Radiohead, Junun – Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
Off to Manchester with Jay to see Radiohead together for the first time! I’ve only just brought him back from Lancaster for the summer, so I’m enjoying another trip up the M6.
The gig was meant to take place at the Manchester Arena, but it’s been relocated to airline sponsored cricket ground after last month’s tragic bombing.
I’ve booked a hotel in Altrincham, which is surprisingly (to me) upmarket, and I found the only place in Manchester with beer prices higher than in Essex. But the pizza was lovely.
Okay, it looks a bit burnt there but you’ll have to take my word for it.
Support band Junun are actually a Jonny Greenwood side project. He recorded an album in 2015 with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and the Indian ensemble The Rajasthan Express.
Tonight’s gig was one of those “pay more to get nearer the stage” dealies. I didn’t (I paid £75 per ticket, which you would think would be enough to get near the stage) so we were about 20-30 rows back, the nearest we could get behind the pleb barrier. Not a bad view, but a horrible trend and why I always prefer the little gigs to stadiums.
Not a bad setlist. Six tracks from OK Computer, five from In Rainbows, not too many from the overrated Kid A and Amnesiac, and the terrible King Of Limbs. Sadly only two from The Bends and none at all from Pablo Honey. They had played Creep when headlining Glastonbury the previous month, but that was too much to expect for today.
And the next morning, just before heading home, we went to Timperley for the first time. Why would you go to Timperley? Easy …
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Setlist:
- Let Down
- Lucky
- Ful Stop
- Airbag
- 15 Step
- Myxomatosis
- All I Need
- Pyramid Song
- Everything in Its Right Place
- No Surprises
- Bloom
- Identikit
- Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
- Idioteque
- You and Whose Army?
- Bodysnatchers
- 2 + 2 = 5
Encore 1:
- Daydreaming
- Nude
- Lotus Flower
- Paranoid Android
- Fake Plastic Trees
Encore 2:
- There There
- I Promise
- The Bends
- Karma Police
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 839 views
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Gigs
- Gigantic Indie All Dayer – Marble Factory, Bristol
- HMS Morris, Pictish Trail – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- The Others – The 100 Club, Soho
- Stray Tracks: White Gates Band, Mystery Team, Basharan, SNM, Monumental – Pink Toothbrush, Rayleigh
- Franz Ferdinand, Master Peace, Great Leslie – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
- Melys, Yr Anghysur – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Ynys, Sybs, Lafant – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- Sultans of Ping FC – Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Glasgow
- Franz Ferdinand, Permanent (Joy) – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
- Half Happy, em koko – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
- My Life Story – The Quarry, Liverpool
- Melys, Osgled – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- They Might Be Giants – The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
- Darling Buds, Simon Love and the Loves – 229, Great Portland Street, London
- Fightmilk, Tugboat Captain – Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney
- Bugeye, Lucky Number You – The Victoria, Birmingham
- Art Brut – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
- Sultans of Ping FC, Meryl Streek – The Ritz, Manchester
- Chroma, Baby Brave, Lila Zing – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- Melin Melyn, Ynys, Pys Melyn – Town Hall, Llangollen
- Antarctic Monkeys – The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury
- Bloc Party – The Institute, Digbeth, Birmingham
- Urdd Gobaith Cymru: Achlysurol, HMS Morris, Llareggub Brass Band – Mathrafal Field, Meifod
- Echobelly, Camens – Live 45, Kidderminster
- Futureheads, Adult Play – Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
- Adwaith – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
- Melys, Pys Melyn, Sophie Kilburn – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Sea Power, Callum Easter – Town Hall, Birmingham
- Dydd Miwsig Cymru: Morgan Elwy, Tew Tew Tennau, Mynadd – Y Institwt, Llanfair Caereinion
- Bikini Beach Band – The White Hart, Stoke Newington
- Pacifica, House of Women – Academy 2, Islington
- Fonda 500, Bugeye, Hurtling, Colossus – Amersham Arms, New Cross
- Snow Coats, Toodles and the Hectic Pity – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Snow Coats – Tunbridge Wells Forum
- Darling Buds, Keeley – The Thunderbolt, Bristol
- Fightmilk, Feeble Strength – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Thousand Yard Stare – The Lexington, Islington
- Thousand Yard Stare – Prince Albert, Brighton
- Be Your Own Pet – Rough Trade East, Whitechapel
- Brian Butterfield – Bush Hall, Shepherd’s Bush
- Pulp – Apollo, Hammersmith
- Blur, Self Esteem – Wembley Stadium, Wembley
- Blur, Wu Lu – City Hall, Newcastle
- Salad, Repetitive John – Arts Club, West Hampstead, London
- Salad – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
- The Others – The Garage, Highbury
- Fightmilk – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Ynys, Gillie – The Victoria, Dalston
- Republica, Freya Beer – Powerhaus, Camden
- Pop Will Eat Itself, Sigue Sigue Sputnik – 229, Great Portland Street, London
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