Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" live at Ukrainian Cultural Arts Center Secret Show (Los Angeles) 02/11/11

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Montreal's Arcade Fire threw an anti-Grammy secret show in Los Angeles announcing the details just 12 hours before hitting the stage. Only 500 tickets were sold, in a first-come, first-serve basis at three locations (a pair of record stores and the venerable El Rey Theatre) on Friday afternoon. There was no red carpet outside or a VIP area inside, just the still-elaborate eaves of an 86-year-old building now crumbling away on a decidedly gritty stretch of Melrose Avenue. The band gave away "free drinks and cotton candy" before the show even began. It was, in short, an anti-industry affair in all conceivable ways, and Arcade Fire savored every second of it.

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