(Noah Kaminsky | Detroit Music Magazine)
Arcade Fire made its Reflektor Tour stop at The Palace of Auburn Hills this week – with more than one surprise for attendees.
The two-time Grammy Award-winning (eight-time nominated) indie-rock group has been known to play covers of regional favorites, and Detroit was no exception. After performing The Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time” in Louisville, and Prince’s “Controversy” in Minneapolis, Arcade Fire payed homage to the sounds of Motown with Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight (Everything’s Alright).” (Which began with notes from Wonder’s “Superstitious.”)
During the Motown medley, band frontman Win Butler donned an undeniably Detroit-oriented mask: an LED-powered cube bearing the face of disgraced former-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Watch Arcade Fire perform Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” below: