August 6th 2002, Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos, Salamanca, Spain

setlist:
01 There There
02 Wolf from the door
03 Wicked Child
04 Myxomatosis
05 Sail to the moon
06 Punch up at a wedding
07 Sit Down, Stand Up
08 Climbing up the walls
09 The National Anthem
10 Morning Bell
11 Fake Plastic Trees
12 Lift
13 In Limbo
14 Lucky
15 Dollars and cents
16 My Iron Lung
17 Idioteque
18 Everything In Its Right Place

Encore #1
19 Like Spinning Plates
20 2+2=5
21 I Might Be Wrong
22 Pyramid Song

Encore #2
23 Paranoid Android
24 The tourist
Second gig of three at Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Salamanca, Spain. The band premiered Wicked Child today. Only played before on of their 2000 webcasts. Lift & 2+2=5 were played again, with The Tourist as a surprising closer.

Thanks to Juan & Chester for the setlist.


Review by Andrew:

here's a basic round-up of last night's festivities. Firstly I'd like to say this was one of Radiohead's best ever gigs, the setlist was amazing.
Just before Radiohead came on this guy in a red t-shirt stood up and started arousing the audience. We clapped along with him until the band came on.
There There kicked things off nicely as usual, and of course there was Wicked Child for the first(?) time. Wicked Child didn't get such a good reception, indeed it wasn't that good really.
Sit Down Stand Up got a huge cheer from the audience. And straight after this were the old songs. Climbing Up The Walls flowed into national anthem as Jonny kept his radio going. Fake Plastic Trees was amazing. Then there was lift. A massive reaction to this unreleased song.
Before In Limbo Ed stood with his back to the audience, shaking a tambourine.
Thom remarked: "This is the only time you'll get to see Ed like this". Subsequently, Ed started shaking his ass. The crowd went wild. Then Thom joined in and brought the fucking house down. A really funny moment.
There was no pyramid song or paranoid android during the main setlist, the last five songs flowed beautifully especially My Iron Lung and Idioteque.
Like Spinning Plates opened the first encore. Thom apparently couldn't hear himself and repeatedly asked for the sound man to "switch me on". It wasn't that good to start off with, Thom hit several duff notes but he finally got his act together. After the song someone threw their bra on stage (I think, or maybe it was a pair of knickers. didn't see.) Thom collected it and even took it off stage with him.
When Thom announced the next song as 2+2=5, there was another massive cheer. "you guys obviously know it, then."
I Might Be Wrong and Pyramid Song ended encore no.1.
Encore 2 contained two songs from OK Computer. Paranoid Android was played first, although the setlist clearly showed that Where I End And You Begin was scheduled. A last minute adjustment must have occurred.
Before the last song of the night, a very emotional farewell to Tim Burgess, one of Radiohead's managers, who Thom said was 'leaving us for various reasons'. They played his favourite song, The Tourist. Amazing performance of that song.
Afterwards I waited with a small mob outside for the band members, but I got fed up and needed a drink so I went back to hotel. On the way, the small minibus carrying Radiohead raced past me, as did a small Kev Car containing three stalkers, obviously following them back to their hotel.
Brilliant show, I'd also like to add that I saw 2 people wearing Atease t-shirts

Review by PsychoMat
First let me say that Salamanca gets my vote as most beautiful town of Europe. Go see it, you'll shit yourself! After a wonderful day, I approach the gig in high spirits. The venue was as impressive as in SanSebastian, beautiful and amazing acoustics. Either the sound tonight was even better (not as loud and saturated), or I've become deaf in Benicassim... ;)

I get a feeling this was a pretty exceptional concert, with the songs played, the perfect versions of old songs, and the band in super-high spirits. I hope that someone recorded that well... The crowd was super (let's give ourselves a hand !)
Looking at the band set-up, I'm amazed again at Jonny's huge new machine, full of blinking lights (another analogue synth), only He understands how it works (and His ways are mysterious...)!
But the concert starts with the one and only disaster of this show: Phil's shirt !! Are bald men shameless !?! xD

-There there: no disputing the quality of this classic now... Thom scratches his guitar on the mike stand at the end, prehaps by mistake but it's cool!
-Wolf @ the door: I love the way Thom sings on this one, so raw, low and fast...
-Wicked Child: Yes. You have seen right, the webcast song. Not even a confusion like with cuttooth, Thom introduced it, and it's clearly recognisable, except it doesn't sound like it's played through a toilet roll anymore! Very "americana", and with Jonny the Harmonica God + he starts on
percussion on his ThereThere toms.
-Myxomatosis: Ed has a Les Paul ! Rawk!
-Sail to the Moon: In case you hadn't noticed, the melody of this song, combined between Thom on piano and Jonny on guitar, is THE most beautiful and complex they've ever written. As if to make this point, when the band ends the song, Thom continues solo on piano with the end melody, just to show us how cool he is. It's like RH's Space Oddity...
-Punchup@wedding: great song.
-Sit Down/Stand Up:WOW! Just when you think Phil's drumming is superhuman, he accelerates and adds breaks!!! Jonny's beat are excellent electronic music. The crowd goes mad!
Then the "old songs"
-CUTW
-National Anthem: v. good version!
-Morning Bell ("song about when you go to a nightclub or something") The crowd adds flamenco claps to superb effect, so I guess they will record a 3rd version on next album.. ;)
-Fake Plastic Trees: AMAZING VERSION! No one dares breathe in the "wears me out" part...
-LIFT !!!!!! weird drums sounds. RAH!!!
"Another Difficult song now" says Thom, then "but you get to see Ed like that...": Ed is facing Phil, so you can see... his rear. Ed shakes his bum, to huge applause and laughter! So he does it again. And again. A very, hum, emotional moment for the ladies... =D
-In Limbo: difficult ?? They nail it perfectly. "This was written on tour with REM"
-Lucky of course
-$ and cents (slow)
-My Iron Lung
-Idioteque: I love the new kick sound (deeper), but Thom does not do his headless chicken dance, he just stares at us!
-EIIRP : great ending

At one point, someone threw some red panties or bra onstage I think. Thom
was like "ewwww", but Colin discreetly took them for his own use...

Encore 1
I must have killed a lot of bad guys in a former life because, for the
second time I get to hear:
-Like Spinning Plates: this will forever be known as the Day When They Did
LSP Live Perfectly. *was in Heaven*
-2+2=5 : Has got a cool start (Jonny does arpeggios!), and BIG GUITARS in
the second part ! Another song about global warming is my guess...
-Pyramid Song: to avenge the Benicassim disaster...

Encore 2
-A little messy Paranoid android
"We will dedicate this song to Tim, who's retiring" (one of the sound
engineers I think), so for Tim (and us!!) they do a huge treat:
-The Tourist !!! _Perfect_ version as well. Cheers Tim!
The crowd went mad after, but it was only perfect that the show should end
on that, so it was finished.

Walking through the beautiful lit-up streets of Salamanca, singing The Tourist... Now if I can just make G W Bush drink petrol, and I can die happy!
-PsychoMat

 

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