October 7, 2007
Win Butler Tells Randall's Island Arcade Fire Won't Be Back In NYC "For A Few Years"
Sorry for the doubled-up weekend Arcade action, but according to our inbox, we may not be posting about AF for awhile to come. Fearing Fire burnout (that's what happens when you see a band nine times in a year), we opted instead to see Caribou and Born Ruffians at Bowery last night (pics TK), but those attending the super-show (Les Savy Fav/Blonde Redhead/LCD Soundsystem/Arcade Fire) at Randall's Island had a little surprise: Win's mention that Arcade Fire were taking an extended break from our fair city.
"I know we come to New York a lot, but this is going to be the last time for a few years. So let’s have a good time tonight," he said according to reader Eliot Caroom. According to other emails, a (hopefully small) handful of New York fans responded in classy, New York fashion: with boos.
Guess it would've been nice for beonlineb.com to be an online concert telecast after all, eh?
Tour hiatus? Time for solo projects? Time for Win and Régine to focus on a little Butler? Or did the band just sense they were one or two more Drew Barrymore sightings away from complete and utter clichéd cool kid overexposure?
Let the irresponsible rumor mongering begin. (Thanks for writing in, everyone.)
And if you didn't make it last night, remember you can enter to win that tour-only split LCD/AF 7". It'll tide ya over for a few years.
UPDATE: "Thank you for a beautiful and memorable evening. Don't forget to write over the next couple of years!" (Thanks, km)
sounds like they're gonna be taking a break for a while. win said the same thing at the columbus show friday night.
"we're not gonna be back for a while" in the middle of the show
"see you in two years" before going into the last song (wake up)
Posted by: tonyc at October 7, 2007 12:54 PMRemember that they took a pretty substantial break from touring before releasing Neon Bible.
Even though I wasn't the biggest fan of Neon Bible, I do hope that we'll see more from them...
Posted by: andrew at October 7, 2007 1:12 PMI knew something like this would pop up when he said that last night.
Posted by: Ian at October 7, 2007 1:17 PMAnd now I'm pissed at myself for not going last night. Damnit.
Posted by: Chris at October 7, 2007 2:48 PMWhen Win said that last night, it just seemed to me that meant they wouldn't be touring the U.S. again until after they go and make their third album, pretty straightforward. This was the last night of their tour with LCD Soundsystem, they've done a bunch of shows for Neon Bible at this point and are due for a break, and that'll probably last until it's time for another record.
Also, Win came back to these remarks later. Towards the end of the show, he said something like "Don't forget to write, let us know what you're up to over the next few years."
I wouldn't put it past him to be exaggerating a little bit, like a few years might just mean a year and half. Point is they're taking a break. So happy I was finally able to catch 'em last night, phenomenal show.
Posted by: Chris at October 7, 2007 3:22 PM
