Radiohead Kick Off 2008 World Tour

Radiohead kicked off their 2008 world tour at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida last night (May 5).

The band are playing a string of US dates before heading to Europe this summer.

According to Ateaseweb.com, following an hour-long performance by support band Liars, the group took to the stage draped with two Tibetan flags, to play a 24-song set, featuring two encores and saw frontman Thom Yorke joking about the amount of plastic surgery cases he saw while in Miami ahead of the gigs.

"We spent three days at Miami Beach. Fucking hell! What’s going on there?" he asked. "Some kind of reconstruction! for once I was proud to white, pale and English."

The band played almost all of new album [B]'In Rainbows', bizarrely omitting the record's first single 'Jigsaw Falling Into Place'.

There were also rare live outings for the likes of 'Optimistic' (from 2000's 'Kid A') and 'Bulletproof (I Wish I Was)' from 1995's 'The Bends'.

Radiohead played:

01. All I Need
02. Bodysnatchers
03. There There
04. Reckoner
05. The Gloaming
06. Morning Bell
07. Nude
08. How To Disappear Completely
09. 15 Step
10. Arpeggi
11. Idioteque
12. Bulletproof (I Wish I Was)
13. Where I End And You Begin
14. Airbag
15. Everything In Its Right Place
16. The National Anthem
17. Videotape
18. Optimistic
19. Just
20. Faust Arp
21. Exit Music (For A Film)
22. Bangers And Mash
23. House Of Cards
24. Street Spirit (Fade Out)

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Thanks for the info to NME.com.

Comments

[grnday1236]

ugh i missed that!

sweet, first comment

[AestheticGuitar]

it was sooooo good.

[MuRph83]

hopefully they keep a similar set list for their show in montreal in august.

[AnimatedHand]

I'm suprised they didn't play more from The Bends, like Just.

[Time Seller]

Come to Malaysia. Please.

[Slashrulz]

Nice set list, I hope they come somewhere close to my town...

[Four Symbols]

I'm seeing them in Tampa tonight! I can't wait!

[thirdeye_15]

welll i dunno that is absolutly AMAZINGGGGG :O:O:O:O im soooo happy ihope they kan keep that core list fpr toronto!!!! O MAN OP MAN OMMAN O MAN sooo many songs ahhhhh yes yes yes !!! sucha nice variety tooo!!!!! AHHHHH im tingling ahhhh

[ginjaninja]

good setlist.

because i am in love with the bends album.

[MuseF'nRocks]

Can't wait to see them in Atlanta... Great set list, long too!!

[Comeback Kiddd]

No Surprises?

[el57]

man the concert kicked all sorts of ass. and btw animatedhand they did play Just. They played alot more than what's mentioned up there.

[str84ever]

i'm seeing them in dublinnnn

[redhotsexmagic]

I just started listening to these guys cause I'm goin to lollapalooza this year, so I figured since they're headlining I should at least know their music..I've listened to em pretty much nonstop for about a week. I still need to get the bends album. Definitely becoming a fan.

[Bizzarosanta2]

wow what a good set! I hope they get to play as long at lalapalooza

[ElThomas]

im goin to see them friday! woot!

*checked*

[null]

seeing them tonight...hell yes.

[Jayok]

did I miss it or did they not play Creep?

[sowhat360]

they don't appear to play their big songs, not really interested in seeing that playlist

[Samothomas]

no creep no?

[matt bickerton]

No Karma Police? Why?

[TheAngryMob875]

no the bends?

[alias.dcmain]

That's an incredible setlist.

[Hazen Zero]

Seeing them in Indianapolis August 3rd. So excited...

[fitter.happier.]

TheAngryMob875 wrote:

no the bends?

better read that one again

august 23rd ftw!

[Doodleface]

matt bickerton wrote:

No Karma Police? Why?

or Paranoid Android!?

[paulish86]

august 12th in philly... heard they were playing for more than 3 hours... that setlist isnt three hours.... damn

MuRph83 wrote:

hopefully they keep a similar set list for their show in montreal in august.

I'll be there.

[Erik_Aero]

TTTTTOOOOORRRRROOOOONNNNNTTTTTOOOOO!

anyone else going to that one?

