Arcade Fire

[Lubic]

Sounds like they've stripped away the gimmicks this tour, thankfully. Nice to see most of the live favourites still in the setlist, though Tunnels and Keep the Car Running will be missed. Put one of them in for Neon Bible.

Can't wait for Manchester now!

[stuartbert two hats]

33 minutes ago, Lubic87 said:

Sounds like they've stripped away the gimmicks this tour, thankfully. Nice to see most of the live favourites still in the setlist, though Tunnels and Keep the Car Running will be missed. Put one of them in for Neon Bible.

Can't wait for Manchester now!

How you can have recorded Keep The Car Running and not play it every time is astounding. Many lessr band would have it as the only song people knew and would close with it every time. Shows the strength of their back catalogue.

Edited June 4, 2017 by stuartbert two hats
Tamed hyperbole.

[Battlescar]

Still can't believe they're playing in Scunny on Wednesday !

[Gucci Piggy]

Everything Now is such a rammer, isn't it?

Band on stage at 8pm in Sc**thorpe with an 11pm curfew. Not expecting them to play for that long, obviously, but looks like we're definitely getting a full-length set.

Very, very excited.

[Amy Lawn]

I take a very dim view of the exclusion of Tunnels. They're welcome to play setlist switcheroo, it keeps things exciting, but Tunnels, No Cars Go and Sprawl II need to be untouchable.

[Gucci Piggy]

1 minute ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

I take a very dim view of the exclusion of Tunnels. They're welcome to play setlist switcheroo, it keeps things exciting, but Tunnels, No Cars Go and Sprawl II need to be untouchable.

Sprawl II and Power Out are the two untouchables for me. Tunnels and Keep the Car Running would definitely be in my ideal setlist, though. Annoying that they weren't played at Prima.

[dentalplan]

I think the longest they've ever played is two hours so I'm not expecting more than that straight away but they've got so many live staples that the inclusion of more Everything Now tracks as the tour goes on is gonna mean some harrowing omissions.

[stuartbert two hats]

35 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Sprawl II and Power Out are the two untouchables for me. Tunnels and Keep the Car Running would definitely be in my ideal setlist, though. Annoying that they weren't played at Prima.

 

39 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

I take a very dim view of the exclusion of Tunnels. They're welcome to play setlist switcheroo, it keeps things exciting, but Tunnels, No Cars Go and Sprawl II need to be untouchable.

I presume you assume Wake Up is safe?

[Amy Lawn]

Don't think they'll ever ditch Wake Up

[Lubic]

4 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Sprawl II and Power Out are the two untouchables for me. Tunnels and Keep the Car Running would definitely be in my ideal setlist, though. Annoying that they weren't played at Prima.

Power Out, Sprawl II, and No Cars Go for me. Oh and Haiti if they play the album version.

[Calvin Klein]

Arcade Fire untouchables:

Tunnels

Wake Up

No Cars Go

Rebellion

Sprawl II

 

 

 

[fowls]

9 hours ago, Lubic87 said:

Sounds like they've stripped away the gimmicks this tour, thankfully. Nice to see most of the live favourites still in the setlist, though Tunnels and Keep the Car Running will be missed. Put one of them in for Neon Bible.

Can't wait for Manchester now!

I wouldn't count your chickens just yet.  This is just the pre-tour.  Time for plenty of gimmicks.  

 

Wouldn't be surprised if this stage in the round thing is carried throughout the tour.  I do wonder how economical that is though - must be far more expensive than a standard set up and takes away a fair few standing tickets.

[reflekting]

I'd fully scrap Sprawl II for Antichrist Television Blues. 

I'd also like to see We Used To Wait reappear this tour, that was the one song I missed the most moving away from the Suburbs era. 

Untouchables for me -

Tunnels

Power Out

Reflektor

No Cars Go

Wake Up

 

 

[arcade fireman]

1 minute ago, reflekting said:

I'd fully scrap Sprawl II for Antichrist Television Blues. 

I'd also like to see We Used To Wait reappear this tour, that was the one song I missed the most moving away from the Suburbs era. 

Untouchables for me -

Tunnels

Power Out

Reflektor

No Cars Go

Wake Up

 

 

Add Rebellion and I think you're right. Power Out => Rebellion is always so badass

[Gucci Piggy]

13 minutes ago, reflekting said:

I'd fully scrap Sprawl II

WELL it's their best song.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Rebellion will always remind of Smile at the Star and Garter in Manchester. Went there most weeks for years and it was played every week without fail.

[reflekting]

5 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

WELL it's their best song.

 

It's a great song on record but Regine really didn't do herself any favours back in 2014. 

 

[Gucci Piggy]

6 minutes ago, reflekting said:

It's a great song on record but Regine really didn't do herself any favours back in 2014. 

 

To be fair I can't actually remember any of their 2014 set. And I was sober. Guess that says something, I was slightly disappointed tbh.

[Jugtanion]

3 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

Everything Now is such a rammer, isn't it?

Yes it is! Through and through an Arcade Fire track - love it.

[FloorFiller]

3 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

To be fair I can't actually remember any of their 2014 set. And I was sober. Guess that says something, I was slightly disappointed tbh.

I remember* it being absolutely incredible, although I was the total opposite of sober.

 

*dont't actually remember much of it at all - just that I loved every second.

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

I remember* it being absolutely incredible, although I was the total opposite of sober.

 

*dont't actually remember much of it at all - just that I loved every second.

Sounds a bit like me with SFA in 2015. Ask me how good it was and I'll tell you it was unbelievable. Ask me to recall any of it, and I don't remember any of it specifically.

[Gucci Piggy]

4 minutes ago, Jugtanion said:

Yes it is! Through and through an Arcade Fire track - love it.

Can't stop dancing to it drunk, alone in my lounge.

[Jugtanion]

6 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

To be fair I can't actually remember any of their 2014 set. And I was sober. Guess that says something, I was slightly disappointed tbh.

Maybe it was because it was the first time I'd seen AF, but I couldn't fault that 2014 set. Reflektor's keyboard breakdown was incredible, the Suburbs was beautiful. I remember it, but I was absolutely spannered mind!

[dentalplan]

12 minutes ago, reflekting said:

It's a great song on record but Regine really didn't do herself any favours back in 2014

It'll probably sound like that every time they play it. She's not a brilliant singer but she's just infectiously enthusiastic, and that's pretty much how she sings it on record too. One of my highlights of the set in 2014.

[Jugtanion]

Just now, Will-2609 said:

Can't stop dancing to it drunk, alone in my lounge.

Haha - just what I was doing at 3am last night. Drunk, alone in my kitchen.