Last week, we reported Arcade Fire’s plan to play a massive concert at Madison Square Garden. The best part about that bit of news is that when they play the place the second night, the entire show will be broadcast live for everyone on a special YouTube channel. Following in the footsteps of The National, this event is bound to be epic. However, we were missing one piece of information on Tuesday.

We had only speculated who could be the director of the webcast. Although we and many others guessed Spike Jonze and Jonathan Demme, it turns out to be none other than the director of Win Butler’s favorite film, Brazil – Terry Gilliam.

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There’s no doubt that YouTube will continue to give us endless hours of entertainment (no matter how much nonsense it can all be), but bands such as Arcade Fire are taking advantage of this free medium for their fans. In the past few years, streaming live events have been have become quite easy with the right equipment whether it’s a heavy duty camera or just a laptop. We’ve seen numerous festivals such as Bonnaroo and Pitchfork Festival reach out to fans around the world with free performances. The National even streamed one of their shows at the famous Madison Square Garden on YouTube and you guessed it – Arcade Fire is following suit.

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There’s no doubt that Port-au-Prince, Haiti is still suffering from the massive earthquake that struck six months ago and Arcade Fire is still urging people to donate what they can. They were one of the first bands to react in a proactive manner and gather people together after the natural disaster and they’re not stopping their good deeds any time soon. Even all the way from Canada, band member, Régine Chassagne, was deeply affected by the event as her parents emigrated from Haiti to Canada.

Now, the Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist and singer and her husband, Win Butler, are finding a way to bring money from Canada and everywhere else to Haiti through a non-profit organization called Kanpe. They’re encouraging everyone to donate just a little so they, in return, can also donate a very large sum on behalf of the band.

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The Suburbs, the upcoming third album by Montreal’s Arcade Fire, is one of the most highly anticipated discs (yes, music still comes on those) of the year.  And, according to Spin and Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, it’s going to sound, well, weird.

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It’s here! Arcade Fire has finally given us the track listing to their upcoming album, The Suburbs. We’ve heard the good news about the release dates (August 2 in the UK, August 3 in the US) but looking at the list of songs below, it looks like we get one one of their longest albums yet! We’re not sure exactly how long each song is, but there are 16 altogether and it looks like there are two acts to some songs with a “part I” and a “part II. Take a look below!

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After  announcing a dizzyingly varied lineup that range from Arcade Fire, The Strokes, and Phoenix to a veritable music Axis of Evil (Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Soundgarden), and then adding an extra 60,000 tickets because its not already overcrowded enough, the Lollapalooza 2010 set times and complete lineup have now been announced.

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There’s been a flurry of Arcade Fire news over the past 24 hours – not only were two new tunes released yesterday (the swaggering sting of “The Suburbs” and the jaunty “Month of May”), but today the band’s highly anticipated third album was given a name, an album cover, and a release date.

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Arcade Fire and their team have come up with some clever ideas on how to create the buzz around them since it’s been three years since the release of Neon Bible. Last week, they sent a postcard to the internet sharing the news of a single coming our way pretty soon. Does soon mean June 1?

Nothing is set in stone yet even though Amazon listed the 12″ on their site (but then removed it.) Here’s what is  definite though: “The Suburbs” is indeed the first single off of the upcoming album and it’ll be released as a 12″ with “Month of May” as its B-side.

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As the Arcade Fire slowly but surely work their way back onto the music scene, the band has issued a hand-written postcard message on their official website revealing that they are planning on releasing a new, 12-inch single in the next couple of weeks.

The group’s next album (might be titled The Suburbs) is possibly due for a June 1 release. But probably not. But maybe!

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