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Fake Plastic Trees

## Description

Fake Plastic Trees is by far and away one of the most iconic Radiohead songs, and also one of the most accessible. Centred around Thom and his mournful acoustic guitar playing, this song is both one of the saddest moments on The Bends and one of the most arena-ready, featuring an iconic hook and an incredible build. Through-lines to bands like Muse and Coldplay cannot be heard more clearly anywhere in the Radiohead catalogue more clearly than on Fake Plastic Trees. No wonder it's so staggeringly popular - it's pretty much a perfect pop song.

## Live history

Fake Plastic Trees is understandably one of the most-played Radiohead songs of all time. It has been played on every tour except 2012, and remained a staple in most of those years, played at almost every single show between 1995-1998 and at hundreds of dates from then on. It has appeared in full-band, Thom and Jonny and Thom solo arrangements (both at Radiohead and solo shows.) Barring performances in 1994 and 1995, live versions of Fake Plastic Trees are faithful and slightly raw interpretations of the studio cut.

### 1994

Fake Plastic Trees underwent an agonising process of arranging and rearranging during the Bends sessions; as such, it's not surprising that the song was performed only 6 times during 1994, and in three different versions! The most notable of these is the early full band version, played in the first half of the year; Thom solo and Thom and Jonny renditions emerged at the very end. Almost all are worth getting to hear how this song developed. Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK - the live debut of the early version of the song, featuring fascinating, prog rock-esque keyboard work and an early band entry. They proceeded to strip the song back a *lot* in the studio.
* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK - also the early version, but this time in absolutely pristine quality. Plus, video!
* 1994-10-08, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England - a personal pick for one of the all-time best performances of this song. Just Thom and an acoustic guitar, wringing out every drop of emotional power that this song has and putting it on display for all to see. The audience must have been gobsmacked.

## List of recordings

See Fake Plastic Trees/Recordings for full list.
Killer Cars/Recordings

All live recordings of Killer Cars.

## Soundboard recordings

* 1993-04-02, Roxanne, Tel Aviv, Israel
* 1993-06-25 Westwood One 'On The Edge' session
* 1994-06-09, Club Citta, Tokyo, Japan

## Audience recordings

* 1993-06-03, Barbue, Copenhagen, Denmark
* 1993-06-15, Cine 3000, Nancy, France
* 1993-06-20, Passage du Nord, Paris, France
* 1993-06-30, The Metro, Chicago, IL, USA
* 1993-07-11, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, CA, USA
* 1993-08-28, The Venue, Oxford, England
* 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK
* 1994-09-30, Sheffield University, Sheffield, England
1994-06-04, Shibuya Club Quatro, Tokyo, Japan

## Tracklist

1. You
2. Bones
3. Ripcord
4. Black Star
5. Creep
6. The Bends
7. My Iron Lung
8. Prove Yourself
9. Maquiladora
10. Vegetable (cut)
11. Banana Co.
12. Just
13. Stop Whispering (small cut in middle)
14. Anyone Can Play Guitar
15. Faithless the Wonder Boy
16. Pop Is Dead
17. Blow Out
18. Lurgee

## Comments

* This is a very interesting tape for Radiohead nerds! It's a recording of Radiohead's first-ever gig in Japan, at a small club in Tokyo. The sound quality is spotty - it's very treble-heavy and suffers from some cassette degradation - but not unlistenable at all. There's also a cut during Vegetable. It probably seems worse than it actually is given the quality of the last recording before it!
* And speaking of that Astoria gig, the setlist here could not be different. Probably due to the band hedging their bets on how receptive a Japanese audience would be to their music, only 6 of the 18 songs here were unreleased (4 if you don't count The Bends and Banana Co. which had seen release in their live incarnations.) But they couldn't have been more wrong; the audience here, as Thom says, is absolutely brilliant. They're so rabid that the band is forced to come out for a second encore after the crowd just won't go away!
* Nice reintroductions to the set come in the form of Banana Co., Faithless the Wonder Boy and Lurgee as a by-request second encore. Banana Co. sounds particularly heavy here as well, with Ed and Jonny's guitar work lacerating the listener's eardrums. Sometimes, rough AUDs actually fit more aggressive songs really well, and so it is on this tape.
* The quality of the Maquiladora here can be discerned even through the shoddy quality; it's tight as a spring and twice as metal.
* Thom seems to have given up screaming the 'fuck you' in Stop Whispering at this point in 1994; as with the Astoria, here, he just speaks it in a monotone voice.
* When a song is played live this many times, even little variations are interesting: in Creep, Thom repeats 'she run' over and over instead of just shortening it to 'run', and he lets the audience sing half of the outro. Also note that he doesn't really sound resentful of the song here; he's clearly won over by the audience enough not to be.
* 'Very nice flowers, thank you very much. Didn't know what to do with them really, don't normally get flowers. Jon gave his away. Flirt.'
1993-01-28 ITV "The Beat" broadcast

