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looks like they are doing their best to stop touts too

when Kid A came out. But yeah, its not a surprise.

better than cricket grounds and parks though

so I'm looking forward to seeing them scaled down slightly (if I get tickets).

keep up

it was fine.

saw msp there and the sound was great.

£5 pints not so much

Smashing Pumpkins there in Feb 2008, that was ok. Suede though was WONDERFUL last year or late 2010, whenever it was.

http://www.waste.uk.com/Members/ and keep hitting refresh ALL DAY

Where did you find that out

:-O

Seems odd they'd only tour in two UK cities.

the cheap ones in Manchester are right at the back of the arena, in the upper tier. Vast, vast majority of seating is also £65+fees = £71.50.

those £71.50 ones, they'll be standing, right?

You're pretty bored today huh?

I hope they play Prove Yourself

http://www.waste.uk.com/JoinWaste/JoinNow.html

but when 'tallica played their £5 shows there in 2008, everyone had to collect tickets, there were queues, but it wasn't too bad

ticketmaster site has the prices:

£52.25 - £71.50
£52.25 (£47.50 Ticket + £4.75 Fees) £71.50 (£65.00 Ticket + £6.50 Fees)

and he said only these dates, but there was a hint of something else, but he wouldn't confirm it.

Setlist
01 Bloom
02 Little By Little
03 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
04 Morning Mr Magpie
05 The Gloaming
06 The Daily Mail
07 Pyramid Song
08 The Amazing Sounds of Orgy (live debut)
09 Karma Police
10 15 Step
11 Staircase
12 Identikit
13 Lotus Flower
14 There There
15 Feral
16 Idioteque
—
17 Separator
18 Climbing Up The Walls (tour debut)
19 Bodysnatchers
20 True Love Waits/Everything In Its Right Place
—
21 Give Up The Ghost
22 Skirting On The Surface (Radiohead live debut, previously performed by Thom solo)
23 Reckoner
24 Paranoid Android

taken from here:

http://www.ateaseweb.com/2012/03/05/radiohead-live-in-dallas-live-report-2/

that was bad

Expecting music acts to not be at least a bit hypocritical is a fool's errand?

the only exception would be an absolute one-off gig (as in, there'd be no chance of a further show) or something really special (ie: the ennio morricone ATP show).

Rammstein.. £42.50+ booking fees, plus they put on a big "show" (not the big show)
Good thing about radiohead is they usually have decent support... modesleektor, caribou, MGMT, bat for lashes, Moderat, Other Lives, Kreaftwerk etc.

$130

$130

because they knew how pricey it would be in the first place, let alone if/when touts get hold of them.

The venue is decidedly not.

touts wouldnt exist

Or rob da bank is lying (again) this is unlikely

http://tickets.waste.uk.com/Store/DisplayItems.html

i don't particularly think I'm going to want to spend all that money

...but have a screenshot of the confirmation page with my order number

just log into waste and the order should show up there:

http://tickets.waste.uk.com/Members/MemberIndex.html

You can resend the confirmation email from there too.

just keep refreshing the buy tickets page

And if anyone is interested, you can buy tickets for your friends too - just go through the order process again and change the ticket holder name as you order - I've got 4 tickets for 1 date doing it that way

My bank account is crying this morning

it's fucking more than 6 months away. i could be dead by then.

Perhaps naively, I didn't think the pre-sale would sell-out so fast :(

going to see them just in time for my 17th birthday at Victoria Park, 2008. The tickets had already sold out so I got 2 on ebay for a total of 80 quid. That was a blinding set, same with Reading 2009; also ace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9tvmT7jHjU

Via ticketmaster. It's been a while since I've tried to buy such popular tickets. Does this mean keep trying or they've actually all gone?

No chance it's just all the traffic trying for standing?

I imagine it would be frustrating.

When I saw the prices the other day I thought fuck that. Then started thinking I would later regret it so just spent the last hour odd going mental at ticketmaster, until just now where I seem to have just paid £106 for 2 seats fucking miles away from the stage.

Can someone please explain what the Manchester arena is like and I will see/hear anything from the upper tier?

but the Ticket Trust site is useless. Anyone had to do this?

but as it's paperless I have nothing physical to sell.

Seats are in BL 212 which is probably miles away from the stage but if anyone fancies it and paying face value (£50) let me know.

Cheers.

I'm psyched as shit for tomorrow. The night of the ticket purchase me and my mate spent staring vacantly into out pints and giving each other constant nervous "they're worth seventy quid, right?" looks seems a long time ago now.

i don't know manchester at all and will have a few hours to kill before.

going first night with a mate, second night on my own. never been to an arena gig by myself, something tells me it's going to be awfully awkward.

The setlist was fantastic.

'Lotus Flower'
'Airbag'
'Bloom'
'The Daily Mail'
'Myxomatosis'
'The Gloaming'
'Separator'
'These Are My Twisted Words'
'Pyramid Song'
'Nude'
'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi'
'Reckoner'
'There There'
'The National Anthem'
'Feral'
'Paranoid Android'
'You and Whose Army?'
'Full Stop'
'Morning Mr. Magpie'
'Planet Telex'
'How to Disappear Completely'
'Give Up the Ghost'
'Everything In Its Right Place'
'Idioteque'

These Are My Twisted Words fell a bit flat but from the then on right through to the 1st Encore was simply stunning. The tracks off In Rainbows were absolutely beautiful, There There got a fantastic reception (including a a very enthused Johnny Marr who was sat down at the front near my position standing) and the closing finale of EIIRP & Idioteque was sublime. Worth every penny.

in the street today. Thought about saying something but then didn't.

