Way back in 2007, when Bruce Springsteen brought Arcade Fire out at an Ottawa concert, it was a statement about two generations of music. Back in the late-aughts and early teens, the hottest rock acts in the world, like Titus Andronicus and The Hold Steady, were lining up to pay homage to the Boss. For a generation of hipsters, Springsteen was the North Star. He was authenticity personified, having romanticized the blue-collar life he grew up in since they had been in diapers.