## Tracklist

1. Anyone Can Play Guitar
2. Creep
3. Blow Out

## Comments

* Welcome to the new year! The band wasted no time at the start of 1993, quickly embarking on a slew of gigs and this, their very first television performance of any kind for ITV's "The Beat". This is actually the earliest video footage we have of the band performing, and they are giving us our first taste of what to expect on their debut.
* It is very well shot and the quality is far better than you'd expect from a 25-year old unknown gen recording, save for some tape warp and an aspect change in Creep. Credits roll across the screen at the end of each song.
* The band look very dapper here. Thom's hair is fashionable and not ridiculous as it would look later and poor Phil is spouting his baldness-hiding beanie.
* Jonny absolutely *abuses* his guitar during Anyone Can Play Guitar, and for the last 30 seconds Thom gives us the thousand-mile stare.
* Thom's voice isn't in the best shape during Creep and it falters towards the end.
How Do You?

## Description

With the Pyramid Songs and the There Theres of the Radiohead catalogue getting all the attention, songs like How Do You? have quickly become forgotten over the years; that's a damn shame, because How Do You? is an overlooked gem. A clear remnant of Radiohead's more punk-influenced days, this song is the band at their snottiest: ultra-simple, ultra-short, with mocking lyrics and plenty of energy. It's impossible not to concede that How Do You? is a ton of fun.

## Live history

How Do You? is one of the least played songs on Pablo Honey, next to the equally overlooked I Can't. Albeit a staple in 1992 and early 1993, How Do You? was mostly absent for the latter half of that year. Popping up briefly in 1994, it was then dropped from the setlist altogether as the band's tastes became more experimental. Nevertheless, this song was always a chance for the band to let their hair down a little and have some fun.

### 1992

How Do You? appears on four recordings from 1992, but it was present in most setlists from that year. It typically appeared smack bang in the middle of the set. Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1992-11-09, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England - I *dare* you not to smile when those three guitars come in one by one. Great Thom vocals here as well.
* 1992-11-11, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, England - worth including for the soundboard quality alone.

### 1993

A few more performances of How Do You? are available from 1993. There's still not a whole lot of change from the album version, and most performances are pretty homogenous. Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1993-06-04, Magasinet, Göteborg, Sweden - another nice soundboard recording.
* 1993-06-30, The Metro, Chicago, IL, USA - the last recorded performance from 1993, and the only video recording of them playing the song live.

Although performed in 1994, no recordings of it exist!

## List of performances

See How Do You?/Recordings for full list.
1993-11-01, RPM Club, Toronto, Canada

## Tracklist

1. The Bends
2. Prove Yourself
3. You
4. Yes I Am
5. Vegetable
6. Creep
7. Ripcord
8. (Nice Dream)
9. Pop Is Dead (cuts out)
10. Inside My Head (cuts in)
11. Anyone Can Play Guitar
12. Stop Whispering
13. Thinking About You
14. Banana Co.
15. Blow Out (cut in middle)

