s Steve Mackey. As well as headlining this year’s Glastonbury Festival, Arcade Fire will also play a huge show at Hyde Park on July 3. Lorde played Shepherds Bush Empire last night (June 5)
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