Arcade Fire with Calexico live in concert at Pacific Coliseum on September 28, 2010.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5035777978_68694a65a2_z.jpg)
Arcade Fire experienced live is truly magnetic. The breadth and feel of their expansive, eclectic music comes alive on stage.
![Calexico | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4127/5035160631_687382ea45_z.jpg)
Opening act Calexico made for a great start last night at the Pacific Coliseum in East Vancouver. Their alernative Tex-Mex folk stylings were a great contrast to Arcade Fire's sheer intensity.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4110/5035782760_e30d7abd24_z.jpg)
Calexico performed a straightforward set going from song to song with little to no breaks. It was an inviting performance, warming the sparce crowd that slowly trickled in late, vintage Vancouver fashion.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/5035781710_5f1443d4e7_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4153/5035781574_0cac8e7d9a_n.jpg)
On the floor, kids young and old alike started buzzing as Arcade Fire took the stage shrouded in darkness.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4132/5035785106_f634ed702d_z.jpg)
The beginnings of "Ready to Start" sparked an electric feeling as the massive act took the stage.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4129/5035781008_2d590bf7d6_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4133/5035782334_0bdf0e4f0b_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4087/5035785208_5d11035acc_z.jpg)
This was one of the few phrases Win Butler shouted aloud.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4112/5035165953_f56c7dbcb6_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/5035158475_2c6b08445f_n.jpg)
By the third song, most of the band members were already drenched in their own sweat.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4085/5035785918_1d80621e35_z.jpg)
The sheer energy and enthusiasm with which they played every song was intoxicating.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4147/5035158621_709e09fd91_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4083/5035158741_02aa433739_n.jpg)
Each song flowed into the next with bravado as the variety of their tracks makes for a great set list going from sweet ballads to exuberant rock songs.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4144/5035158839_94dbd96cec_z.jpg)
Their encore of "Wake Up" closed the night fittingly just as "Read to Start" opened it.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4129/5035169331_48c3f452e1_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4150/5035169473_cc0ca9982a_n.jpg)
The show itself was professional and solid, but the performances on the whole were another thing entirely.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4154/5035166783_8c40b44f70_z.jpg)
It is difficult to describe the instensity and presence of Arcade Fire live.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4091/5035786926_d727e87a04_z.jpg)
Between songs, everyone is running around, changing instruments.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4153/5035166973_2877c6bcfa_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/5035166647_4db30dfc02_n.jpg)
Their shows are all about the music.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4131/5035167125_b5b8bd8e23_z.jpg)
Arcade Fire left everything on stage.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4111/5035167239_1326634746_z.jpg)
The mix of melancholic, breezy songs complimented the brazen energy of their rock anthems very well.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4104/5035167559_3c7c230ec2_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4154/5035787268_2226130ede_n.jpg)
The raw energy from their live performances make them one of the more premiere concert acts and one of the best live performers around.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4128/5035788444_9977ef15d8_z.jpg)
The evening was electric and their music comes even more alive standing ten feet away from the Montreal band of musical misfits.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4105/5035778980_cec2e8d1d8_z.jpg)
Setlist:
1) Ready to Start 2) Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) 3) No Cars Go
4) Haiti 5) Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4127/5035169903_c5a5b644da_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4084/5035790432_1b7b985ee7_n.jpg)
6) Modern Man 7) Rococo 8) The Suburbs
9) The Suburbs (Continued) 10) Suburban War 11) Intervention
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4109/5035790540_a0844f39e4_z.jpg)
12) We Used to Wait 13) Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
14) Rebellion (Lies) 15) Month of May 16) Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4131/5035171139_959eb63c7d_z.jpg)
Encore:
1) Keep the Car Running 2) Wake Up
Note: Read my concert review on the CBC Radio 3 blog. A couple of my photos made the Georgia Straight online edition here and here.
More | YVArcade / The Suburbs
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5035777978_68694a65a2_z.jpg)
Arcade Fire experienced live is truly magnetic. The breadth and feel of their expansive, eclectic music comes alive on stage.