## Comments

* This is a really, *really* awesome find. One of the perks of collecting Radiohead shows is that every now and then, you unearth something that knocks your socks off. This show was lost until April of 2020, when a YouTuber named Hiwatts Are Go! shared a bunch of their old tapes onto their channel... and one of them was this gig. It's in potato quality, and features a nasty cut between Pop Is Dead and Inside My Head, but you can forgive it.
* Why is this important? Well, it's the only recording we now have of the post-Belly tour Canadian leg, where they finally got back to doing some headlining shows - that means we get a nice long setlist.
* But perhaps more importantly, this has the first EVER recorded full-band performance of (Nice Dream)! 'Our little expedition into AOR', as Thom calls it on this tape, this is a pretty awesome find for Radiohead nerds. It's an embryonic version, with early lyrics and missing backing vocals, but this is a real gem to have. They only performed this a very small handful of times in 1993, so to get another one recording is pretty awesome. There might actually be some small lyric changes compared to the next recording, if you listen closely.
* Otherwise, this is an alright show that would be awesome in better sound quality. Thom's banter is great, Stop Whispering is taken at a nice leisurely pace, and Creep has a rare extra-long scream. Knowing this community, someone'll track down a soundboard recording of this show soon.
The Radiohead Almanac Wiki

## ESSENTIAL LINKS - Read before contributing!

* Places to download shows
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* Facts, statistics and trivia

## Welcome!

We are aiming to create the ultimate guide to the live performances of English band Radiohead.

This wiki is very much a work-in-progress. Any contributions to pages would be very welcome - anything you know about the gigs, images, highlights and so on. If you want to get straight into it, links are below.

## Performances by year

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* 1990
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* 1995
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## How to interpret pages

**Sound quality**

\*\*\*\*\* = excellent sound quality, nearly comparable to a studio recording. Can have crowd noise, but the crowd should add to the performance rather than detract from it.

\*\*\*\* = very good sound quality, may have a couple of distracting features e.g. crowd noise, light tape hiss.

\*\*\* = good sound quality, perfectly listenable but with some flaws.

\*\* = average to poor sound quality.

\* = near unlistenable. For archival purposes only.
1993 Raw Soup broadcast

## Comments

* One of the difficult things about documenting Radiohead's 1993 live history is that you'll find a ton of one-off performances for various TV shows on YouTube, back when EMI was pushing Creep *hard*. A lot of the time, it's near-impossible to find out anything about when or where it was filmed.
* Such is the case with this, a performance of Creep for a UK TV show that might as well have not existed, because you can't find anything about it online. That means we don't know when or where it was filmed. I suspect, however, that it may have been from the first half of 1993. Thom's hair is usually a reliable indicator - it's a good deal shorter here than on later performances.
* The performance itself is unremarkable, but it's nice to have some high-quality footage from this era. I feel like modern Thom would die inside if he had to watch himself perform Creep in front of a headbanging 'grunge' studio audience.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen cover)

## Description

Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a Queen song. It's amazing that there's a page for it now on a Radiohead website, but here we are.

## Live history

We actually don't have a full recording of any of the band playing this song, but we *do* have a tiny snippet of it from 1994-10-04 MTV's Most Wanted broadcast. Hopefully one day someone can track down the full performance, because it actually sounds rather nice - rollicking, jovial and with great Thom vocals.

## List of performances

See Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen cover)/Recordings.
Street Spirit (Fade Out)/Recordings

All live recordings of Street Spirit (Fade Out).

## Soundboard recordings

* 1993-11-02 Musique Plus session
* 1994-05-20, Festival Balélec, Lausanne, Switzerland
* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK
* 1994-09-14 BBC Radio 1 'Evening Session'
* 1994-0X-XX GLR Session
* 1994-11-01, MTV Latino, Miami, FL, USA
* 1995-02-16, The Eve's Club, London, England
* 1995-02-21 Black Session
* 1995-02-25, Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England
* 1995-02-27 2 Meter Session
* 1995-03-24, The Forum, London, England

