Video: Haiti and Wake Up - Arcade Fire at UT Austin

El lunes pasado Arcade Fire estuvo de visita en la Universidad de Texas para realizar una conferencia -luego de su presentación en el festival SXSW celebrado en esa misma ciudad- e interpretaron un par de sus canciones en versión acústica. Win Butler , Will Butler , Régine Chassagne y Marika Anthony-Shaw fueron los miembros de la banda que se presentaron para discutir con los estudiantes sobre la actual crisis socioeconómica que sufre Haití, al mismo tiempo que [...]

Extending their South by Southwest visit, Arcade Fire 's Win Butler, Will Butler, Régine Chassagne and Marike Anthony-Shaw paid a visit to the University of Texas in Austin on Monday night to put on a lecture discussing the socio-economic crisis in Haiti. Recounting their volunteer efforts in Haiti, the band members urged students to participate in relief efforts. During the lecture, they also performed acoustic renditions of "Haiti" and "Wake Up," of which you can watch above (via ArcadeFireTube ).

Win Butler is the lead singer of the Arcade Fire , but more importantly, he is the #2 MOST WANTED INDIE TERRORIST IN THE WORLD right behind M.I.A. because he h8s America so much . Recently, his post-buzzband did some sort of lecture for kids at the University of Texas during # SXSW . Of course, a bunch of dumb, spoiled pre-twentysomethings filed into some lecture hall to hear some band talk about 'issues.' Who knows what they even talked abt, probably Haiti, or how Win Butler hates Texas and America. Anyways, it's [...]

Los muchachos de Arcade Fire estuvieron recientemente en la Universidad de Texas. Ahí dieron la plática: “Hope, Haiti and Service” donde hablaron acerca de la crisis socio-económica por la que atraviesa Haití y los esfuerzos voluntarios de la banda en esa región. También se discutió la necesidad de un sistema sanitario y ayuda del primer mundo en Haití, para que los estudiantes se vean a sí mismos como ciudadanos del mundo y como filántropos locales. La banda se enfocó en el trabajo que realiza la asociación Partners in Health. Los asistentes a esta plática [...]

O festival SWU, ao convidar em 2011 o ícone Neil Young para uma palestra, parecia estar antecipando uma tendência. A última banda a trocar os instrumentos pelo palco de uma universidade e defender uma ideia perante o público foi o Arcade Fire , em uma palestra sobre a participação do grupo nos esforços de auxílio humanitário no Haiti apresentada por Win , Will , Régine e Marika na Universidade do Texas, em Austin (mesma cidade que recebeu o SXSW nessa semana). Mas o quarteto, que representava na ocasião a [...]

Our Austin correspondent Lily Angelle attended a special lecture last night entitled "Hope, Haiti & Service," where members of the band Arcade Fire spoke to University of Texas students about advocacy and volunteerism. Members of Arcade Fire perform at the University of Texas. Arcade Fire members Win and Will Butler, Régine Chassagne and Marika Anthony-Shaw talked about the group's work with Partners in Health since 2007 to provide health care for people in Haiti. Win [...]

Arcade Fire did something random after their appearance at SXSW this weekend: They stuck around the University of Texas to ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ arcade-fire-performed-lectured -at-the-university-o/63401/

  Win, Will, Régine, and Marika stuck around in Austin for a post-SXSW lecture at the University of Texas on Monday night. According to  RollingStone.com , the Arcade Fire members used the appearance to discuss Haiti's current socio-economic crisis and to urge students to get involved with relief efforts. They also performed acoustic versions of two songs, "Haiti" and "Wake Up", as ArcadeFireTube points out. Watch footage of the performance below.