Deftones
3Arena, Dublin
★★★★☆
It unlikely that at any other point in their careers that Deftones could have sold out the 3Arena.
Not after their breakout album Around the Fur, not after their eye-wateringly expensive self titled recording which went straight to number two on the US billboard, and not after their 2020 record Ohms.
The last time the experimental rockers played a headliner in Dublin it was in the comparatively humble surrounds of Vicar Street, which has just over a tenth of the capacity of the 3Arena.
What happened? In short, TikTok.
With their distorted bass lines and lush arrangements, Deftones became unlikely viral stars of the social media platform and were…