[Gee-Tar1]

No because it sold out in one minute and the prices on ebay are ridiculous. Very disappointed.

[fede01_8]

alias.dcmain wrote:

That's an incredible setlist.

no it's not

Where's Creep, No Surprises, Lucky, Paranoid Android, High And Dry, Karma Police and many more

[bananaboy]

There's an amazing lack of OK Computer in that setlist. Which sucks because those are the songs (in addition to In Rainbows) I would actually pay to see Radiohead play live.

[jojobeasty]

thursday in atlanta!!! party on the lawn!!
what a great set list too! ya!

[fitter.happier.]

fede01_8 wrote:

alias.dcmain wrote:

That's an incredible setlist.


no it's not

Where's Creep, No Surprises, Lucky, Paranoid Android, High And Dry, Karma Police and many more

because those are staples or something?
radiohead put out some albums after 1997, really.

[jojobeasty]

and to quote the two people before me
this is an In Rainbows tour. so i think its great they are almost playing the full album

[therescue06]

videotape is probably one of my favorite songs on inrainbows and i cant wait to see it live.

[jahyarain]

Jayok wrote:

did I miss it or did they not play Creep?

Samothomas wrote:

no creep no?

they don't play "Creep"

[TheCondors]

i heard they put it back in their set [creep]

i guess just not at this show?

[Shmuh]

Creep is there worst song, I'm glad they kept it out of this setlist.

[llama_guitarist]

I'd much rather they play something else instead of Creep. I'm happy with the setlist for the most part, I guess Paranoid Android would've been nice, but other than that, I wouldn't complain much.

[luvsmygf13]

I hope they play Jigsaw Falling Into Place when I go see them.

[DaysoftheBlue]

it was sunrise ampitheatre i belive

[Roythebattousai]

Eh. I'm excited.

Lack of Creep and Karma Police saddens me.

I love all of their other stuff, but come on, show some love to the songs that got them famous.

[DaysoftheBlue]

Roythebattousai wrote:

Eh. I'm excited.

Lack of Creep and Karma Police saddens me.

I love all of their other stuff, but come on, show some love to the songs that got them famous.

they never play creep and havent played karma police during their recent tours

[6stringwizard]

I was there...****ing incredible...one of the best shows ive ever seen

[anthonyd3ca]

Hey everyone check out my bands video of us performing "High and Dry" by Radiohead and "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix. Thanks! http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pLF_3rPi_Rw

[FooFighter1927]

seeing them in charlotte on friday! hell yeah!

[freedoms_stain]

woot, I can't wait for june.

Roll on Glasgow.

[Snarl Dreadwood]

have they got gigs booked for july because im going away in july and i bet theyre going to come and play in NZ then. I'm already missing Joe satriani because of this trip...

[Jk3y]

I'd prefer the setlist to have more from the bends and ok computer, but all radiohead's stuff is good

and whats wrong with playing creep =(
its what made them famous

[aether3089]

great setlist!!

can't wait till Manchester

[aether3089]

i just rechecked it

no paranoid anrdroid

[langers73]

seriously get over Creep. it is such a basic and amateur song and radiohead have developed so much since releasing that about 15 years ago....please listen to albums after OK computer, and experience everything that radiohead has to offer.

[thirdeye_15]

all these ppl sayin wat bout this wata bout that? wat the fuk man, look at those 24 songs, and if u actually like radiohead that should be a satisfying show, plus they did encores ppl which no one mentiond wat traks!!! so chill out gonna be a wild summer!

[thirdeye_15]

thank you langers73!!! im sick of ppl asking for creep aswell theres SOOOOO much more now from them to offer then that. Thom doesnt reely like the old stuff to begin with jusst be happy theres street spirit and wat not still!

[Hazen Zero]

fede01_8 wrote:

alias.dcmain wrote:

That's an incredible setlist.

no it's not

Where's Creep, No Surprises, Lucky, Paranoid Android, High And Dry, Karma Police and many more

How much Radiohead have you heard? That setlist is AMAZING.

[thbeekk]

I saw them the other night and they played a completely different setlist. Only "Planet Telex" came off The Bends