![Calexico | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4127/5035160631_687382ea45_z.jpg)
Opening act Calexico made for a great start last night at the Pacific Coliseum in East Vancouver. Their alernative Tex-Mex folk stylings were a great contrast to Arcade Fire's sheer intensity.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4110/5035782760_e30d7abd24_z.jpg)
Calexico performed a straightforward set going from song to song with little to no breaks. It was an inviting performance, warming the sparce crowd that slowly trickled in late, vintage Vancouver fashion.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/5035781710_5f1443d4e7_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4153/5035781574_0cac8e7d9a_n.jpg)
On the floor, kids young and old alike started buzzing as Arcade Fire took the stage shrouded in darkness.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4132/5035785106_f634ed702d_z.jpg)
The beginnings of "Ready to Start" sparked an electric feeling as the massive act took the stage.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4129/5035781008_2d590bf7d6_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4133/5035782334_0bdf0e4f0b_n.jpg)
"Vancouver is like our sister city!"
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4087/5035785208_5d11035acc_z.jpg)
This was one of the few phrases Win Butler shouted aloud.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4112/5035165953_f56c7dbcb6_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/5035158475_2c6b08445f_n.jpg)
By the third song, most of the band members were already drenched in their own sweat.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4085/5035785918_1d80621e35_z.jpg)
The sheer energy and enthusiasm with which they played every song was intoxicating.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4147/5035158621_709e09fd91_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4083/5035158741_02aa433739_n.jpg)
Each song flowed into the next with bravado as the variety of their tracks makes for a great set list going from sweet ballads to exuberant rock songs.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4144/5035158839_94dbd96cec_z.jpg)
Their encore of "Wake Up" closed the night fittingly just as "Read to Start" opened it.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4129/5035169331_48c3f452e1_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4150/5035169473_cc0ca9982a_n.jpg)
The show itself was professional and solid, but the performances on the whole were another thing entirely.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4154/5035166783_8c40b44f70_z.jpg)
It is difficult to describe the instensity and presence of Arcade Fire live.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4091/5035786926_d727e87a04_z.jpg)
Between songs, everyone is running around, changing instruments.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4153/5035166973_2877c6bcfa_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/5035166647_4db30dfc02_n.jpg)
Their shows are all about the music.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4131/5035167125_b5b8bd8e23_z.jpg)
Arcade Fire left everything on stage.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4111/5035167239_1326634746_z.jpg)
The mix of melancholic, breezy songs complimented the brazen energy of their rock anthems very well.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4104/5035167559_3c7c230ec2_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4154/5035787268_2226130ede_n.jpg)
The raw energy from their live performances make them one of the more premiere concert acts and one of the best live performers around.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4128/5035788444_9977ef15d8_z.jpg)
The evening was electric and their music comes even more alive standing ten feet away from the Montreal band of musical misfits.
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4105/5035778980_cec2e8d1d8_z.jpg)
Setlist:
1) Ready to Start 2) Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) 3) No Cars Go
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4127/5035169903_c5a5b644da_n.jpg)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4084/5035790432_1b7b985ee7_n.jpg)
6) Modern Man 7) Rococo 8) The Suburbs
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4109/5035790540_a0844f39e4_z.jpg)
12) We Used to Wait 13) Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
![Arcade Fire | Pacific Coliseum](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4131/5035171139_959eb63c7d_z.jpg)
Encore:
1) Keep the Car Running 2) Wake Up
Note: Read my concert review on the CBC Radio 3 blog. A couple of my photos made the Georgia Straight online edition here and here.
More | YVArcade / The Suburbs
3 reactions:
You should totally post the setlist :)
To learn about some of the spiritual aspects "hidden" in Arcade Fire's music, check out:
A Neon Bible Study
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07030103.htm
and
Arcade Fire:
Sermon by John Van Sloten (New Hope Church, Calgary)
http://www.newhopechurch.ca/page.php?pgid=search&id=searchbrowse&movieid =696
Looks like an amazing concert, I wanted to see them so bad! Me and my friend were trying to get tickets for the 26th in Calgary, but couldn't :(
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