Thursday, March 31, 2011

Arcade Fire's Surprise Haiti Gig

The 2011 Grammy and Juno Award-winning rock band Arcade Fire played a surprise show in the earthquake-battered city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti on March 29th.

The band performed an impromptu gig at Hotel Oloffson where they played a collection of covers including The Last Time by The Rolling Stones, Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper and Creedence Clearwater Revival's Who'll Stop The Rain. Arcade Fire also performed tracks from their debut album.

Last year during their tour, the group pledged to raise $1 million for Haitian earthquake relief. Band member, Régine Chassagne is of Haitian ancestry as well.

It was reported that the gig at Hotel Oloffson was filmed for an upcoming DVD release. Meanwhile, here's a clip from the secret show!




SOURCES: WENN via Yahoo!UK; PasteMagazine.com; Image; Video

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