Either webcast of the big show at Randalls Island.
or...
The Black Mirror video that they announced but yet has not been released into the wild yet.

Secret show at the bowling alley in Sunset Park. Who doesn't know this already? Yawn.

They will be performing Neon Bible in its entirety with Tim Harrington on vocals.

Win's dad will be driving everyone in his mini-van....only 5 at a time though & no horseplay in the car...

Please someone tell me what time Daft Punk goes on!!!

why can't pitchfork tell? why would they want to keep the webcast a secret?

if it's just a webcast, big deal.

"Well, we know, but we can't tell you." Because we are self-important douchebags.

they're just trying to overshadow radiohead.

"if it's just a webcast, big deal."

I agree. Webcast? Big whoop. Has to be more than that.

a webcast would be a pretty big deal for the many, many people who dont live in the select cities that have gotten this tour. not important at all if youre from ny and/or are going to the show..

It's a live stream of Win Butler having sex with Meg White.

it's a superiority thing. duh.

when the hell are they going to sell the split 7"???? weren't they supposed to do it when the tour kicked off?

Neil Young will be joining AF for an encore. Can you afford it?

a typical live webcast hardly qualifies as "pretty fucking cool", unless they're going all out...like with multiple camera angles.

it's probably something simple like a new streaming ep.

My guess is that it's...

...so we talk about it.

The crazy bartender at Melody Lanes would be worth the ticket price alone.

win butler streaming colonoscopy

"Neil Young will be joining AF for an encore. Can you afford it?"

Will Crazy Horse be joining them?

the daft punk dude fckin cracks me up every time.

i hope its something cool for the people who are going to BE at the randalls island show, and not just for the people who will be at home on their computers.

this is in conflict with Yankees home game? someone just told me that.

from now on, its a free show!

i heard they're going to have a giant float to take out on the river for their encore. the float is going to be a "neon bible" - pretty rad right?

As a graphic designer I can tell you that it is definitely a streaming web-cast

backstage passes

i doubt this has much to do w/ the show. the website is BE ONLINE B (what's that last b for? bbqb. what's that last be for? typo)...so i would bet one would have BE ONLINE, B (a la Half Baked)

daft punk goes on at 9:30 sharp

I hope it rains.

i hope its a buffet.

The Yankees play their first home game on Sunday.

oh yeah mr graphic designer, what photoshop app told you that?

beonlineb is the letters of neon bible reordered, hence the exxxtra b.

q: what did sushi a say to sushi b?

a: wassup b?

duh, they're selling the split at the gigs. leftovers will be sold online.

"i doubt this has much to do w/ the show. the website is BE ONLINE B (what's that last b for? bbqb. what's that last be for? typo)...so i would bet one would have BE ONLINE, B (a la Half Baked)"

... you are one dopey motherfucker!

i bought the 7 inch on the tour

LENS FLARE

LOTS and LOTS of LENS FLARE

Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem plus special guests:
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEENSSSSSSSS FLAAAAAAAAAAAARE!!!!

lcd neon bible remix...idiots.

The daft punk line is by far and away the best line from any music blog comments this year...I laugh outloud everytime one pops up.

You think Kanye will be coming out for an encore?

They got custody of Britney's kids.

that picture is photoshopped

anonymous 3:44 leaks albums

I love how a year and a half can go by and people still don't recognize the "As a graphic designer..." bit. Keep 'em comin'!

when is this show ending. i need to go to sigur ros.

Actually it is a late night afterparty show they are going to play. They are announcing it before the show on that website. It is going to be at a really small space which shall remain nameless but people are going to be losing their mind when they cant get in.

daft punk is going to be playing a free afterparty at james murphy's house while win butler hands out free copies of in rainbows signed by kevin shields.

I heard it was a small venue afterparty show too. Mums the word, but this Randalls show was put on by Bowery Presents, Hmm, I wonder if they have any other venues, hmmmmm.

3:44 got it. It's fucking RAD, at times better than the actual album.

if it was a mercury that would be great

4:30 got it. It's going to be RAD, at times 100x better than an actual orgasism.

Yeah, Neon Bible remixed by LCD and for free to download.

Step away from the keyboard, Past Drunk. You're a little desperate and spelling-challanged.

Are they playing in a bubble?

The band will proclaim....

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!

Clearly it's an after party at Nietzche's bathtub

hey dudes, caddyshack is on!

Yeah, why did Pitchfork have to say that? Just post the fucking story.

Can someone explain to me how Arcade Fire got so big?

i heard jesus is gonna show up and read from his neon bible

thanks for the lols music snobbery.

At least this string is somewhat fun-loving. Check out the tightasses over at the Neil Young post!

Which is the bigger secret? Arcade Fire's Saturday announcement or BV's "Special Guests" at his CMJ show?

Or are they connected?

don't be silly, BV! you don't have to comment anonymously here!

Secret show at Studio B.
The band will get lost and wind up playing in Union Sqaure!

'daft punk is going to be playing a free afterparty at james murphy's house while win butler hands out free copies of in rainbows signed by kevin shields."

Awesome

how sad is it that you've just described the state of 'indie rock' right now. sad times.

I heard it's going to a be a live dvd filmed.

"Which is the bigger secret? Arcade Fire's Saturday announcement or BV's "Special Guests" at his CMJ show?"

ha, I was afraid of this. I can tell you that the "Special Guest" could headline Bowery Ballroom themselves, but is not "special guest" because we're trying to trick people or get anyone's hopes up. They are only "special guest" for contractual reasons related to another show they're playing - in fact, I was pissed we had to do that. That's the only hint I can give though. I'll probably get to announce it soon. thx!

I'm surprised nobody mention Bowie yet.
?

I'm surprised nobody mention Bowie yet.
?

