Arcade Fire announce first dates of “limited number of” ‘Funeral’ 20th anniversary shows

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Arcade Fire have announced the first dates of a “limited number of” shows to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Funeral’.The band – comprised of frontman Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara – took to their official Instagram account to reveal that they will be playing shows in celebration of their seminal 2004 debut LP.The band shared two separate invitation posts that read: “Save the date.

Arcade Fire invite you to attend a celebration of the twentieth anniversary of their debut album ‘Funeral'”. The caption of the posts read: “We will be playing a limited number of special concerts, and we would be honored if you would join us.

Black tie optional; should be Real Fun.”The first two dates that have been revealed are on July 2 at the Fiera Milano in Rho, Italy and July 7 at the Malahide Castle in Dublin, Ireland.

Echo And The Bunnymen have Been announced as special guests for the Ireland date with more to been shared soon.A post shared by Arcade Fire (@arcadefire)A post shared by Arcade Fire (@arcadefire) A ticket pre-sale is currently available for the Italy date starting today (February 7) with the code: funeral20.