[ATTENDED: August 1, 2018] Radiohead
I
have never really seen a band two times close together. Sometimes with smaller bands if they are playing two clubs, but never a stadium show.
But I had already gotten my Radiohead ticket for WellsFargo, so I was sure as heck not giving it up.
I saw Phish twice on the Baker’s Dozen run–two shows 16 days apart. Now here was Radiohead 21 days apart. For some reason their tour didn’t go NY to Philly, it went NY to Canada, to Ohio to Boston and then to Philly. This was a cool way to see the band twice with some decompression time in between gigs.
Strangely enough, these tickets which were literally at the side of the stage–I was parallel with the gap between the stage and the crowd and 23 rows back–and they actually cost more than the General Admission floor seats at Madison Square Garden (although the fees at MSG were more, so these tickets were technically cheaper when all was said and done).
Since I had trouble getting to the arena for Pearl Jam, I decided to leave work a bit early, drive in and beat the inevitable traffic. Which meant I arrived 45 minutes before the gates opened. Duh. So I sat in the car and continued my book.
Then I went in and got some merch that hadn’t been available at MSG and found my seat. As with the MSG show I was surprised at how uncrowded it was. I guess many people didn’t care about Junun. But when the lights went down for Radiohead, my section (and everywhere else) seemed full.
I had a pretty great view of the stage (except for one lighting pole which was directly in my view of whomever was up front (usually Thom). I also couldn’t really see the screen in the back (which was ok) and the lights are obviously very different from off to the side instead of head on.
But what was most important was the music. And despite what I thought was a terrible sound for Junun, Radiohead sounded amazing once more The music was crystal clear and powerful without being too loud. (more…)
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