Idioteque the highlight as ever.

I wasn't left disappointed, it was as stunning as they ever are, but it lacked a bit of something... not sure what...

I think that summed the whole experience up nicely.

And even though I should, I actually don't give a shit they didn't play too many of the 'hits' what they played was jaw dropping and I have to saw, I now consider them indisputably the best band in the world, when 8 years ago I couldn't stand them

can you not mention The Tourist?

Easily the highlight of the evening.

hopefully they'll play 'you an whose army' when i see them..

I'm glad they aren't playing 'the hits'. I want to see a band play what they want to play, not what they're expected to play. I'm glad he's dusting off The Eraser a little bit, hope we get a Harrowdown Hill rendition, that would make my decade.

What a strange set. Obviously some great moments but in general there were too many prickly, static choices. An anxious setlist, seemed to be a statement aimed at their location, 'hey man, slow down', 'we are the dollars and cents, the pounds and pence'.

I love all eras Radiohead (apart from you Pablo), new stuff especially but still a shame there weren't more 'hits'. Just a couple more might have wowed the largely disinterested crowd into a stunned submission, leaving them more open to the more subtle, interesting work. The set also peaked 2/3 through, why they didn't follow everything in its right place with Idioteque I don't know, the pacing just seemed wrong.

I didn't leave disappointed but as Diver said, it felt like an opportunity missed.

oh well, Elmo Calkins and Django Spears at www.wattsfest.co.uk anyone?

and off to Glasgow on Friday - I really can't wait

it was partly due to a conscious effort to ignore EMI's 'Best Of' compilation.

Amazing sound, the band were spot on. Thom Yorke is captivating. Love his moves. Great to see a musician so into his work.

Felt the set was a little disjointed and at times self-indulgent - at 45 quid a pop anyway - with softer numbers in between more upbeat ones far too often. The atmosphere was prevented from flowing.

I was so looking forward to Karma Police and The Bends but that was because it was my first time.

That's Radiohead for you. In a good way.

It was my first Radiohead gig. I've been a fan since I first heard Anyone Can Play Guitar (at the time I hadn't put two and two together with them and Creep, haha) but circumstances always put me elsewhere whenever there should have been an opportunity to see them live. Although this was at a festival-ish setting and I knew I wasn't going to get the ultimate, intimate(ish) live Radiohead experience I craved, I at least had about 9 months to make sure I was actually able to be there this time. That's the one benefit of big open-air jobs - the sheer coordination of them has to be sorted out so far in advance.

As ever, people are the dominant factor in wrecking a gig - but where I and my friends were standing, not only was the sound amazing (no drift, no distortion, just beauty) but the people around us were rapt and respectful and seemed to be loving the rarer songs.

I want to see them again. Hell, I want to see them all the time, past future and present. But next time it'll be indoors, I think.

So people wanted to see anthems being sung so they could get involved and sing along?
I'm sorry, which band did you just go see? Radiohead have 7 albums under their belt, the latest following the loose trends (if Radiohead ever follow trends?!) of their last 3 albums beforehand, Kid A, Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief. That is to say, not the stadium-rock sounds and sing along anthems of The Bends and OK Computer, more an experimental, soundscape music that haunts, mystifies and embraces us all at once.
The fact that EMI have released a greatest hits doesn't mean this is a greatest hits tour. This is the In Rainbows tour, where they can play songs from their past albums if they like and of their choosing. That the 4 albums from Kid A onwards are better than the 3 preceeding it only shows that the fans grumbling about not playing the anthems are living in the past, something that Radiohead don't do too often.

I'm goingto see them tonight....cannot wait!

i'm in agreement with the words but i'd give them a 9

thought it was brilliant. Sure, there's a slight feeling of disappointment at not hearing all the big hits, not even hearing all my favourite Radiohead songs, but after 7 albums, I'm sure my favourites are completely different to those of everyone else in the crowd. And it is a testament to their back catalogue that they can completely ignore their most recognisable tunes, and still have a crowd in total awe.

I think the set also proved once and for all that even though 'Kid A', 'Amnesiac' and 'Hail To The Thief' are not as accessible as their predecessors, they still contain plenty of belting tunes that sound truly incredible when performed live.

The greatest band of a generation putting on yet another show that leaves me in no doubt that when I'm in my sixties, I'll still be gaining enjoyment from listening to their career's work.

Didn't really care for listening to the hits, but you could tell that a large amount of the crowd did from their reaction to 'Just'. Really glad they played 'Climbing up the walls' and 'The National Anthem'. Hadn't heard 'Bangers & Mash' much before, but thought it fitted in very well and hope they carry on playing it. 'Idioteque' was the perfect way to end things off. All in all, an excellent gig.

No 'I might be wrong' though, but hopefully will get it at Werchter next week.

but it does irk me a little bit when reviewers refer to themselves AS the website they write for, i.e. DiS. it sort of undermines the individual personality of each writer. minor quibble though.

but thats lame

to Manchester on Sunday now! Glastonbury can have the rain, Manchester needs to be dry!

pretty much bang on as usual mr diver fantasic all round but a lack of big hits and the sort of atmosphere not condusive to slow melancholic songs.

they played most of my favourites, so I was happy.

are really getting on a bit now and competing with other songs that are over a decade old (!) for about 5 slots. they do still flitter in and out of the sets but they've released an awful lot of stuff since then so, really, statement of intent? nah, honestly they played a standard 2008 Radiohead setlist and there was little reason to expect anything else. i'm sure they didn't try to piss anyone off of anything, but maybe the people who can't face the reality of a Radiohead that carried on existing should stop actually going to the gigs or something.

i'd agree that yeah, maybe the band just can't find the appreciative balance at a big gig like this, except that these people snapped up plenty of tickets for the wee 2006 theatre tour too, from what i saw (and i know there were hardcore fanboys left at home for that one). Radiohead are the abolute last band we would expect to be playing decade old hits, so it just seems daft how stubborn people can be about such things. i understand how the uncharitable can suck out the atmosphere for other people and that sucks but an opportunity to patronise people who don't ultimately care very much is one easily avoided.

when I saw them appear at Milan's Civica Arena last week. It absolutely pissed down, but then again it always does when Radiohead play an open air gig (South Park, anyone?). Despite the distraction of Italy playing a crucial Euro 2008 match that night, it still sold out easily at this ancient amphitheatre.
The In Rainbows tracks all came across well - Nude, 15 Step and Reckoner were just mindblowing. Didn't get How To Disappear Completely in Milan though, which I'd have loved to have heard live, nor Just. Mind you, we did get My Iron Lung, Exit Music and Lucky, all of which were incredible on the night.

i've seen them 5 or 6 times since the ok computer tour. but it was nearly 50 quid? for 2 bands. too fucking much. good setlist though.

I think 5 out of 10 was there overall mark.