Arcade Fire began their world tour last night at the New Zealand leg of Big Day Out festival.

Headlining the festival, which moves on to the Australia next, they played a setlist made up of older material as well as new songs, unlike the ‘Reflektor’-heavy shows they played around the time of the album’s release.

Among the set in Auckland were ‘Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)’ ‘Haiti’, ‘Rebellion (Lies)’, ‘Wake Up’ and ‘Keep The Car Running’.

Set list:

‘Ready to Start’
‘Flashbulb Eyes’
‘Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)’
‘Joan of Arc’
‘The Suburbs’
‘The Suburbs (Continued)’
‘Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)’
‘Afterlife’
‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’
‘Haiti’
‘Normal Person’
‘Keep The Car Running’
‘Reflektor’
‘Rebellion (Lies)’
‘Here Comes The Night Time’
‘Wake Up’