Radiohead in Amsterdam: A Tour Opener Live Blog
Radiohead kick off their world tour in support of their excellent ninth LP, A Moon Shaped Pool, today at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. It’s the band’s first live show since they wrapped up their King of Limbs tour in Melbourne, Australia in November 2012. Like the album itself before its release, little is known about what the Moon Shaped Pool tour will involve, exactly. Extra musicians? A new stage set? New songs? (The band is known for debuting new material live.) Pitchfork is on the scene at the Heineken Music Hall today, and we’ll be offering play-by-play live updates of what happens, in real time. We’re starting when doors open, continuing through Holly Herndon‘s opening set, and will keep going until the end of the show. Note that all times listed are local time for Amsterdam. Radiohead is scheduled to take the stage at 8:30 p.m. Follow along with us below. Update 5/20 4:48 p.m. Eastern: The show has now ended.
Read our new feature, “Internet Explorers: The Curious Case of Radiohead’s Online Fandom,” plus “Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool: The 5 Most Important Things to Know,” “How Radiohead Became, For a Time, the World’s Biggest Political Band,” “Decoding the Politics in Radiohead’s ‘Burn the Witch’ Video,” and “The History of Thom Yorke on Other Peoples’ Songs” on the Pitch.
6:00 p.m.: The crowd lines up:
It would seem Radiohead are quite popular #radiohead #amsterdam
A photo posted by S M (@theboylightning) on May 20, 2016 at 8:56am PDT
Thom, we are here!:) #radiohead radioheadinamsterdam
A photo posted by al.pavlov (@al.pavlov) on May 20, 2016 at 9:04am PDT
6:30 p.m.: The merch stand:
6:40 p.m.: Here’s what the stage looks like:
Pic of the setup… #radiohead #radioheadAMS1 #amsterdam pic.twitter.com/IBrOCA2WW7
— Tiffany (@fittr_happier) May 20, 2016
7:20 p.m.: Jonny Greenwood randomly tweets a Sleaford Mods video:
https://t.co/e6KPmt0sc7 so so good
— Jonny Greenwood (@JnnyG) May 20, 2016
7:30 p.m.: Holly Herndon takes the stage. It says “HOLY SHIT WE ARE OPENING FOR RADIOHEAD” on her screen.
— Tiffany (@fittr_happier) May 20, 2016
#Radiohead – opener is live-tagging ppl on fb … pic.twitter.com/sFaGV4lAo7
— dirswi (@dirswi) May 20, 2016
8:00 p.m.: Holly Herndon’s set has ended.
8:18 p.m.: Drummer Clive Deamer confirms that he’s performing with the band:
About to play 1st “R’heads” gig of 2016. Love to Annie & my family for putting up with me xx
— Clive Deamer (@clivedeamer) May 20, 2016
8:35 p.m.: The band takes the stage. A recording of Nina Simone is played as they walk out. The band is all wearing dark clothes.
Radiohead intro, Amsterdam 2016 #radiohead #amsterdam
A video posted by S M (@theboylightning) on May 20, 2016 at 11:36am PDT
First song: “Burn the Witch.” Lead by bass rather than strings. Video panels above the stage show each band member.
Radiohead!
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