Radiohead tonight will debut many of the songs off In Rainbows in front of a live audience on London’s Brick Lane. Fans have been queuing up outside the intimate venue — Rough Trade East — for the free show, waiting for their chance to be among the first people to witness the new material in a live setting.
But we’ll all have our chance as well. In addition to outdoor screens and speakers for the poor folks waiting all day who can’t get in to the small shop, Radiohead will once again be turning to the ever-popular webcast. Radiohead seems to be giving overrated presidential candidate Ron Paul a run for his money at having their rabid supporters spend the most time on the Internet.
Streaming a live performance seems like a real no-brainer to us, a total Schiavo, and while other bands have tried to make webcasting an industry standard, maybe it’ll take the support of these beneficent innovators to actually make it stick. So if the show starts at 8 over there, I guess that’s 3 pm Eastern here in the States, right? Man, 28 years old and time zones still fuck me up beyond all comprehension.
AFTERNOON UPDATE: “Radiohead have been forced at the last minute to change the venue for their free London show from the Rough Trade East record shop to the adjoining venue, 93 Feet East.
On the advice of the police and the local council, it was decided to change the venue to the larger one in the interests of public safety and due to the size of the crowd that turned up for the event. Rough Trade and the band apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Allocated wristbands only remain valid for the new venue. Doors open at 9pm prompt. There will be no admittance to anyone without a wristband and there will be no screens or speakers outside the venue – however the show will still be webcast from www.radiohead.tv!”
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you mean the overrated ron paul that beat out JulieAnnie adn Thompson in primary this week?
I wonder if Radiohead’s on Facebook.
Isn’t the show supposed to be going on right now? I’m getting nada.
See the update above…
unlike radiohead,
our poor libertarian is suffering
from the ole “media ignore-itis”
check it out. i am a semi non-believer of most conspiracy theories.
but, despite coming in 4th in two races, paul is still not being listed on USA Today, CNN, FOX, etc…
messed up y’all. just sayin.
Well, that was freakin’ awesome. Here was the setlist (In Rainbows in order a few bonus tunes):
15 Step
Bodysnatchers
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
All I Need
Faust Arp
Reckoner
House Of Cards
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Videotape
Encore:
Up On The Ladder
You And Whose Army?
The National Anthem
My Iron Lung
The Bends
As for the Ron Paul thing, the media may be ignoring him, and that sucks — really, it does. The overrated part is based on his issues; you may agree with half his positions, and he’s an admirable alternative, but the other half of his positions are kinda ridiculous, and he’s potentially very dangerous.
And here’s the 15 Steps on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zSMrprgkPM
More clips on YouTube, ya just gotta poke around…