Arcade Fire Say “Please Relax,” Arena Tour Dress Code is “Super Not Mandatory”

Canadian Grammy winners Arcade Fire have been all over the music news front pages these past few months. After fans read that Arcade Fire were asking concertgoers to dress up in formal attire for their upcoming Reflektor tour, many freaked out. The request, a kind “please wear formal attire or costume” to the upcoming arena shows, has been having fans and critics typing retorts all over the web, despite the request clearly not being mandatory. It was a lot of controversy over something that shouldn’t be controversial.

Last night, Arcade Fire took to Facebook to write a short note to the public:

To everyone really upset about us asking people to dress up at our shows… please relax. It’s super not mandatory. It just makes for a more fun carnival when we are all in it together. So far these have been the best shows we have ever played.
See you soon.
Love,
Arcade Fire

So please, everybody, calm down once and for all. If you dress up or not, Arcade Fire will be ecstatic to see you dancing at their show. See their full list of tour dates below:

11-15-16 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland Ballroom
11-19 Berlin, Germany – Astra Kulturhaus
11-22 Nogent Sur Marne, France – Pavillon Baltard
11-24 Brussels, Belgium – Halles De Schaerbeek
11-27 Blackpool, England – Empress Ballroom
12-07 Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena *
12-08 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Auditorium ^
01-17 Auckland, New Zealand – Big Day Out 2014
01-19 Gold Coast, Australia – Big Day Out 2014
01-24 Melbourne, Australia – Big Day Out 2014
01-26 Sydney, Australia – Big Day Out 2014
01-27 Sydney, Australia – Big Day Out 2014
01-31 Adelaide, Australia – Big Day Out 2014
02-02 Perth, Australia – Big Day Out 2014
03-06 Louisville, KY – KFC! YUM Center
03-08 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
03-10 Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills
03-12 Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center
03-13 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
03-14 Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Tire Centre
03-16 Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
03-17 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
03-18 Bridgeport, CT – Webster Bank Arena
03-29-30 Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza
04-01-02 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza
04-05-06 São Paolo, Brazil – Lollapalooza
04-09 Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
04-10 Austin, TX – Austin360 Amphitheater
04-23 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
04-26 Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
04-27 St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
04-29 Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
05-01 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
05-02 Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
05-29-31 Barcelona, Spain – Parc del Fòrum – Primavera Sound Festival
06-13-15 Aarhus, Denmark – Northside Festival
06-20-22 Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany – Southside Festival
06-20-22 Scheessel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
07-30 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
08-08 Seattle, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre
08-11 Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
08-12 Calgary, Alberta – Scotiabank Saddledome
08-14 Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
08-17 Washington, DC – Verizon Center
08-19 Boston, MA – Comcast Center
08-22 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
08-23 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
08-26 Chicago, IL – United Center
08-30 Montreal, Quebec – Parc Jean-Drapeau
* Live 105’s Not So Silent Night
^ KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2013

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