In the past week I've seen Arcade Fire @ Perth Big Day Out (they sold tickets after 6pm for $100 instead of $180). I'd bought tickets on day of release (because of BLUR!) but refunded them after Blur cancelled. Arcade Fire's playing time got bumped up to 90 mins, and realistically, living in Perth, $100 for a 90 minute set by them is a goddamn rarity (they've only toured Australia twice out of four albums, and only Sydney and Melbourne have had their own side-shows outside of the festival dates).
In addition, I caught Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday night. Abso-frickin'-lutely amazing. He played for over three hours, and Tom Morello (ex-Rage Against the Machine guitarist) was on the tour as well. They did an awesome version of "The Ghost of Tom Joad", a 1990s Springsteen track that RATM covered, and Bruce and Morello re-recorded it for Bruce's new album that came out last month.
So, I've been listening to those two artists quite a bit lately!
