(Photo credit: Raymond Flotat)
This weekend, Radiohead closed out the second day of Lollapalooza’s 25th year in Chicago’s Grant Park. With the set coming in at a whopping 2 hours, it included songs from all walks of the Radiohead timeline. Included in the performance are standouts such as “2 + 2 = 5”, “Identikit”, “Everything in Its Right Place”, “Let Down”, and “Burn the Witch.” The set included not one but two encores, and closed with 90’s oldie-but-goodie “Karma Police.”
Although lyrically introspective and sonically subdued, Radiohead has become well-known for their live performances throughout the band’s career. Take a look at the entire performance from Sunday, July 31 below:
The influential alternative band has been in the music news headlines quite a bit during 2016. First came the announcement the band would play their first live shows since 2012 – and not only that, but they would play their as-yet-unreleased new album in full at Primavera Sound in Spain. A few months later the band formed new company, Dawnnchoruss Ltd., the second time they did so this year.
Then there was a bit of confusion when Brian Message, who works as a partner at Radiohead’s management firm but does not directly handle the band, stated that there was new Radiohead album in the works, it will be released in June and that it was “like nothing you’ve ever heard.” A few weeks later, the band removed all social media presence, released new single “Burn the Witch,” announced their still-untitled album would come out in May 2016, and two days later gave the world “A Moon Shaped Pool.” The band also posted a series of vignettes created by guest artists to their social media pages throughout the spring and summer, and hosted worldwide listening party at record stores all over the globe – though one located in Istanbul, Turkey was violently attacked though it appears no one was killed. Wrapping up what has been a busy 2016, Radiohead announced and released a live album titled Pathways to Paris that features guest appearances from Patti Smith and Flea.
With 2016 still only 3/4 of the way finished, there is a strong likelihood that Radiohead can continue to build on what has become their most visible and influential year in quite some time.
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