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After a #2 debut, an abortive effort at a proper European tour, an emergency surgery, a thousand Pitchfork news posts, and a million blog entries, the curtains will finally be drawn on the Arcade Fire's fiercely-anticipated North American tour tonight in San Diego.

By now, you've heard that they're keeping some impressive company on tour; that their "Keep the Car Running" single can be yours May 8 from Merge; that Win's feeling a whole lot better since they sliced his throat open; that they're doing virtually every European festival once this thing wraps. You've pored over lyric sheets and Wikipedia'd every instrument they use. But until you've heard "Antichrist Television Blues" live, or bathed in Regine's sweat, or gently taunted that dude who looks like Jon Heder, can you really call yourself a scholar of the Neon Bible? Dunno, dude. But here's your chance.

The block is hot:

04-26 San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre $
04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-01 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Civic Centre Theatre *
05-02 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium *
05-04 Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall *
05-05 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre *
05-07 New York, NY - United Palace *
05-08 New York, NY - United Palace *
05-09 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall (High Line Festival) *
05-10 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
05-12 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard !
05-13 Montreal, Quebec - Arena Maurice Richard !
05-15 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall ^
05-16 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall ^
05-18 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre !
05-19 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre #
05-20 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre #
05-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park !
05-26 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch! Festival) #
05-27 Portland, OR - Schnitzer Concert Hall #
05-29 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre #
05-30 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre #
06-01 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre #
06-02 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre #
06-22-24 Pilton, England - Glastonbury
06-26-30 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07-07 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
07-08 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-12-15 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
07-13-14 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival

$ with Cass McCombs
* with the National
! with St. Vincent
^ with Handsome Furs
# with Electrelane