A day later, Arcade Fire announced their fifth studio album Everything Now , which was released on July 28, 2017, and released a music video for “Everything Now”.
Arcade Fire would also perform at the festival in early June 2017.
On May 31, the band released a new single ” Everything Now ” on a limited edition 12″ vinyl at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona.
On 19 May 2017, two days prior to the start of their North American tour, Franz Ferdinand announced their new five-piece line-up, with former Yummy Fur and 1990s member Dino Bardot on guitar and Julian Corrie on keyboards, synth and guitar.
The Global Spirit Tour officially kicked off on 5 May 2017 with a performance in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Friends Arena.
Arcade Fire signed a two album recording contract with Columbia Records in May 2017.
Humanz was released on 28 April 2017, the band’s first new studio album in 7 years. Featuring a “modern-sounding urban hip-hop/R&B sensibility”, the album debuted at number two on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Humanz received generally positive reviews from critics, although received some criticism…
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Speaking to The Guardian in April 2017, Hewlett explained: “Damon had half the Clash on stage, and Bobby Womack and Mos Def and De La Soul, and fucking Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Bashy and everyone else. It was the greatest band ever. And the screen on stage behind them seemed…
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It was produced by James Ford , and was released on 17 March 2017.
The official video was published a week later, on 9 February.