LCD Soundsystem thrill crowd at first of three sell-out dates at Olympia

James Murphy cheekily reassembled his bittersweet punk-funk troupe a mere five years after an emotional "farewell" concert at Madison Square Garden.

LCD Soundsystem thrill crowd at first of three sell-out dates at Olympia

Fears that the re-grouping might be a triumph of sentiment over logic were recently fanned by an underwhelming comeback LP, American Dream – an exercise in hoop-jumping as tepid as its screamingly bland sleeve image of an empty blue sky.

But worries that LCD Soundsystem have returned merely to ruin memories of their glory days were thrillingly laid to rest at the first of three sell-out dates at The Olympia.

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