We’ve been huge fans of Echo & the Bunnymen since we wore out Crocodiles in 1980.  Imagine our delight then to discover that last night at Earls Court in London, Arcade Fire did this above (photo) and brought out Echo & The Bunnymen’s leader Ian McCulloch for a resounding cover of Echo & the Bunnymen’s 1983 hit The Cutter.  Watch below.  Echo & the Bunnymen are coming to the Observatory in Santa Ana on July 30th courtesy of Club Mercy.

Arcade Fire plays the Santa Barbara Bowl on August 4th and we can’t wait to see if they can top The National and Elbow for the best show of 2014.  Be there.

To get a great feel for the band live, Arcade Fire tweeted earlier today that tonight’s last UK show at Earls Court will be broadcast audio live on XFM London radio.  Lorde (who also plays the Santa  Barbara Bowl on October 9th) will open tonight from 7:00-7:45 pm UK time (11-11:45am Pacific time) and Arcade Fire’s set is from 8:20-10pm (12:20-2pm Pacific).  US and other non-UK folks need to use postcode SW193RQ.  Go HERE and plug in the code.