Radiohead: setlist, and the view from the lawn
Radiohead review and photo gallery here. Set list below the fold. But first I'd like to know how Monday's Radiohead concert at Cruzan Amphitheatre - opening night of the tour - went over with people watching from the lawn.
I ask because Radiohead played without what you could call Lawn TV - the venue's twin-video screens, which are mounted at the back edge of the pavilion roof in order to extend the show visually to the big, unreserved seating on the grassy hill.
Even without screens, you would of course still be able see the stage and hear the music. But for me, on a brief trek across the lawn about eight songs into Radiohead's set, the band felt farther away than bands playing Cruzan usually do. I attributed that sensation to the missing video.
There was a curious counter-effect: Radiohead looked from that distance as if it were playing inside of a box of light. But as interesting as that was, I still felt like something was missing.
I understand Radiohead left the lawn screens off as an energy-saving measure, on a tour that's partly an experiment in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change. The band commissioned a report of its energy use on past tours and is looking for ways to lower its carbon profile.
I'm just not sure this step justified depriving the lawn seats of a useful visual aid. As the study points out, audiences driving to and from concerts cause the overwhelming majority of the emissions; tour sound and lighting are a comparatively small contributor to the greenhouse effect.
So was it lame being green on the lawn? Or was it alright?
Meanwhile, here's the set list:
All I Need
Bodysnatchers
There There
Reckoner
The Gloaming
Amnesiac/Morning Bell
Nude
How to Disappear Completely
15 Step
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Idioteque
Bulletproof ... I Wish I Was
Where I End and You Begin
Airbag
Everything in its Right Place
The National Anthem
Videotape
(first encores)
Optimistic
Just
Faust ARP
Exit Music (For a Film)
Bangers and Mash
(second encores)
House of Cards
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
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