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Bowie yet.
?

BE ONLINE AT STUDIO B!

"BE ONLINE AT STUDIO B!"

There is something else going on there

This is the secret show at Maxwell's that I posted about around the time that the Randall's show was announced, yet nobody listened to me. Just stay tuned. It's going to be a very late show. And I have no idea what they're going to do about tickets. Good luck, though.

the arcade fire sex tape will be leaked online, followed by an onstage reenactment including special guests from lcd soundsytem, les savy fav, and the redhead from blonde redhead.

led zeppelin is reuniting to open for them at maxwells

REEEEMMMIIIXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You Wanna Know Wat We Say In Da Club? (Ay BV)
Whites Folks Gangsta And them Thugz (Ay BV)
Stuntin wit a stack of dem dubz (Ay BV)
Ridin' In A Lac Wit A Mug (Ay BV)

I'm In Da Club Hollerin'
Ay BV
Ay BV
Ay BV

Ay BV, Whats the special announcement? Should I go waste my money on a ticket? Or should I just stayed glued to my internet? Or will I not give a shit what they announce because its stupid?

HOLLLAAA

pitchfork are the most pretentious fucks around... they always of some witty bastard trying to impress a simple reader, i bet they dont know a thing.

Its a remix album. Look at the url. A remix.

win butler will travel back in time (with cameras for the webcast. duh) and preform certain acts that will make him noam chomskys biological father.

Thornton Mellon is throwing a party. Oingo Boingo is playing. The whole world is gonna be there.

"ha, I was afraid of this. I can tell you that the "Special Guest" could headline Bowery Ballroom themselves, but is not "special guest" because we're trying to trick people or get anyone's hopes up. They are only "special guest" for contractual reasons related to another show they're playing - in fact, I was pissed we had to do that. That's the only hint I can give though. I'll probably get to announce it soon. thx!"

It's Taco Time for Mom & Dad!

Here's what I've heard, it's one of the two:

1. There will be a secret late-night show that night at Bowery Ballroom/Mercury Lounge.

2. The special guests at the performance will be Radiohead.

discuss.

bowie's gonna show up

does anyone know what time all go on?

beonlineb is not clever, guys

Win is going to be humming the Springsteen record in its entirety live online.

if you check out the forums over at the official aracde fire forums, someone who is a "randall's island guest worker" said that they are prepping somethin HUGE for saturday's concert. i think it's a special guest or this crazy magic float, cause a live webcast is really nothing to get excited about.

A secret late night show in NYC seems pretty strange. Why would they set up a website to announce a show in NYC for 700 people? Of course, given how new yorkers think they are the center of the universe, I'm not surprised that people think that. Maybe I'll be proven wrong. And I agree with everyone else that a webcast does not qualify as being anything to get excited about.

Im excited for a webcast, im missing the show for a goddam out-of-town wedding

And not one person has thought of this.

Are they going to close off the Triboro Bridge and perform from there?

here's what it's gonna be....

Free b-sides and rarities release and movie/DVD announcement (there may be a physical release of this set bundled with the aforementioned DVD release). It is neither a new "Black Mirror" video or a webcast of Saturday's show. It may involve a charity or two as well. But you did not hear that from me.

i agree something about a dvd/remix cd. at the judson church shows back in feb, there was a cameraman in front of us who said he was filming live footage for the band, so a dvd is coming at some point

I'm calling it:

Remix of Neon Bible w/LCD Soundsystem, mb singers from Blonde Readhead adding trippy vocals, and the whole damn festival is going to be webcast.

CONFIRMED

RADIOHEAD IS SPECIAL GUEST AT RANDALL'S ISLAND, OCTOBER 6TH!!!!!!!

Win Butler wishes he was Thom Yorke. Not in a million years. This stunt is a reaction to Radioheads anouncement...how self-important can you be

lame

mystery is up and running

Why do surprises never end up being even 1% of the size of the expectations for them?

Why do surprises never end up being even 1% of the size of the expectations for them?

at the same time, if this was 1995, this would have been really cool. its just that nothing short of a free concert could be cool to us anymore.

cool video. i have to say, the way they did this (exactly like radiohead) was a little dwarfed by the announcement of In Rainbows COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. but this is a cute little video.

still, why the anticipation? a bit of a let down for sure

did i miss something? a hidden message of some sorts? i think its like that darn stairway to heaven . Play it backwards and it speaks of some satanic ritual. i knew arcade fire was some kind of cult, the band just keeps getting bigger, now they got lcd soundsystem and other new york bands to join them. whats next the polyphonic spree and a mass suicide on randalls island. well im not falling for it this time. i'll be safe at home watching the news. you fucking creeps.

Goign to the show now....If this video was the "big surprise" then I'm dissapointed. Pithfork is to blame because they alluded to it being something BIG. Don't get me wrong...the video is cool, maybe I'm missing something here.

I was hoping for a special event directly related to today's show on dustbowl island.

My take on this is like Radiohead saying "see we don't need a lable or distrobution, f*ck the industry," Arcade Fire is saying "who needs MTV, make your own music video." Its cool...but all the hype around that was laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!

Whatever they shot, the new Daft Punk video just went live at Webcastr. It appears to be the first place that has it and it's definately the one that the 250 kids shot in Brooklyn! It's at: www.webcastr.com

I am fairly certain that almost all the douche bags that commented so rudely didn't go to this show. It was great, and Ohbjou did a good job in a new city.

Thanks for a great post! http://www.picktorrent.com

My take on this is like Radiohead saying "see we don't need a lable or distrobution, f*ck the industry," Arcade Fire is saying "who needs MTV, make your own music video." Its cool...but all the hype around that was laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!

Thats what I always say. Who needs it?