Watch: Arcade Fire Debut New Tracks On Saturday Night Live

Arcade Fire have debuted a handful of new songs from their forthcoming album 'Reflektor', during a comeback appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live last night (September 28).

During the show the group unveiled the new track 'Afterlife' for the first time. They also took part in sketches, and was followed by a half-hour long TV special focusing on Arcade Fire, directed by Roman Coppola.

Recorded at Salsatheque in Montreal, the special saw cameo appearances by Bono, Michael Cera, Ben Stiller, James Franco and Aziz Ansari, and they debuted some new tracks, including 'Here Comes The Night Time', 'We Exist' and 'Normal Person'. 

Reflektor will be out on October 29th by Merge.

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Bono: U2 Have To Do ‘Something Very Special’ With New Album

Bono has claimed that U2's latest recording sessions have been among the band's best ever.

In an interview with an Irish TV programme, the U2 frontman revealed that the band have had 'the best three weeks in the studio since 1979', as work begins on the follow-up to 2009's 'No Line On The Horizon' album.

Bono and his bandmates are well aware of the need to produce 'something very special' with their thirteenth studio effort. 

"I think they are very aware that U2 have to do something very special to have a reason to exist right now," he said.

The band were the highest-grossing touring act last year and were estimated to have earned $231.9m (£150.1m) for their 34-date 360° tour since January 1, 2011, drawing in a total of 2,387,535 fans.