Today, Arcade Fire launched “The Wilderness Downtown,” an interactive film featuring “We Used to Wait” from their new album, The Suburbs.
Taking its name from a lyric from the aforementioned song–“so when the lights cut out, I was lost, standing in the wilderness downtown”–“The Wilderness Downtown” exemplifies the Google “Chrome Experience” and HTML5 technology, cueing the opening of multiple browser windows, visually incorporating viewers’ childhood addresses (if they are available via Google Street View), allowing the viewers to write and share messages to their younger selves and more.
“The Wilderness Downtown,” an interactive film by Chris Milk featuring “We Used To Wait” from Arcade Fire’s new album The Suburbs can be experienced now at http://thewildernessdowntown.com/. Order The Suburbs on CD, dbl-LP, and digital download now in the Merge store.
Back in the physical world, Arcade Fire’s October 7 and 8 shows at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium have sold out completely, with all of the approximately 12,000 tickets going within hours of on sale. Popular demand has also necessitated the adding of a second show at the Greek Theater in Berkeley CA, where the band will now perform October 2 and 3.
ARCADE FIRE ON TOUR FALL 2010:
9/22 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Arena
9/23 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
9/25 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
9/26 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral * SOLD OUT
9/28 Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum * SOLD OUT
9/29 Seattle, WA Key Arena
9/30 Portland, OR Memorial Coliseum
10/2 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre * SOLD OUT
10/3 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
10/5 Big Sur, CA Henry Miller Library * SOLD OUT
10/7 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Auditorium * SOLD OUT
10/8 Los Angeles, CA Shrine Auditorium * SOLD OUT
10/10 Mexico City (MX) Palacio de los Deportes
10/12 Monterrey (MX) Banamex Theater
