Arcade Fire have promised to donate $1million Canadian dollars to a charity set up in the wake of the Haiti earthquake – as long the public do the same.

The group have allied themselves with Kanpe, which is aiming to rebuild one Haitain village at a time.

Appearing at a gig in Quebec, frontman Win Butler said the group would match $5 donations from the public with a figure up to $1m.

Arcade Fire's co-founder Régine Chassagne, who is the daughter of Haitians, is Grand Ambassador for Kanpe.

Only 28,000 of the 1.5 million Haitians displaced by the earthquake in January have been rehoused, reports the New York Times.

The group are currently promoting their new studio album 'The Suburbs', which is due out on August 2.

(by Jason Gregory)