01. The National Anthem
02. Hunting Bears
03. Morning Bell
04. My Iron Lung
05. Karma Police
06. Knives Out
07. Optimistic
08. Exit Music (For A Film)
09. No Surprises
10. Dollars & Cents
11. Airbag
12. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
13. I Might Be Wrong
14. Pyramid Song
15. Paranoid Android
16. Idioteque
17. Everything In It's Right Place
(1st encore)
18. Like Spinning Plates
19. Talk Show Host
20. You & Whose Army
21. Lucky
(2nd encore)
22. True Love Waits
23. The Bends
(3rd encore)
24. How To Disappear Completely...

by Peter Cullen

Picture the scene: 10:30am at the arena and there were only 2 other people queueing. "Looks like we got here just in time, eh?" I said to my friends, yet people only started arriving at around 5:00pm! I couldn't believe it and was kind of annoyed 'cos it was FREEZING. Before leaving my house I had recorded a minidisc with my own songs on it with the intention of throwing it to the band - I don't know why... It would just be cool if Radiohead listened to one of MY songs.
My songs are REALLY crap though.
But anyway, enough of that. The doors opened at 6:30pm and it was a mad rush to get to the front - but I got there. The support band, APC or something were woeful. I don't know what radiohead were thinking when they chose THEM; they were rappers who had no sense of
rhythm when it came to their instruments (the keyboard player would randomly hit keys and the man on the drum machine must've been trying his best to screw up the songs). Having said that though, they're very talented RAP ARTISTS, and i think they should lay off the instruments.
Then the moment arrived when Radiohead came on stage. The place went NUTS. I looked over my shoulder to see over 7,000 people behind me pushing with all their might to try and get through to the front... but *I* wasn't frickin' moving! I was standing in between Thom and Jonny and had i good view of all Jonny's weird equipment (i wonder how much his pedal board ALONE costs?).
As soon as they walked on stage colin went straight for his bass and rattled the place with The National Anthem (during which Thom broke a string). I think after that they went on to play Hunting Bears, sorry i forgot to write down a setlist! Then it was Morning Bell (one of my favourites). Thom wasn't very talkative, but in the middle of No Surprises i gave him the thumbs-up gesture and he looked at me like he was gonna KILL me, but i thought "fuck-sakes Thom, you better not cut me down" and kept my thumb up with a crazy grin on my face, and he let out this big smile.
Half way through I Might Be Wrong something was up with Jonny's Guitar so Thom stopped everyone and started again. Ed looked like Tom Cruze and didn't talk at all, Jonny rarely looked at the crowd whereas Phil and Colin were having a GREAT time! Colin bobbing his head back and forth and between songs Phil peeped over his drum-kit with a gleeful look on his face.
After hunting bears i made a drumming motion with my arms and phil saw it and laughed.
I never knew how Ed made the weird sound at the start of Lucky until last night - he strums the strings at the head of the guitar, just after the fretboard. My Iron Lung was great, really getting the crowd into the mood. Street Spirit was dedicated to "all the Americans who are trying to get home". During Idioteque Thom went MAD AS A HATTER and started dancing around like a loon, as was Colin, which was great. They played The Bends on one of their encores which in my opinion was a wee bit too slow... and spinning plates was a real treat but i think jonny was
having trouble with his synthesiser. Talk Show Host kicked ass, Thom came out on his own and played True Love Waits (bloody brilliant).
Finally, as the band walked off stage for the last time that night, I unleashed the minidisc, but no one picked it up. The crew will hopefully give it to the band but I doubt it.
So, all in all it was a damn good night out. Peace Y'all!

BY PETER CULLEN
petetheweet@yahoo.com

by Ricky Graham

It had been 4 years since Radiohead last played in belfast: on that occasion it was a secret preparation show for Glastonbury when they played to 600people. The Odyssey arena in Belfast, home of the Belfast giants, holds a few thousand more.
The first thing i noticed was the sound quality. The tent tour was a unique experience but the indoor sound was always going to be far superior.
The band duly burst into action with the national anthem....one of those songs you feel the band will never grow tired of playing. Next came hunting bears.....a song which i mentally had envisaged jonny playing guitar on but no..it was thom and he laughed lots while he played it....like he was wondering what we all must be thinking....he did break a string during hunting bears.
next came morning bell. its definately a live song more so than i recorded song i feel....a whole new atmosphere emerges when its played live..... and phil loves his beat.
Karma Police was as anthemic as ever...the audience blasting out as much vocal as they could.....isnt funny how a large amount of people singing can do so in tune but separate them and....disaster.
The song of the night for myself personally was " Like Spinning Plates": on tape the songs is a backward fest of nice noise with a vocal which is not clearly audible...yet live its a beautiful heartmelting piano song with a lot of feeling in the lyrics....i guess whoever wrote the lyrics had something to get off their chest.
True Love Waits was a fantastic surprise. i hoped and hoped..and well it all happened. fantastic...beautiful.
idioteque was another which sounded particularly impressive.
It was a pleasure to watch tho performing to the crowd....his antics to "You and whose Army" were an absolute pleasure....with the mounted camera on the piano he played to the audience on the big screens a bit like a villain in an pantomine.....beautiful eye close ups while singing " you can take us all"..a joy to watch.
the other pleasure was wacthing Colin dance and knowing that he really loved what he was doing...he did at one point come to the front of the stageand wave and dance....
it was great to see Jonny every so often look upards almost squinting against the lights to the area in which i was seated. i waved repeatedly back and i think everyone thought i was a bit sad...but what i can i say..they're my heroes,
A fantastic show.....ten times better than the tent tour.
COME BACK SOONER GUYS!!!

by Frank Donnelly

Radiohead's return to Belfast on Friday night turned out to be a joyous end to one of the most tragic weeks most of us will eve endure. The bad played for over 2 hours at the behest of a hungry audience who tempted them back on for 3 encores - including the rare treat of Thom playing a solo rendition of 'True Love Waits'.

Hunting Bears and Like Spinning Plates also got a run out and I'm sure I wasn't the only one surprised to note that Knives Out and Lucky were still in the set after the events in New York.

Thom wasn't overly talkative but it was clear to us all that he and the rest of the band were enjoying it. Street Spirit was dedicated "to all the Americans who are trying to get home."

In the live arena as well as the studio, Radiohead continue to chart new territory and it was a pleasure to drop in on this part of their journey.