Now that the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is in
our collective rearview mirror and everyone has un-dropped their jaws in
response to the Tupac Shakur performance, critics and fans can begin to unwrap
what really went on there ... along with what that means for the summer touring
season that lies ahead. Various people toss various post-Coachella love letters
toward Bon Iver, the Black Keys, the Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, M83, Refused, Gary
Clark Jr., Flying Lotus, and Azealia Banks. But the overwhelming victor has to
be Radiohead.
Radiohead's 2012 Coachella Set List: Bloom, 15 Step, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Morning Mr Magpie, Staircase, The Gloaming, Pyramid Song, Daily Mail, Myxomatosis, Karma Police, Identikit, Lotus Flower, There There, Bodysnatchers, Idioteque,
Encore 1: Lucky, Reckoner, After the Gold Rush intro, Everything in Its Right Place
Encore 2: Give Up the Ghost, Paranoid Android
While Tupac may have, like Dr. Dre insists, been resurrected
solely for Coachella, Radiohead has a whole slate of tour dates plotted out
over the next few months with stops in Newark and Camden included as
alternatives to playing in New York City. After starting up in Mansfield,
Massachusetts, on May 29, the British phenoms take over Newark's Prudential
Center for a two-night stand spanning May 31 and June 1, followed a couple of
weeks later with a one-nighter at Camden's Susquehanna Bank Center on June 13.
Caribou is set to open all three shows.
This will be Radiohead's first-ever performance in Newark,
but not the first time they've skipped out on the Big Apple. In 2008, they
bypassed the City in favor of a spot on the All Points West Festival in Liberty
State Park (also in the Garden State). In fact, they haven't played Madison
Square Garden since 2006. Their Roseland Ballroom shows last November sold out
in mere minutes, with scalpers asking up to $600 each for tickets. In keeping
with Radiohead's eco-friendly tour policies, City dwellers attending the Newark
show should strongly consider taking the PATH train over to the Prudential
Center.
The Camden concert marks the end of the U.S. run and will be followed by dates in Canada, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, and Australia. All told, Radiohead looks to be on the road until mid-November supporting their latest Grammy-nominated release, The King of Limbs.
Tour dates:
31st May. Prudential Center - Newark, NJ
1st June. Prudential Center - Newark, NJ
6th October. Manchester Arena - Manchester, UK
8th October. O2 Arena - London, UK
9th October. O2 Arena - London, UK
For more information regarding tickets etc check out: http://radiohead.com/tourdates/
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