But almost completely ruined by the surrounding people. Who the fuck pays seventy quid to get up during EVERY song, sometimes two, three times a song to piss/buy a drink? Literally, EVERY SONG. Every time a 'quiet' song arrived, people left in droves to the bar once again. Lady behind us spilled cider on us, guy behind us gave a running commentary, two guys to our right were Bez dancing throughout. Kinda wish most people were dead after going. Still, yes, Radiohead were monstrously good, really.

my other ticket person can't come any more

Just realised the last time I saw them was *gulp* 8 years ago.

And it was Thom's birthday!

Slightly spoiled by some drunken scousers talking through every fucking song. I shushed them, and ended up with one with his arm around me telling me he was "so so sorry, it's just that they're my favourite band ever". Luckily they fucked off after a bit.

but cant get to the ticket queue til 6. i imagine this will be a bit of silly one. saw them a good few times back in the day...cardiff uni on pablo honey, CIA on ok computer, some field in newport a bit after that with sigur ros supporting...but i've not seen them since then at all. im very, very excited.

How did everyone else find the ticketing system? Was absolutely fine for me. Makes you wonder whether these sort of anti-touting measures could be brought in more broadly (if it weren't for the corporate element to touting via seatwave, getmein etc)

It was a really good set though I've just seen the Manchester setlist and I'm a bit jealous of The National Anthem (their best live song, I don't know why they're playing it less often this year), Paranoid Android, Airbag and Planet Telex, even though I've seen them play all those at least once before. Still no I Might Be Wrong though. If they play it tomorrow night I might cry.

Setlist:

Lotus Flower
15 Step
Bloom
Kid A
The Daily Mail
Myxomatosis
Climbing Up the Walls
The Gloaming
Separator
These Are My Twisted Words
Like Spinning Plates
Nude
Identikit
Karma Police
Feral
Idioteque

Pyramid Song
Staircase
Morning Mr. Magpie
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Reckoner

Give Up the Ghost
There There
Everything In Its Right Place (The One I Love intro)

They finished with Nobody does it Better by Carly Simon. This just proves that they used to know how to do a good encore!

Myxomatosis, Weird Fishes and Staircase being the highlights. Probably wasn't such a fun night for those expecting more hits (such as Mr Shout behind us who shouted for Street Spirit throughout) - also made me want to revisit Hail to the Thief, all the tracks from that sounded huge.

Which certainly made a difference (we were miles away at the tent tour and the other Victoria Park concerts and I didn't really enjoy either of those).

If I was to make a criticism though, it's that maybe it was a little too perfect, a little too crisp, and as a result maybe lacking a little emotion. Perhaps that was the crowd though - they seemed pretty sedate where we were.

Thinking of getting there just before 6, grabbing tickets and then heading into one of the pubs in the complex for a couple of beers before heading into the arena around 7.

Sound reasonable?

Radiohead on at 8.30pm. I was a bit disapointed to be honest.

In fact - and I know this is sacrilege - during a couple of the more 'difficult' electronic Radiohead songs I couldn't help myself thinking "Caribou did this better..."

And I love the electronic Radiohead, don't get me wrong.

4th time I've seen Radiohead and easily the most enjoyable (previous sets were either at Glastonbury or Vicky park). Managed to position myself 10 rows from the front. Felt for those WAAAAAAAY back in the gods.

Bit surprised by some of the songs (Daily Mail in particular - really crap song) but most were good and some were spellbinding - Nude, Staircase and Idioteque being my highlights.

Not worth £70 but pretty damn close.

Worth it? I like Kid A and Hail To The Thief. And Caribou

So my wife bailed out on coming this evening, and I'm wondering if I can get my friend in. But this whole ID / wristband thing is not giving me much hope.

Anybody from last night managed to do this, or is it impossible?

Originally bought a tic for sis, who bailed, ended up taking gf. It was fine. As long as you bring the WASTE number in the email, and your card details they should let you in.

https://twitter.com/aaronpaul_8/status/255403151300116480

If you're a stalker, he's listed his seat for tonight on his twitter.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/radiohead/2012/o2-arena-london-england-63dd2e1b.html

FFFFFFUUUUUU!

Sound beautiful, set beautiful, band on fucking amazing form, really nice set list, don't really see why people are grumbling there's not enough old stuff... the last eight songs of the main set - four track from In Rainbows into There There into National Anthem into Feral into Paranoid Android was just incredible. Decent crowd as well.

It was spectacular, but took a while to get going - Lotus Flower and Bloom fell flat, and Thom forgot the words to Airbag which kinda threw them off I think.

But the main set then from Daily Mail to the end was flawless, really amazing. However, the encores could have been better, and I don't think the set was paced quite right (I would have preferred stuff like Staircase and Give Up The Ghost in the main set, with things like There There and Paranoid Android in the encore§

Reminded me why they are my favourite band. Incredible.

swayed back into them by my girlfriend. ive not paid great attention to them since ok computer. i think i knew half a dozen songs but really no more than that. it was an exceptional experience. they are an astounding band...it amazes me that a band of such complexity and purposeful awkwardness can be at that level. gives me faith in music and music fans.

So was initially slightly disappointed to see so many great old songs in the Tuesday show.... But then I thought the set I saw was awesome anyway, and actually that Karma Police was one of the weaker moments simply because it didn't really fit with the rest of the setlist.

Incredible audiovisual experience, next time they do two shows at the same venue I'm going both days!

Enjoyed the seemingly total lack of cunts there too.

One question - do they have two Phil Selway's now? I was quite far back and it looked the same person on each set of drums. Have they cloned him?