Watch Arcade Fire covering Prince's “Controversy” live
09 March 2014, 14:40
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
At their show in Minneapolis last night (8 March), Arcade Fire treated fans to a live rendition of Prince.
Win Butler and co, who are currently supporting recent album Reflektor, covered the purple musician’s 1981 track “Controversy”. Butler also wore a box bearing Prince’s face on his head, which you can see above.
Listen to the cover below:
[via Pitchfork]
Latest
- Sam Fender announces The War on Drugs-produced album, People Watching
- Björk announces immersive auditory experience in Paris
- Divorce preview debut album with new single, "Antartica"
- Ichiko Aoba announces her new album, Luminescent Creatures
- Band Aid announces 40th anniversary edition of "Do They Know It’s Christmas?"
- Interpol announce Live at Third Man Records album
- Pixies, Garbage, IDLES, Death Cab For Cutie, and more to join My Chemical Romance on The Black Parade tour
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
Listen
The sound of undulating slacker rock in The Slaps' new Americana song “Flip”
NOT THE TWOS bursts another layer with latest lo-fi delicacy, "BLUEBERRY"
Freak Slug makes a delicious splash on "Piece of Cake"
Dustin “DAB” Bowie exudes sensuality on the hypnotic “RENDEZVOUS”
Ruby Gill's "Some Kind Of Control" luxuriates within the listlessness
Somebody's Child return with "Time Of My Life" to prove growing pains are not just physical
Reviews
Michael Kiwanuka
Small Changes
13 Nov 2024
Sofie Royer
Young-Girl Forever
13 Nov 2024
Lara Sarkissian
Remnants
13 Nov 2024
Emily Burns
Die Happy
06 Nov 2024
