Emerging from Montreal, Canada in the early 2000s, Arcade Fire quickly earned a reputation for transcendent live shows that brought arena-size ambition to stages of all sizes. Their debut album Funeral – widely hailed as one of the most important albums of the ‘00s – combined cathartic confrontation of tragedy and life-affirming celebration of love, hope and band members’ Haitian roots. The album has been named the #1 album of the ‘00s by Rolling Stone and has topped Best of the Decade lists from NME, Q, Pitchfork, The Guardian, Mojo and more. Subsequent albums Neon Bible, The Suburbs, Reflektor and Everything Now have earned the band three #1 albums worldwide, 9 GRAMMY nominations, 4 Juno awards, a BRIT Best International Album award, as well as an Academy Award nomination for the original score to the film HER.
