On 25 October, the band released the single ” Always Ascending ” from their fifth studio album, Always Ascending (2018). They revealed the album’s release date, 9 February 2018, and announced dates for a world tour.
In October 2017, long-time manager Scott Rodger parted ways with the band.
The band scheduled a worldwide tour in support of the album, which began in September 2017. In August 2017, “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness” became the band’s first song to reach number one on a Billboard songs chart, reaching number one on the Adult Alternative Songs chart. On…
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which was released on July 28, 2017
On July 28, 2017, the band released a live album titled Unpeeled . It was recorded while band was on tour during their “live and unpeeled” shows in Los Angeles, Washington DC, Nashville and Knoxville. The album included 18 curated songs from past albums and 3 cover songs. The band…
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In July 2017, “Everything Now” became Arcade Fire’s first single to reach number one on a Billboard chart, reaching number one on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart.
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.