- by Jason Gregory
- Monday, June 09, 2008
- Photo by: WENN
- filed in: Indie
Radiohead debuted new song, ‘Super Collider’, during their two-night residency at Malahide Castle in Dublin over the weekend.
The band’s outdoor shows – on Friday (June 6th) and Saturday (June 7th) – were the opening nights of their European tour.
After performing the new song, which simply features frontman Thom Yorke on piano, for the first time on Friday, they added it to their final encore on Saturday.
Yorke told the crowd beforehand that he would try to remember the words to the song after forgetting them on the opening night.
Radiohead’s performance on Saturday borrowed heavily from their latest album ‘In Rainbows’, opening with ’15 Step’ and ‘Bodysnatchers’.
Newer songs ‘All I Need’, ‘Videotape’ and ‘Nude’ also stood up well against songs from the bands back-catalogue.
As with the opening night, the crowds were spoiled by the glorious weather that had graced much of Ireland’s capital throughout the day.
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You can watch a fans-eye-view of ‘Super Collider’ below...
Also, there are a selection of photos from the bands opening show. Click here if you would like to see them all.
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I was the Saturday night gig. What a concert, I still can’t stop thinking about it. Pyramid Song was probably the best, such a beautiful song and the setting was perfect, the moon was directly over the stage with the sunset beaming through the trees surrounding the concert site. Please come back Radiohead! I’’ll never forget that performance!
- I was at the Friday show. It was truely amazing to see a band at their best.
Luky -
- I was at the gig saturday night and I was really disappointed. The setting was amazing, the crowd excited and yet we were given a below par set. Too many new not yet trusted songs! We wanted the favourites, the ones we have been singing to for years. Where were they? Is anyone going to tell me Tom would have delivered that to the Reading festival crowd?
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- I was at Fridays show. I would have to say that the gig only suited hardcore Radiohead fans, only a few songs from the bends closing the night rescued the evening for me. It was definately not a show for a general audience, there was very little interaction with the crowd which left pretty much as they arrived.
- Radiohead milking it in my opion. Totally agree with Tony but would also add that the easy access to beer was also responsible for saving the evening. I would go out on a limb and say that only a very small % of the audience were satisfied with the performance. Certainly anecdotal evidence from those I’ve spoken to would suggest this.
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