They also appeared in a half-hour special on NBC , Arcade Fire in Here Comes the Night Time , that aired immediately after SNL .
Arcade Fire were the musical guest on the 39th-season premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 28, 2013.
In September 2013, Arcade Fire released a version of the 1980 hit single ” Games Without Frontiers ” for the Peter Gabriel tribute album And I’ll Scratch Yours .
Arcade Fire confirmed their connection to the campaign with a billboard put up in New York City on August 26, 2013.
On 15 August 2013, Noel Gallagher appeared on the TalkSPORT show “The Sports Bar”, presented by Andy Goldstein and Jason Cundy, to discuss Manchester City and other sports topics. When confronted with questions from fans on Twitter and through Email, Andy Goldstein read through speculations of rumours of an Oasis…
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Speculation emerged in August that the album would be named Reflektor after images began circulating of street art using the name.
On July 12, the band announced via a reply on Twitter that their new album would be released on October 29.
On June 22, 2013, Rolling Stone reported that new material from the album would be released on September 9, 2013.
In June, other European dates were confirmed for early 2014.
In June 2013, Hewlett confirmed that he and Albarn planned to someday continue Gorillaz and record a follow-up album to Plastic Beach , saying “We’ll come back to it when the time is right.”