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Radiohead Light Up All Points West With Two Headlining Performances

8/9/08, 11:50 pm EST

The first night featured a dedication to Underworld, the second to Kings of Leon, but aside from a few cosmetic differences Radiohead performed a pair of solid two-plus-hour headlining sets at New Jersey’s All Points West festival this weekend. Both shows were heavy on material from In Rainbows, and the Friday night crowd emitted a particularly loud rumble of approval for “Idioteque” from Kid A. Orange and yellow lights bathed the audience during “Lucky,” waking fans from the drowsy lullaby of “All I Need.” With Manhattan looming behind the audience, Thom Yorke dedicated “Pyramid Song” to “a very hectic city.”

The band’s LED lights were just as mesmerizing on Saturday night, as Radiohead took the stage again to toy with distance and intimacy in a massive setting. The only shots the band allowed on the Jumbotron were extreme close-ups (Yorke’s wriggling scruff, a mallet hitting a glockenspiel), so the crowd went craziest for the most tender and human elements of the night — the vulnerable solo vocals on “Nude,” the extra slow version of “Exit Music for a Film” — but maybe they were just breaking the tension.

[Photograph by Jason Bergman for RollingStone.Com]


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Elena | 8/11/2008, 9:08 am EST

Seriously Radiohead’s peformance was amazing! I never even knew how many instruments the guys played, why hasn’t more been written about this amazing band?

stupid Elena | 8/11/2008, 10:19 am EST

Were have you been the last ten years. You might as well call this mag “The Radiohead Times”.

Jonnny G. | 8/11/2008, 5:53 pm EST

i was there both nights, amazing, i was at LSP in 2001, the last time radiohead played here it was great! both nights,such a treat, thank you boys!

Jonnny G. | 8/11/2008, 5:53 pm EST

i was there both nights, amazing, i was at LSP in 2001, the last time radiohead played here it was great! both nights,such a treat, thank you boys!

Lisa | 8/11/2008, 7:55 pm EST

I was there night 2..It was the most completely perfect sound I’ve ever heard. I suffered through 8 hours of stink weed, fried everything, and dread locks from hell, only to come to realize I would have done it all over again to see and experience RADIOHEAD. To try and explain the evening is futile. I have not listened to one note of music since (minus some youtube of the show) I’m still in a state of euphoria. Planning my next vacation around their tour dates…holy #%*#

Jade | 2/26/2009, 9:52 pm EST

How Many people usually attend this festival?

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