arcade fire – alexandra palace – review
As I promised, here you are my review of Aracade Fire on Alexandra Palace – London – the 19th of November
About Alexandra Palace: I don’t like this place for a venue (though the view should be spectacular on a sunny day, it was raining), too far for me, we arrived via bus+tube+train (more than 1hour) and once there: 15min walk up to the hill. Inside, queues for everyhing, drink, toilets… Sound system was a shit, promise, I’ve never been in a big concert with such bad sound.
About Arcade Fire: Was allright even though I expected more from them live. Definitely, I was not very impressed by the performance. In my opinion they are a bit poor live. Too much time between songs and they only did it very good on Wake Up and Antichrist Television Blues. I must point out that the drummer made an absolute fool of himself…
November 21st, 2007 5:25 pm
Worst review ever, get closer and the sound doesnt matter, they played every song you could wish to hear, good energy on stage. Dont know what you were watching but..
November 21st, 2007 5:38 pm
Worst review ever? I could say the same from your comment
Hahaha! Happy you enjoyed but I expected a bit more, sound was shit and it’s not only me that thinks that! Anyway, each to his own!
November 23rd, 2007 3:01 pm
What a load of tosh! I went to this gig and it was outstanding – as good as I’ve ever seen. Fantastic energy, euphoric, great sound and effects. I thought they’d be great live but the exceeded my expectations. Alexandra Palace is inaccessible but it has a cavernous, slightly-warehouse feel to it which made it a perfect fit for Arcade Fire’s big sound.