Arcade Fire: We review – goodbye cod reggae, hello stadium singalongs - The Guardian

After a weak 2017 predecessor, the band’s new album returns to well-trodden territory. Its peevish lyrics are irritating, but it should avert a slide down festival bills

On their 2005 Vertigo tour, U2 came on stage to the strains of Arcade Fires Wake Up. It felt like an act of benediction on the part of stadium rocks undisputed kings, a public equivalent of the fable… [+5024 chars]

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