Radiohead: Your Reviews

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Benjie Cala, Sachse TX USA
Dirty Yank saw them in Dallas and was pleasantly pleased, although I wish they would've played another hour or so for the old stuff, considering they rarely play Dallas. Regardless, sounded great, easily best show of '08.

Stevie, Edinburgh
Saw them in Glasgow in June and despite the torrential rain, there was a great atmosphere. In particular Karma police was fantastic. Only disappointment was that High and dry, Creep and most importantly Street Spirit were missing from the set list. The crowd interaction was def telling them that they wanted to hear more of the old stuff, esp with reaction to Just, Paranoid Android etc which was amazing.

Mark and Friedy, Leeds
We finally got to see Radiohead for the first time in Manchester in June. We reckon we witnessed a genius band at work. And the 3rd encore of Lucky was just brilliant.

Alexander, London
Saw them at Roskilde Festival July 3rd and it was amazing! It was just a perfect concert. Ended nicely with "Karma Police" during the second (!) encore. 25 songs were played in total among them "There There", "Paranoid Android", "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", "Everything In Its Right Place" and "The Gloaming". I feel so blessed to have witnessed such a treat! I stood in queue for 8 hours in total to get in the front, but it was all worth the wait. Incredible.

Johnny, County Derry
Was at the concert at Malahide Castle on 6/6/08 and...whoever said it was crap... It was the best night of my life in my opinion5 best songs from that night were Lucky, You & Whose Army (which was a surprise I didnt see coming), The National Anthem, How to Disappear Completely and Paranoid Android.My only dissapointment was that they didnt play anything like Street Spirit or more stuff off The Bends or OK Computer such as The Bends, The Tourist or even 2+2=5 from Hail to the Thief.But despite that, it was magical...absoutely magicial.

V.Marsland , Lincs
Saw Radiohead at Manchester 29/6/08 and was absolutely blown away! Brilliant. Wish they were doing more gigs in this country because I'd have tried to get to everyone!!

Seb, Bridlington
Saw them in Manchester on Sunday! The best setlist ever! Played some old classics and more importantly nearly all of their new album! Their perfomance, light show & stage presence is just amazing.Still get goose bumps thinking of Videotape and Airbag.

Jenny, Nottingham
Saw Radiohead in Manchester last night. The weather was gorgeous and the band were on top form. Loved it.

Mike, Stamford
Saw the in Manchester last night. Best gig I've ever been too. Amazing :)

Sarah & Rob Clarke. Cheltenham
Well what can I say, but I'd be happy if I never saw another band again. Radiohead were out of this world last night in Victoria Park (25/06), London.Appartently the play list was different from the night before.They played a bit of everything. FANTASTIC!

Helen, from Cardiff
The Hurricane Festival had probably the best line-up ever. Elbow, and Sigur Ros among many setting the mood for what was a mesmeric performance by Radiohead. Starting with Planet Telex and There There and mixing old and new songs, (all but one of In Rainbows) with brilliance, the set list was well suited to the festival audience Stunning light show too. I saw the Dublin show and much of that was in the light so didn't get the full effect till later. In Germany the torrential rain had cleared up leaving a vaguely menacing dark sky, which was the perfect backdrop.Strangely, Videotape seemed to be a crowd favourite. I love it, but it seems an odd choice to be so popular. That's Radiohead fans for you.Set list-Planet Telex, There There, 15 Step, Body Snatchers, Lucky, Nude, Wierd Fishes, The Gloaming, The National Anthem, Faust Arp, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, My Iron Lung, All I Need, Everything In It's Right Place, Reckoner, Exit Music, Idioteque and for the encore Videotape, 2+2-5, Paranoid Android. (Gives me goosebumps and makes my mouth water just thinking about how all that sounded on the night!)

