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Sound the trumpets, spark the fireworks, and bow before the deities assembled in front of you: the second comingArcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem joint tour is finally upon us. Yes, some mild sarcasm/hyperbole is involved in this announcement. But, still, you know, wowzers!

Just in case you've missed our gajillion news items directly related to the tour (or at least as many references we've made to it otherwise), James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem and the Butler clan's Arcade Fire will join up for an all-too-brief ten-date run, keeping the tour bus running between tonight's appearance at Red Rocks in Colorado and October 6 at New York's Randall's Island. And they'll be peddling their split 7" all the while.

Both bands have other dates besides, but that's not really what matters right now. What matters is this: ARCADE FIRE LCD OMG OMG!!!

So, will they meet up onstage as James Murphy neither confirmed or denied in our interview with him last week? Will the all-too-convenient end of LCD's UK dates and the beginning of Arcade Fire's lead to yet another announcement? Can Murphy's "Black Mirror" remix possibly be as good as it seems in theory? Has anything this monumental ever before happened in the history of music? No. No, absolutely not.

LCD/AF:

09-17 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09-20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
09-21 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
09-24 Seattle, WA - Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (University of Washington)
09-26 Lehi, UT - Waterfall Amphitheater at Thanksgiving Point
09-28 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
09-30 Saint Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium
10-03 Louisville, KY - Waterfront Park
10-05 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
10-06 New York, NY - Randall's Island #

# with Les Savy Fav, Blonde Redhead, Wild Light

LCD:

10-20 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
10-21 Manchester, England - Apollo
10-22 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
10-23 London, England - Brixton Academy

AF:

10-24 Dublin, Ireland - Phoenix Park $
10-24 Dublin, Ireland - Phoenix Park $
10-26 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC $
10-27 Manchester, England - MEN Arena $
10-29 Newcastle, England - Metro Radio Arena $
10-30 Cardiff, Wales - International Arena $
10-31 Nottingham, England - Arena $
11-02 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
11-04 Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
11-05 Stockholm, Sweden - Annexet
11-07 Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Hallen
11-08 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
11-10 Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
11-11 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
11-17 London, England - Alexandra Palace
11-18 London, England - Alexandra Palace $
11-19 London, England - Alexandra Palace

$ with Clinic