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Radiohead @ Glasgow Green, 27 Jun

Once Radiohead begin playing, even being soaked to the skin ceases to be of importance
Posted by Milo McLaughlin, Mon 30 Jun 2008
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Event nameRadiohead
VenueGlasgow Green
Date27 Jun

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“Nice day for it. You should all move down south...” Perhaps goading the drenched Glasgow Green crowd who paid £40 each for the privilege to see his band isn’t the best way for Thom Yorke to kick off proceedings, and some react with the inevitable boos. Yorke clearly enjoys the wind-up though, and even a tease like this goes down better than the overly polite set peppered with weak between-song banter of tonight’s only support act, Bat for Lashes.

But all is inevitably forgiven once Radiohead begin playing, even being soaked to the skin really does cease to be of importance. Yorke’s vocal performance is sublime - excelling himself on the instant In Rainbows classic Nude, reaching the song’s climactic notes with a breathtaking combination of accuracy and passion. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi and Reckoner were equally awe-inspiring highlights, proving the strength of their latest long-player lies as much in the content as the much-hyped release method. There’s no doubt, though, that it’s the joy of singing along and thrashing about to career bests such as Paranoid Android, Just, Karma Police and Fake Plastic Trees that truly lift the spirits of the waterlogged thousands who made it here to marvel. [Milo McLaughlin]

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Registered user Ally Brown
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Mon 30 Jun 2008

mate, it's brilliant with the video, great to watch (though your writing is better than your singing ;-) )
and from where i was standing the rain STOPPED when Thom Yorke started singing "rain down!"... no? Mibbe you had your own personal cartoon raincloud

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Registered user Milo McLaughlin
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Tue 01 Jul 2008

What can I say Ally, you must have found a dry spot, unless it was an attempt by the powers that be to drown out my vocals...

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Registered user Dave Kerr
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Tue 01 Jul 2008

Shut up, the pair of you...i'm still bubbling into my Quavers about missing this.

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