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Radiohead Rock Lollapalooza, Begin NA Tour

Radiohead at Lollapalooza 2008
(photo by berklieblog)


Exactly 7 years ago yesterday, Radiohead performed at Grant Park in Chicago. That concert set the stage for allowing other musical acts and festivals to have performances there, including last night’s Lollapalooza Festival that Radiohead headlined.

The band played in front of 75,000 and did not disappoint. Coincidentally, fireworks went off during “Everything in its Right Place” which definitely added to the already amazing mood of the show.

For the setlist and to submit your review, head on over to our gigography!

Thom wrote on his blog today about it:

a day off in chicago after playing lolloplozo yesterday. im so relieved as on monday i was on a train in the Uk coming back from the seaside sick as a dog and panicking. we hastily cancelled a proposed secret show in a chicago and i travelled a day later. it is very stressful when you get sick and there is nothing you can do and you have a huge show coming up. you feel low and powerless and try so hard to not freak out.
in the end it worked out. i m amazed anybody could see anything as there was 75,000 people at the festival yesterday. and it was so hot.
so hot.
ive added a new track called eraser infinite which is me manipulating jonny’s piano chords from eraser.. snds like messians organ works.. well ok – a bit- good for the morning
x

The band will be in Indianapolis tomorrow night.

UPDATE: Here’s a video from the show:

“Everything in its Right Place” & “Fake Plastic Trees” with the fireworks going off in the background

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Pre-Lollapalooza show is not happening

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a pre-Lollapalooza warm up concert that Radiohead were going to stage Thursday at the Chicago Theatre has been scrapped.

The show had been in the works for weeks and the band was to announce details for a ticket sale Tuesday on its Web site, radiohead.com/deadairspace, but decided against playing the extra show. Singer Thom Yorke had been ill earlier in the week and “wanted to take no chances” of suffering a setback, a band spokesman said.

Some tickets remain for Radiohead’s performance Friday at Lollapalooza, but promoters have said the concert is close to selling out its 75,000 capacity. The band last played Grant Park in 2001, a concert that has been credited with helping re-open the door to major rock concerts on the historic lakefront property.

How amazing would that show have been?

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European Tour Over. Next Stop: Lollapalooza

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(Photo taken by Spookaap at the July 1 Amsterdam show)

Radiohead wrapped up their 2008 European tour tonight in Berlin, Germany. From here, they’ll take a few weeks off before heading back to North America to begin the second leg of that tour. The first stop will be the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago on August 1.

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Random Radiohead for June 18th

Radiohead - Les Arènes - 14/06/08 - Nîmes
Radiohead in Les Arènes (photo by Samuel Dietz)
Are you keeping up with the tour? We are over at Mortigi Tempo and our gigography, where you can submit your reviews. The band plays the second of two shows tonight in Milan, Italy before heading off to Germany to play the Southside Festival this Friday.

Here’s a roundup of Radiohead-related link goodness for you today:
Radiohead’s green idea doesn’t go as planned
Radiohead Approved Fan-Made Documentary Hits YouTube
Radiohead remix is web sensation
Final Voting Open For Semifinalists Of Radiohead’s In Rainbows Contest
Weezer Reveal “Hootenanny” Details, Radiohead Cover

Boo ya!

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Tour Roundup

Radiohead - Bercy - 09/06/2008 - Paris
(photo by Samuel Dietz)
Since we last updated you, the band has been in Paris where they played two shows and then last night in Barcelona, where they took part in the Daydream Festival.

For reviews and setlist information for those shows, check them out below:

6/9/08 – Paris
6/10/08 – Paris
6/12/08 – Barcelona

The band next head to Nimes, France where they will play two shows beginning tomorrow night.

Finally, we’ll leave you with some links of things that may interest you.
Radiohead Pushes Festivals Like Daydream to Go Green
Portishead Impressed By Radiohead ‘Rip’ Off
Kiss Star Gene Simmons Slams ‘Boring’ Radiohead

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The Rip Portishead Thom Jonny Again

Thom and Jonny cover Portishead’s “The Rip” and it is simply amazing.


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