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Matt Everitt speaks to Win Butler from Arcade Fire.

Matt Everitt speaks to Win Butler - frontman of Arcade Fire.

Here Win talks about his band's remarkable journey - A route that starts in the club scene Montreal, Quebec where the band formed in 2001, and stretches across the world, taking in meetings with David Bowie, their first trip to the UK, support slots with U2 and a recent musical reinvention inspired by Win's first trip to Haiti, before ending up on the Pyramid Stage at the biggest festival in the world.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 11 Aug 2022 02:00

Music Played

  • Arcade Fire

    Wake Up

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade.
  • The Cure

    Lovesong

  • Def Leppard

    Pour Some Sugar On Me

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • The Unicorns

    Jellybones

  • Arcade Fire

    Old Flame

  • Arcade Fire

    REBELLION (LIES)

    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.
  • Arcade Fire

    Keep The Car Running

    • Mercury.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    State Trooper

  • Arcade Fire

    Games Without Frontiers

  • Genesis

    Carpet Crawlers

  • Rara Fanm

    Karnaval 2009

  • New Order

    Bizarre Love Triangle (Live)

  • John Lennon

    Mind Games

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.
  • John Lennon

    Mind Games

    • Parlophone.
  • Daughter

    Burn It Down

    • 4AD.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Games Without Frontiers

    • Virgin.
  • Madness

    Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)

    • Virgin.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Jun 2014 13:00
  • Christmas Eve 2017 19:00
  • Sat 23 May 2020 04:00
  • Wed 21 Apr 2021 01:00
  • Thu 11 Aug 2022 02:00

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