Arcade Fire Announces Seven Tour Dates

Published at 2:37 PM on June 1, 2010

By Lindsay Eanet

This summer, venues that normally house older acts with song titles such as “Livin’ On A Prayer” or “Born To Run” will host a sea of young folks shouting along to a song called “Wake Up.”

Arcade Fire will be headlining a string of arena shows beginning in August to promote their new album, The Suburbs, out Aug. 3. Spoon will be supporting the band for the New York, Philadelphia, D.C. and Atlanta dates.

Pre-sale tickets are available now at ArcadeFire.com. The band will donate $1 from every ticket sold to Partners In Health, an organization dedicated to providing much-needed medical care to developing countries.

Already-announced dates are as follows:

August
1 – Boston, Mass. @ Bank of America Pavilion
2 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts
4 – New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
6 – Columbia, Md. @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
8 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza
9 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Ryman Auditorium
11 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park