Radiohead - Victoria Park

(Broadcast)

02 November 2000 - Victoria Park - Cheshire, Warrington, England


Ah, perfect. The capacious, corporate-kicking marquee and a two hour bout of cerebralcathartic old rock with new, improved noodles. Tent alone warrants a paragraph; warm, roomy and teched-up to the hips with three screen sets at regular intervals for remotely positioned midgets. Hence, a Radiohead movie with in-house band. Unless you jumped up and down. Which, of course, is unavoidable when streams of sonic terrorism are blowing your brain to stratospheric pleasure stuffed pieces. New pal 'Kid A' squibbles and struts asymmetrically; the band effecting an immediate introduction by thundering on with 'The National Anthem'. There're melodies in overlayered aural onslaughts y'know (see: My Bloody Valentine), listen harder and longer. Fry, braincells, fry. And the delicacies; 'Everything in its Right Place', showcasing Thom Yorkes angel-robbed tonsils, yet again. But the celestially-corded ones got the Devil inside. 'Knives Out', the virtually rapping, screaming unreleased hardcore and in-your-face newy that sat next to 'Just' and rendered it Jurassic. Communal 'OK...' singalongs and a duo of encores including the taut and teasing 'Talk Show Host' satisfied nostalgics, like a comfort blanket. But the unveiled unheards buzzed long after closedown
-Sara Whiteside

01 - National Anthem
02 - Morning Bell
03 - Airbag
04 - Karma Police
05 - In Limbo
06 - Optimistic
07 - Paranoid Android
08 - Permanent Daylight
09 - Pyramid Song
10 - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
11 - Climbing Up The Walls
12 - Dollars & Cents
13 - Talk Show Host
14 - Lucky
15 - Idioteque
16 - Just
17 - Everything In Its Right Place
18 - Exit Music (For A Film)
19 - The Thief
20 - The Bends
21 - How To Disappear Completely
22 - Motion Picture Soundtrack
23 - My Iron Lung

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