I'm pretty upset with the Atlanta Civic Center. I'm sure it wasn't The National's idea to play right when the doors opened. As it was, I showed up 45 minutes after doors opened to find the band finishing their set. Argh. (No one tell me that they played Mr. November. I wouldn't be able to handle it.)

Luckily, Arcade Fire completely rescued the night. They still had those awesome performance quirks for their older stuff (the two guys drumming on ANYTHING for Laika, Regine's cute dancing during Haiti) and the new stuff sounded great. About 2/3 of the way through Win encouraged everyone to ignore the assigned seating and just rush to the front, which we did. During (I believe) Power Out, one of the guys who was infamously drumming on anything started climbing up the railing of the balcony, and I was almost positive he might fall 20 feet and break his goddamn neck.

Overall, a great show.

Black Mirror
No Cars Go
Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Haiti
Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
Windowsill
The Well and the Lighthouse
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Ocean of Noise
Keep the Car Running
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Rebellion (Lies)
(encore 1)
Intervention
(encore 2)
Wake Up

Not sure if this is the right order, but that's about the setlist.

I saw them play the first of two nights in Berkeley, CA at the Greek theater, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I love Arcade Fire so much...