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Radiohead Work Rarities And Classic Material Into 2017 World Tour Opener

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Radiohead kicked off their 2017 World Tour last night at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, and they delivered a setlist filled with classic material and beloved rarities. The band continued the trend of their 2016 tour, opening the show with several songs from their instant-classic new album A Moon Shaped Pool, before moving on to a mix of songs from throughout their storied career.

After opening with the aforementioned AMSP material (“Daydreaming”, “Desert Island Disk”, and “Decks Dark”), the band launched into “Airbag,” the opening track from their classic album OK Computer, which the band is slated to feature this year in their live show as they celebrate the record’s 20th anniversary. Next Up, “Morning Bell” was busted out for the first time since 2010, a song that surely pleased any hardcore fans in the audience. One of Radiohead’s most iconic live tunes, “Climbing Up The Walls,” followed, and it featured multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood showcasing his skills, mixing up guitar, slide guitar, and an analog radio to complete the song’s uniquely ominous sound.

After quick runs through some of their most delicate material (“All I Need” and “Videotape”), the band continued with “Let Down,” another OK Computer song that, up until last year, hadn’t made its way on to a setlist for over a decade. Radiohead then busted out another “I Might Be Wrong,” which they performed for the first time since 2012. “Lotus Flower” and “Identikit” were up next, before the band delivered three of their most popular songs that fall on completely separate ends of the spectrum, the beat-centric “Idioteque,” the hauntingly beautiful “Nude,” and the ethereal “Weird Fishes / Arpeggi.” The band then finished their main set with the global-warming focused “The Numbers” and Kid A favorite “How To Disappear Completely.”

For their first encore (the band traditionally performs two encores), Radiohead delivered a gorgeous “No Surprises,” before switching gears to the politically-minded “Burn The Witch.” After a take on In Rainbows‘ “Reckoner,” the band surprised the audience with “Fake Plastic Trees,” which was followed by the evening’s final bust-out, “The Tourist,” which was played for the first time since 2008.

After a short break, Thom Yorke and co. returned to the stage with a badass combination of “You And Whose Army” and “Bodysnatchers” that ended the show on a high-energy note.

Radiohead continues their tour tomorrow night with a show at Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. See below for full setlist details from last night’s show at the American Airlines Arena, courtesy of setlist.fm.

Radiohead Setlist American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL, USA 2017, A Moon Shaped Pool

 

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