Keith Eel Music @ Austin, SXSW, TX
I shared my R-H reviews on the 3 shows on my Guerilla website, no, well lets do it again; 1st show, was the 2nd show on the tour in Tampa, FL.The venue, was an open air ampitheatre. The pre-show had easy access to the $8 Beer & $40 T-Shirts made from plastic bottles! Thom's voice was a little raw from the night before, but the band walked out, & the set-up, was well beyond anything they had done before, with equipment of about 20 guitars, multiple keyboards, & Synths, in front of the Tibetan flag on Thom's piano. They rocked! The set list was 22-24 songs,& 2 encores! The list covered every album but P H,& even Optimistic worked its way in...Next show was Houston, TX,"SOLD OUT" & by far the best show out of the 3.1st they had 4 days off, & "The Woodlands" is a favorite band spot, Thom was on-top.The light show was soothingly wonderful, & lighting series, is outrageous!I am on the front row, its religous man, JGrnWd, too much, you are a mystic, a shaman!Dallas was shorter, hotter, stranger, and also sold out. Every light cell progression was wild?So Europe, they will play 2 + hours, & 2 encores...enjoy! KE

Mark, Millisle Co Down
Malahide friday 6/6/08, support act Bats for Lashes had just finished, then the rain came on, being quite close to the front everyone seemed to huddle together and a great sense of togetherness seemed to fall over the section of the crowd I was in, then noticing off to the horizion that the sun was beginning to shine through everyone, turned around as two perfect rainbows formed over the top of us it was being In Rainbows, when he band came on they kinda just stared at for a moment, Thom even pointed towards it, the first song was All I Need. After this they brought out the extra drums for there there, and the rain went off, absolutely amazing, this was the first Radiohead concert I have been too, and I expect to go to many more. 25 songs and 2 encores later I had experienced so many different emotions, the crowd was great and together, Radiohead where amazing displaying so much energy, and despite being asked since 'were they not depressing?' I would say a resounding, 'no they where not,' and had anyone been who did not like them I am pretty sure they would have been converted. Hope this is the 1st of many reports I give on this great band.

Frank Dublin
I was there on the friday night..Maybe I am getting old. You couldn't fault them at all.. And Yorke is uniquely energetic on stage. They played lots and lots of the new stuff...but the difference of the reaction from the crowd when they played their earlier stuff was incredible...I know there new stuff is great and inventive and unique ..but equally the bends is one of the greatest album ever and so you want to hear those songs.......I found myself standing toward the back supping on one or two beers...saying to myself..yeh this is great...but really...only when Paranoid Android came on did i feel I was at something special..and sure then it was over...Thom is really into his own music and his dancing well his a style of dancing in its own right... ...overall a good gig, a truly great band in our time...and maybe its not you radiohead..its me......

Conor, Donegal
Setlist:15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Airbag, Bangers & Mash, Nude, Pyramid Song, Arpeggi, The Gloaming, The National Anthem, Faust Arp, Videotape, Optimistic, Where I End And You Begin, Reckoner, Everything In Its Right Place, All I Need, There There. Encore, Exit Music, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Climbing Up The Walls, Planet Telex, How To Disappear Completely, Super Collider, You And Whose Army?, Idioteque. I'm sorry, people saying that Radiohead were a disappointment should be shot. I was kinda gutted they didn't play more stuff from The Bends/OK Computer but they're touring a new album so obviously the new stuff is going to dominate the setlist. Regardless it as an amazing gig and Nude and Reckoner were two of the best performances I've seen live. Annoyed at the crowd during Exit Music though, chatting through it kinda ruined it for me but other than that a fantastic gig so quit moaning.

paul, dublin
went to saturday night show. what a disappointment! sound was excellent but very little early stuff played (ok computer etc). video screens were really unclear and one at the side of the stage didn't work for the whole night. there was pratically no interaction with the crowd apart from the hardcore fans at the front. most fans were just having a chat and a beer - band may have not even been there. by the time thom yorke bade us good night it was almost a relief so we could head off to gibneys for a pint asap and get out of the cold - what a borefest!!

Zebadee, Shanghai Province
Went on Friday night and wish I had stayed home and spent the time more productively cutting my toe nails. Dissappointing play list and the crowds responce to it was very evident. Great concert if you are completely blown away by 'In Rainbows', but I think it translated poorly into an outdoor live show and would have prefered much more older stuff.

Ken, Dublin.
I was at both nights but each one was special in its own way. Who'd have thought that one of the highlights could have occurred even before they took to the stage but the God of Perfect Timing came up trumps with a couple of very cool rainbows. I thought the crowd were great on both nights but the great weather on the Saturday really lifted people's spirits, resulting in one of the biggest 'love-ins' in recent history.As for the songs, 9 tracks from 'In Rainbows' were more than I could have ever hoped for. I think Reckoner works beautifully live, definitely a favorite of mine on both nights. I thought Optimistic fittied in brilliantly with the rest of the set and sounded really raw, just like it's meant to. The lighting was just spectacular and would have definitely been more effective had the skies been less....errr....bright at 10pm?? Thom's remark of 'does it not get dark in Ireland anymore?' showed he was as baffled as the rest of us. Overall, two of the best Radiohead performances I've witnessed in a long time. The feel good factor is alive and well......

