When The Prodigy returned to live action last summer in some more modest venues for their first live dates since the tragic passing of iconic member Keith Flint, there were plenty of questions that fans had going into those shows; was this a final hurrah to pay tribute to Flint? Was it road-testing a new version of The Prodigy? How would the band cope without their most recognisable member?
If you were there at one of those shows then you probably walked out relieved, having had a cathartic experience celebrating Flint, but having seen that The Prodigy are just as jaw-droppingly ferocious a live band as you remembered them to be.
With that first tour out of the way, The Prodigy are now coming back to the arenas that usually house them, and probably feel like they now have to justify their relevance as a band all over again. Something you’d imagine hardly feels too daunting for them, after all, there has rarely been a band that has thrived when their backs are so far up against the wall as The Prodigy.
