Swedish garage-rockers the Hives played the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on December 9th, their second straight night in Brooklyn, and continuing their stint as opener for P!nk. While the P!nk/Hives combo may seem an odd pairing, it at least gets the Hives into a venue that matches their usually-ironic posturing as the greatest rock and roll band in the world. While the Hives are a Tasmanian Devil of a band in a small club, their show didn’t really lose any energy in an giant arena. In fact, it just gave singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist room for more of his stage antics. He strutted around the stage, onto the arena floor, into the crowd, and up into the seats, constantly reminding the audience of how awesome the Hives were and how lucky they were to be there with the band. And as usual, he was right. The Hives may just be the best live rock band going right now. After more than 20 years at it, the Hives put on a frenetic but tight live show. Plus, those were some sharp-looking, matching mariachi outfits.
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