Chicago Cubs fans got a bit of a surprise on Saturday when Arcade Fire‘s Will Butler and Marika Anthony-Shaw (what do you mean, “Who?”? She plays violin and viola in the band, you asshole!) showed up at Wrigley Field to lead fans in a rendition of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.”
We’d say it was a “rousing” rendition, except most of the shots of fans in the stands show them swaying indifferently back and forth.
Would the response have been different if Win Butler and Regine Chassagne were the ones doing the singing? Given that Arcade Fire have prompted perplexed comments of “Who the fuck?” in the past… probably not.
We see this as all the more reason to bring back the Expos. At least people in Montreal would know who they are and go nuts… even if Win and Will Butler aren’t actually Canadian.
You can watch Butler and Anthony-Shaw singing below:
[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamr-AQkRDk&feature=player_embedded]
(Almost) everyone will know who Arcade Fire are at these shows:
April 27 Indianapolis, IN @ The Lawn at White River State Park
April 28 Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
April 30 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
May 3 Austin, TX @ The Backyard at Bee Cave
May 4 Spring, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 6 New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival
June 9 Manchester, TN @ Great Stage Park (Bonnaroo)
June 17 Scheessel, Germany @ Hurricane Festival
June 18 Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany @ Southside Festival
June 21 Zagreb, Croatia @ T Mobile InMusic Festival
June 22 Burgenland, Austria @ Festivalgelande Wiesen
June 24 Warsaw, Poland @ Torwar Arena
June 26 Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Rock-A-Field Festival
June 28 Paris, France @ Le Zenith
June 30 London, England @ Hyde Park
July 2 Arras, France @ Grand Place (Main Square Festival)
July 3 Belfort, France @ Les Eurockeenes
July 5 Milan, Italy @ Milano Jazzin Festival
July 7 Novi Sad, Serbia @ Exit Festival
July 9 Lucca, Italy @ Lucca Summer Festival
July 10 Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
July 12 Forum Ruscino, France @ Argeles Sur Mer Les Deferlantes Festival
July 13 Bilbao, Spain @ Guggenheim Museum
July 15 Lisbon, Portugal @ Super Bock Super Rock
July 17 Benicassim, Spain @ Festival Internacional De Benicassim
July 30 Moncton, NB @ Magnetic Hill w/ U2
Aug. 27 Ballerup, Denmark @ Ballerup Super Arena
Aug. 29 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
Aug. 31 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena
Sept. 1 Edinburgh, Scotland @ Edinburgh Castle
Sept. 3 Stradbally, Ireland @ Stradbally Hall (Electric Picnic)
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