Arcade Fire played a surprise 45-minute show at Haiti’s Hotel Oloffson, located on the island’s capital Port-Au-Prince on Tuesday night (March 29th), reports Rolling Stone.
The publication claims the Canadian-based band played a set consisting of four covers – Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s ‘Who’ll Stop The Rain‘, The Rolling Stones‘ ‘The Last Time‘, Blondie‘s ‘The Tide Is High‘ and Cyndi Lauper‘s ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun‘ – alongside a selection of their own favourites including ‘Keep The Car Running‘ and ‘Power Out‘.
Arcade Fire have strong links to Haiti thanks to principal member Régine Chassagne, who’s parents emigrated from Haiti to Canada, and have been working hard to raise money for the Haitian Earthquake Relief initiative throughout their touring schedule’s of 2010 and 2011.
Reports suggest the gig was filmed with intention of being included on a forthcoming DVD.
Setlist:
‘Who’ll Stop The Rain’
‘Keep The Car Running’
‘The Last Time’
‘Crucified Again’
‘Ocean Of Noise’
‘The Tide Is High’
‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’
‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’
‘Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)’
‘Rebellion (Lies)’
‘Haiti’