Thursday, July 10, 2014

ARCADE FIRE (London Hyde Park, 03/07/14)


The last Hyde Park show was, by some measure, the worst AF gig I've ever seen. The setlist was weird ("Wake Up" just didn't work as the second song), the sound was rubbish and the surfeit of Mumfordian terrorists chatting their way through proceedings made me want to set fire to a whole load of 16 year olds. But after a particularly uninspiring start, this wound up a damn sight better. No real surprises except "Crown of Love", but much fun was had and the finale of "Power Out", "Here Comes The Night-Time" and "Wake Up" was pretty much the epitome of how an encore should be done.

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