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| May 10 2025 | Appeared as musical guests on Saturday Night Live for the seventh time, performing 'Year of the Snake' and 'Pink Elephant' on the penultimate episode of its fiftieth season, drawing 4.215 million domestic viewers. |
| 2025 | The band begins the Don't Think About Pink Elephant Tour. |
| April 7 2025 | Butler and Chassagne announced their new album 'Pink Elephant' would be released on May 9 during the radio mix in the Trust app. |
| April 4 2025 | The band published a teaser video clip on their social media accounts and launched a mobile app called Trust, where they shared video clips including a song 'Cars and Telephones'. |
| 2025 | Announced an American summer tour with Snail Mail. |
| March 2025 | Arcade Fire performed at Luck Reunion near Austin, Texas, debuting new songs including 'Pink Elephant', 'Ride or Die', and 'Year of the Snake' from their upcoming seventh album. |
| 2024 | Arcade Fire launched the Real Fun tour, continuing to perform and engage with their audience. |
| 2024 | Released the digital single '44th & Vanderbilt' on Matador Records, marking a continued evolution of their musical output. |
| 2024 | Contributes 'The Refused Party Program' to The Shape Of Punk To Come (Obliterated Edition) tribute album LP on Epitaph Records. |
| 2024 | Dave Nardi joined the band as a touring rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist. |
| 2024 | Released two studio albums 'Who's Got the Time & a Half?' and 'Another Day'. |
| 2024 | Announced upcoming studio album 'Someday'. |
| November 1 2024 | Surprise-released the third album in the One Day series, Someday, predominantly featuring lead vocals from guitarist Mike Haliechuk, with guest appearances from Tuka Mohammed and Julianna Roilino. |
| August 2024 | Peter Hughes announced his departure from the band, citing health and sanity concerns. |
| August 9 2024 | Released their eighth studio album, Another Day, a direct sequel to One Day, recorded with the same 24-hour recording constraint for each band member. |
| August 7 2024 | Completed the livestream and released Who's Got the Time & A Half? on BandCamp for twenty-four hours only. |
| August 6 2024 | Began a livestream where the band wrote, recorded, mixed, and released a full studio album in twenty-four hours. |
| July 15 2024 | Performed a live show at The Meteor in Windsor, Ontario, recorded and planned for download release. |
| 2023 | Isa Burke joins The Mountain Goats as a current touring member, playing violin and guitar. |
| 2023 | Fucked Up begins a new experimental recording approach where each band member records their parts within a single day for a series of albums. |
| June 2023 | The band was announced as a Friday headliner for Mexico City's Corona Capital festival in November. |
| May 2023 | Announced the Memory Dust EP. |
| April 2023 | Arcade Fire were added to Pharrell Williams' Something in the Water festival in Virginia Beach. |
| January 27 2023 | Released their sixth studio album, One Day, which was recorded between 2019 and 2022 with each band member recording their parts remotely within a strict 24-hour timeframe during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2022 | Paul Beaubrun and Dan Boeckner join as touring musicians, bringing new instrumental diversity to the band's live performances. |
| 2022 | Released 'Oberon' 12-inch on Fucked Up Records |
| 2022 | Released 'Do All Words Can Do' LP on Matador Records and reissued 'Epics in Minutes' on Get Better Records |
| 2022 | Robin Hatch joined the band as a touring musician, playing keyboards and providing backing vocals. |
| November 2022 | Arcade Fire were announced as headliners for the 2023 Kalorama festival in Lisbon and Cala Mijas festival in Málaga. |
| November 2022 | Album 'Lucifer on the Sofa' was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, marking the band's first Grammy nomination. |
| November 4 2022 | Released 'Lucifer on the Moon' album. |
| September 21 2022 | Announced 'Lucifer on the Moon', a track-by-track reworking of 'Lucifer on the Sofa' with remixes by Adrian Sherwood. |
| August 27 2022 | Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct, leading to Feist and Beck dropping out as opening acts for their tour. |
| May 7 2022 | The band performed on Saturday Night Live, playing songs from their new album and ending with a statement about women's reproductive rights. |
| May 6 2022 | Arcade Fire released their album 'We' and announced their first world tour since 2018, starting in August 2022. |
| March 17 2022 | The band announced their album 'We' would be released on May 6, 2022. |
| March 14 2022 | Arcade Fire announced a new song 'The Lightning I, II' and performed a benefit concert for the Plus 1 Ukraine relief fund at the Toulouse Theatre in New Orleans. |
| February 11 2022 | Album 'Lucifer on the Sofa' was released via Matador. |
| 2021 | Will Butler leaves the band after nearly two decades of membership, marking a significant change in the band's long-standing lineup. |
| 2021 | Released the 'Year of the Horse' double 12-inch through Tankcrimes. |
| 2021 | Ben Trokan joins the band as a bass and keyboard player, previously a touring member since 2019. |
| December 10 2021 | Released the second single 'Wild' as a 7-inch single, backed with a remix by Dennis Bovell. |
| November 2021 | Longtime guitarist Ben Cook left the band, with Robin Hatch announced as his replacement for live performances. |
| October 28 2021 | Band announced their tenth studio album 'Lucifer on the Sofa' and released the lead single 'The Hardest Cut'. |
| September 2021 | Former lead singer Susan Anway passed away. |
| May 28 2021 | Barlow released his solo album 'Reason to Live' via Joyful Noise Recordings. |
| May 7 2021 | Released their sixth studio album and ninth Zodiac series installment, 'Year of the Horse', which was ranked eleventh on Decibel magazine's 'Top 40 Albums of 2021'. |
| April 23 2021 | Released their 12th album 'Sweep It Into Space', which was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with singles 'I Ran Away' and 'Garden' preceding the release. |
| April 14 2021 | The band released a 45-minute instrumental piece called 'Memories of the Age of Anxiety' on the meditation application Headspace. |
| March 12 2021 | Spoon released covers of two Tom Petty songs: 'Breakdown' and 'A Face in the Crowd'. |
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