Before last night, Arcade Fire hadn’t played a proper live show in front of human beings since February of 2020, when they headlined New Orleans’ Mahalia Jackson Theater. During the COVID era, the band has kept busy, debuting their song “Generation A” on Stephen Colbert’s election-night special and releasing a 45-minute track for a meditation app. Last year, Win Butler said that Arcade Fire have recorded “two or three” albums during the pandemic. And this past weekend, Arcade Fire returned to the stage, though it might not have been the most triumphant comeback.