Radiohead Headlining 2017

[The Red Telephone]

47 minutes ago, jparx said:

HTDC, Where I End and something from the Bends that isn't FPT, Street Spirit or Iron Lung would be lovely. 

They played Planet Telex a few times last year, but it seems to have completely disappeared from 2017 sets. Sounded great!

Was really hoping it was going to turn up at Glastonbury, but hey ho.

[jparx]

Telex would be great to open one of the encores. 

Really hope they do Lucky 2nd again. It's just s great way to start a Radiohead set.

[sadimmock]

Not sure if anyone is interested, but there are quite a few tickets at Face Value for Manchester on Scarlet Mist. A chance for someone to go!

[Guest]

I reckon we might get man of war tomorrow

[ThomThomDrum]

14 hours ago, russycarps said:

 

I've seen the lips set on the bbc and luckily it doesn't come across that well (tv recordings are never kind to Wayne's voice) so that softened the blow. But I know that live it was probably a better experience than the radiohead set. I'm trying not to dwell on it...

 

Im 100% sure you would have way way more regrets not seeing Radiohead for the Lips. Reading that Radiohead setlist and watching it back on iPlayer compared to what you potentially feel now for not attending the FL party in the Park would be a killer IMO.

Im still annoyed they allowed these two to clash, especially considering I made the Gorrilaz mistake in 2010, but I have partied with the Lips on occasion; I had never seen Radiohead on the Pyramid; I had never experienced Let Down live; I last went to a Radiohead gig 9 years ago!! (and it was not a great gig) etc etc. Had I given Radiohead up I dont think Id be able to function as a human, what with being so overawed and consumed with regret. 

Top 3 Glasto gigs of all time for me (in no particular order as I cant do that) - Radiohead 17, Blur 09, Portishead 13

 

[arcade fireman]

4 minutes ago, ThomThomDrum said:

Im 100% sure you would have way way more regrets not seeing Radiohead for the Lips. Reading that Radiohead setlist and watching it back on iPlayer compared to what you potentially feel now for not attending the FL party in the Park would be a killer IMO.

Im still annoyed they allowed these two to clash, especially considering I made the Gorrilaz mistake in 2010, but I have partied with the Lips on occasion; I had never seen Radiohead on the Pyramid; I had never experienced Let Down live; I last went to a Radiohead gig 9 years ago!! (and it was not a great gig) etc etc. Had I given Radiohead up I dont think Id be able to function as a human, what with being so overawed and consumed with regret. 

Top 3 Glasto gigs of all time for me (in no particular order as I cant do that) - Radiohead 17, Blur 09, Portishead 13

 

I don't think they "allowed" them to clash, I think it was entirely deliberate. Only way they could have an intimate Flaming Lips experience on the Park would be by having them up against Radiohead. They'd be playing a bigger stage otherwise. 

[ThomThomDrum]

Just now, arcade fireman said:

I don't think they "allowed" them to clash, I think it was entirely deliberate. Only way they could have an intimate Flaming Lips experience on the Park would be by having them up against Radiohead. They'd be playing a bigger stage otherwise. 

OK then Im annoyed they "made" these clash..........

Im simply just annoyed at the clash......... It stunk for me. Really would have loved the Lips in the Park

[wedgie]

Me and a friend are looking at getting tickets for tomorrow's gig, does anyone know if the 'front standing tickets' are actually in a seperate pen to the general admission? And if so has anyone had previous experience of how much better this makes your position?

[Thunderstruck]

I have a spare ticket front standing - £75 fv if anybody is interested.

[OddRon]

33 minutes ago, SomeoneListeningIn said:

I reckon we might get man of war tomorrow

Please, I'l bake them a cake made of eyes if they do 

[ThomThomDrum]

Is it Man of War or Big Boots? This confuses me...........

[strummer77]

1 hour ago, jparx said:

Telex would be great to open one of the encores. 

Telex at the Roundhouse was amazing last year. Hope for you lot they pull that out the bag!

[russycarps]

42 minutes ago, ThomThomDrum said:

Im 100% sure you would have way way more regrets not seeing Radiohead for the Lips. Reading that Radiohead setlist and watching it back on iPlayer compared to what you potentially feel now for not attending the FL party in the Park would be a killer IMO.

Im still annoyed they allowed these two to clash, especially considering I made the Gorrilaz mistake in 2010, but I have partied with the Lips on occasion; I had never seen Radiohead on the Pyramid; I had never experienced Let Down live; I last went to a Radiohead gig 9 years ago!! (and it was not a great gig) etc etc. Had I given Radiohead up I dont think Id be able to function as a human, what with being so overawed and consumed with regret. 

Top 3 Glasto gigs of all time for me (in no particular order as I cant do that) - Radiohead 17, Blur 09, Portishead 13

 

I know what you mean, and I've seen all those flaming lips songs played recently (and most of them hundreds loads and loads of times) and in exactly the same way: wayne in the bubble for space oddity, LOVE flashing on the screen for the encore after spoonful, the slow intro to race for the prize......and yet I know the lips at glastonbury is always something extra special. Ah well. No point dwelling on these things.

