Arcade Fire - 2007-11-18 - Alexandra Palace

This was the 2nd night of three at London's Alexandra Palace and the band were on fire. A fantastic setlist was accompanied by a fantastic performance and I'd therefore chosen the correct night to get the best recording I could at this venue. I got in early and could have been on the 2nd or 3rd row dead centre, but I went and stood to the left of the stage in front of the speaker stack (on my own for the first act!). I recorded both support bands to get my levels right and just knew that if the crowd around me were better than the previous night's I would nail it. And, in my opinion, I did!

The set itself wasn't without problems though. The sound was pretty poor for the opening song Black Mirror and later on My Body is a Cage saw soundboard issues that led to no vocals from Win Butler and a 2 minute delay at the end of the song whilst things were sorted out. You could therefore say this is the karaoke version! Win also sang the opening lines of Pulp's "Common People" at the end of Tunnels, but soon forgot the words!

I also make a rare, but thankfully brief, appearance on the recording when Win announced that the next song would be Headlights Look Like Diamonds. I let out a wondrous "YYYEEESSS!" as I punched the air with delight. This was my 8th time seeing The Arcade Fire during 2007 but the 1st time they had played this great song for me. Sorry!

Arcade Fire - 2007-11-18 - Alexandra Palace - FLAC
442 MB RAR archive, FLAC format

Arcade Fire - 2007-11-18 - Alexandra Palace - MP3
153MB RAR archive, variable bit rate MP3s (min. 226 kbps)

Setlist:

01. Black Mirror
02. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
03. No Cars Go
04. Haiti
05. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
06. My Body is a Cage
07. soundboard problems
08. Neon Bible
09. State Trooper
10. Intervention
11. Headlights Look Like Diamonds
12. The Well & The Lighthouse
13. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
14. (Antichrist Television Blues)
15. video interlude
16. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
17. Rebellion (Lies)
18. encore break
19. Keep The Car Running
20. Wake Up

(Download links updated on 27th January, 2013)