Mervyn Jess Belfast
Fantastically sublime or as my teenage daughter described it....immense! Radiohead took the stage at Malahide Castle on Friday evening minutes after a cloudburst had left the sellout crowd soaked but not sated. Magically the evening sunshine which immediately followed it produced a fantastic rainbow. This not only excited the crowd and the Radiohead stage/road crew who rushed out to take photos of it... but also Thom Yorke and the rest of the band as they ambled onto stage looking skyward. "Have you seen the Rainbow?" asked Yorke. "Yessss.....!" came the thunderous reply of thousands. "That happens at all our concerts" he said with his artistic tongue planted firmly in his cheek. The band were muscially superb as they rattled through a set list that included a sprinkling of older songs but majored on more recent material, in particular from their latest release In Rainbows. At times very mellow musically, the band got the crowd jumping when they launched into their rockier repertoir, bringing the night to a spectacular climax with Paranoid Android finishing off their two....yes, count them TWO....encores. Radiohead rule...OK.

martin dublin
Went both nights. Sound fabulous as normal, great light and video show and the band was awesome with Thom in great form. Unexpected set list added to the occasion. I' dare say nearly as good as Bon Jovi who were also performing in Dublin!

A. Dublin
Saw them on the second night. As ever all good stuff, the sound quality was excellent. An interesting set, though they did stray into jazz club territory which doesn't quiet seem to work as well outside. Great venue and nice to see the Guards almost enjoying themselves, as well as some really funny 'sad dad' dancing by the middle-aged beer monsters.

S, Castlebar
It was an amazing. From the moment they arrived on stage playing All I Need with the two rainbows in the sky. Standout moments for me was Idiotheque and all the songs from Kid A. The songs from In Rainbows sound good live, especially House Of Cards and Reckoner. The new song Super Collider was pretty good too!

Joanne, Dublin
Aside from Radiohead, the gig was awful. No extra trains were put on so the train we got was badly delayed with people trying to squeeze on. Completely missed Bat for Lashes because of this. Screens either side of the stage broke down during the first radiohead song so we couldn't see the band - very annoying. We left during the encore and discovered the park that the gig was in was still open to the public - there were loads of people standing outside the fenced off area watching the gig for FREE, absolutely disgusted at this after paying 75 euro for my ticket. I will not be going to any more gigs promoted by MCD. Worst promoters in this country.

Paul D, Derry
What a night! what a band! Radiohead are pure genius! Idiotheque wooed the fans! The stage was hypnotic, took a while for it to get dark however it was fantastic!

Daniel C, Lisburn
Two of the most perfect formed rainbows I'd ever seen set the concert up perfectly. From the opening to the end, Radiohead were fantastic. Highlights include Thom's haunting vocals during Reckoner; playing the drums during Banger's n Mash then doing a little dance half way through it while Jonny riffed! How to Disappear Completely and the crowd's reaction to hearing the Liffe getting a mention; Just and Paranoid Android. To be honest I could name every song in their set as a highlight!

R, Dublin
The rainbows were quite a sight. They started off with some pretty low-key numbers incl All I Need, Pyramid Song,Nude but stepped it up with Optimistic(introduced as 'a song I love again). Highlight- idiotheque followed by Reckoner, which felt like a wind-down tune at an old rave. Also brilliant renditions of Videotape and 'Army'. Overall, great gig with most of in rainbows getting an airing (it works live) and selection from back catalogue. The only thing that prevented it from being a classic was the time - it really needed to be dark (I think Thom remarked the same).

Paul K, Cork
The omens were excellent when a shower of rain produced two amazing rainbows close to Malahide Castle as the band came on stage. We were literally In Rainbows. Radiohead were amazing tonight. Their sound, energy and musical craft is unmatched. The stage lighting and use of screens complemented the band perfectly and Tom's piano-cam made for a fun number. They played a perfect balance of old and new songs and for a live performance their sound was seamless. I wish I was going again tomorrow night.

wikum London
apparently they played a new song - can someone pls upload onto youtube!!!

liam brighton
Seeing radiohead at Roskilde festival in denmark and cant wait. Radiohead are a special band.