As you say, radiohead being so sensational has softened the blow considerably!

[FuzzyDunlop]

Very pleased I went to The Flaming Lips on the farm, but I am really looking forward to tomorrow. I have deliberately not seen the Radiohead Glastonbury set to keep as much as possible a surprise.

 

[Hugh Jass]

I'm at a bit of a loose end in Manchester on Friday and was even looking up the possibility of going up to Glasgow to watch them again...

[nikkic]

7 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I'm at a bit of a loose end in Manchester on Friday and was even looking up the possibility of going up to Glasgow to watch them again...

YOLO (as the kids say). 

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, nikkic said:

YOLO (as the kids say). 

Looks like it'll cost a fair whack and I can't get a train back until the next morning.

Shame as I'd love to go to Manchester tomorrow but can't justify the expense or the annual leave as I'm already going up there on Thursday for AF. If it had been rearranged for Wednesday then that would have been a different story altogether.

[efcfanwirral]

1 hour ago, wedgie said:

Me and a friend are looking at getting tickets for tomorrow's gig, does anyone know if the 'front standing tickets' are actually in a seperate pen to the general admission? And if so has anyone had previous experience of how much better this makes your position?

Much better - the front pen was quite big for courteeners (and not full). well worth it. Also last time I went to watch Radiohead at cricket ground there were a LOT of talkers so that's something to keep in mind being stuck further back

It actually turns out the ticket I got less than FV on twickets that said 'general admission on the listing is actually someone who was going to the original shows so I have a front ticket completely by accident 

Edited July 3, 2017 by efcfanwirral

[wedgie]

3 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

Much better - the front pen was quite big for courteeners (and not full). well worth it. Also last time I went to watch Radiohead at cricket ground there were a LOT of talkers so that's something to keep in mind being stuck further back

It actually turns out the ticket I got less than FV on twickets that said 'general admission on the listing is actually someone who was going to the original shows so I have a front ticket completely by accident 

ahh, thanks for the heads up! Would've been very frustrated to find ourselves with the talkers haha.

[Hugh Jass]

7 minutes ago, wedgie said:

ahh, thanks for the heads up! Would've been very frustrated to find ourselves with the talkers haha.

Surely there wouldn't be any talkers at their own gig? If you paid for it then you woulkdn't just chat through it all?*

*I say that but I did have to ask to blokes next to me to shut up at the Pet Shop Boys at the Albert Hall yesterday. Just yammered through the first 20 mins, then spent the rest of the night Whatsapping each other. Bizarre behaviour.

[wedgie]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

Surely there wouldn't be any talkers at their own gig? If you paid for it then you woulkdn't just chat through it all?*

*I say that but I did have to ask to blokes next to me to shut up at the Pet Shop Boys at the Albert Hall yesterday. Just yammered through the first 20 mins, then spent the rest of the night Whatsapping each other. Bizarre behaviour.

Yeah, it's a shame. I guess it only takes someone's friend who went to go see OK computer and the bends to get bored quickly and just lose consideration for people around them after a fair few hours of drinking

[efcfanwirral]

2 hours ago, wedgie said:

Yeah, it's a shame. I guess it only takes someone's friend who went to go see OK computer and the bends to get bored quickly and just lose consideration for people around them after a fair few hours of drinking

This is it really - that was quite a hit packed day as well, though in rainbows was new at the time 

that was however originally announced as a gig at the cricket ground on a Sunday, so people were out all day. This one being a Tuesday, a combination of two gigs that sold out in minutes, and general tickets only being on sale a couple of weeks might make it not as bad.

Edited July 3, 2017 by efcfanwirral

[wedgie]

49 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

This is it really - that was quite a hit packed day as well, though in rainbows was new at the time 

that was however originally announced as a gig at the cricket ground on a Sunday, so people were out all day. This one being a Tuesday, a combination of two gigs that sold out in minutes, and general tickets only being on sale a couple of weeks might make it not as bad.

Managed to get a front standing ticket, so so excited now!

[FloorFiller]

Fully recovered from Glastonbury now and mega excited for this. Was initially a bit disappointed that we'll probably get a similar setlist to Glastonbury but now I'm well up for it - I want another bangerfest, but with HTDC in place of Creep and and maybe a few other switcheroos. Probably gonna get DID second but small price to pay (and at least it'll be a crowd of Radiohead fans so no winning over needed).

[Rubber Soldier]

6 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Looks like it'll cost a fair whack and I can't get a train back until the next morning.

Shame as I'd love to go to Manchester tomorrow but can't justify the expense or the annual leave as I'm already going up there on Thursday for AF. If it had been rearranged for Wednesday then that would have been a different story altogether.

Mega Bus up, TRNSMT, casino nursing a drink until 6am, Mega Bus home. Should be cheaper than getting the train and a hotel.