The band aptly opened the set with “Cigarettes in the Theatre”-the opening track from 2010 debut album Tourist History-and proceeded to give the 55-minute performance every single thing they had. Taking the stage at just after 6 p.m., the Irish outfit appeared to be in top form as they expertly straddled that line between pop and rock. The tens of thousands at Coachella for weekend two that flooded the main stage are abundantly grateful that Trimble, guitarist Sam Halliday and bassist Kevin Baird-friends since elementary school-arrived at a “yes.” And the time off seemed to have serve them well. “And we did have the conversation about a year and a half later, when we got back together and said, ‘Is this something that we want to get back into?’”

“It never came to a proper breakup but we did get together and say, ‘We need to go away and not speak for a long time,’” frontman Alex Trimble told the Guardian. Burnt out with the music industry, the pursuit of trying to be bigger and better, and absolutely sick of each other in mid-2013, indie electro-pop trio Two Door Cinema Club decided they needed some time apart.

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