Arcade Fire @ Radio City Music Hall

Arcade Fire were simply amazing last night [May 9th].

Starting with "Keep the Car Running" and "No Cars Go," they warmed up the crowd. Then came "Black Mirror," "Haiti," "Laika," and "Tunnels." During "Haiti," when Regine wasn't singing, Richard Reed Parry knelt on the stage and took a crash and snare drum with him and went crazy. It was awesome.
Then came the breathtaking part of the set, with Regine's "In The Back Seat" and Win's "My Body Is A Cage." Back to back, these songs had the audience standing in awe.

Later they played "The Well and the Lighthouse," "(Antichrist Television Blues)" and "Ocean Noise." And then it was dance time. "Power Out" into "Rebellion (Lies)." Hands clapping in the air, people rushing the aisles, the band leaves the stage. And the entire theater sings the string part from "Rebellion" until they come back on stage. I can't really convey how amazing and magical that was, because you really had to be there, but you just knew that you were seeing something special.
They encored with "Intervention" and finally "Wake Up," where Win sang amidst the crowd and one of the band members went crazy and kept throwing up a book (a Bible maybe?) and jumping/sliding across stage.

DOWNLOAD: Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" (MP3)

This is the fourth time that I've seen Arcade Fire this year, and I'm honestly addicted to their live show. Their passion and enthusiasm just makes their show so much more than watching a band on stage. They somehow draw the audience so into the experience that you can't help but get caught up in their fervor.

Pic cred to TommyGunz on Flickr.