## Audience recordings

* 1994-09-30, Sheffield University, Sheffield, England
* 1994-10-08, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
* 1994-12-02, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1994-12-13, WDRE Christmas Show, New York, NY, USA
* 1994-12-17, Deck The Hall Ball, Seattle, WA, USA
* 1995-03-14, Hallam University, Sheffield, England
* 1995-03-29, Sam The Record Man, Toronto, Canada
* 1995-04-01, Moe's Mo' Rockin' Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
1992, Unknown venue

## Tracklist

1. You (cuts in)
2. Inside My Head
3. Prove Yourself
4. I Can't
5. Blow Out
6. Stop Whispering
7. Nothing Touches Me

## Comments

* This is a rare soundboard show from 1992, presumably a radio broadcast. Sound is excellent but for a few things - Phil's crash cymbal is poorly miked, the guitars are quiet and there is very little crowd noise, if you tend to prefer some atmosphere. You also cuts in with a minute left.
* There is some consensus that this show took place sometime around the Drill EP release, as Thom sings the old lyrics at the end of You which were changed during the recording of Pablo Honey over the summer.
* Overall, a pretty ramshackle and uninspiring performance. Phil sounds like he can barely keep up on a few songs, particularly Inside My Head (a recorded debut, but not a great one for the band). Not recommended.
* One of the guitarists, probably Ed, is using a strange effects pedal on the first few tunes that he's obviously trying out for the first time.
* The band decides that Nothing Touches Me is still worth their time. Luckily it's dropped by the next performance.
1993-07-13, The Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA

## Tracklist

1. Creep (cuts in)
2. Lurgee
3. Ripcord
4. Banana Co.
5. Faithless the Wonder Boy
6. Inside My Head
7. Anyone Can Play Guitar
8. Pop Is Dead

## Comments

* This recording, played on the same day as the KROQ recording where the acoustic Creep was put to tape, cuts in at the end of Creep and (presumably) ends before the encore. It's a pretty good-sounding AUD recording.
* Though none of the performances in particular stand out, three of the songs - Lurgee, Faithless the Wonder Boy and Inside My Head - are played a fair bit faster than usual. Might be worth a listen.
* Pop Is Dead ends with a particularly Biblical scream.
* "We know we're onto a good thing when people down the front are shouting 'get off'." You got it, Thom.
Just/Recordings

All live recordings of Just.

## Soundboard recordings

* 1994-05-20, Festival Balélec, Lausanne, Switzerland
* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK
* 1994-06-26, Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, England
* 1994-07-02, Rosklide Festival, Rosklide, Denmark
* 1994-08-27, Reading Festival, Reading, UK
* 1994-09-14 BBC Radio 1 'Evening Session'
* 1994-0X-XX GLR Session
* 1995-02-21 Black Session
* 1995-02-27 2 Meter Session
* 1995-03-24, The Forum, London, England

## Audience recordings

* 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK
* 1994-05-13, Vidia Rock Club, Cesena, Italy
* 1994-05-22, Rock Am Ring Festival, Nürburgring, Germany
* 1994-06-04, Shibuya Club Quatro, Tokyo, Japan
* 1994-09-30, Sheffield University, Sheffield, England
* 1994-10-06, Exeter University, Exeter, England
* 1994-10-08, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
* 1994-10-20, La Panza, Ojo de Agua, Mexico
* 1994-12-02, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1995-03-14, Hallam University, Sheffield, England
* 1995-04-01, Moe's Mo' Rockin' Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
Anyone Can Play Guitar/Recordings

All live recordings of Anyone Can Play Guitar

## Soundboard recordings

* 1992-11-11, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, England
* 1992-11-14, University of Essex, Colchester, England
* 1993-01-28 ITV "The Beat" broadcast
* 1993-02-23 Black Session
* 1993-04-02, Roxanne, Tel Aviv, Israel
* 1993-05-05, Bevrijdingspop Festival, Haarlem, Netherlands
* 1993-06-04, Magasinet, Göteborg, Sweden
* 1993-07-04 MTV Beach House
* 1993-09-03, Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
* 1994-05-20, Festival Balélec, Lausanne, Switzerland
* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK
* 1994-06-26, Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, England
* 1994-07-02, Rosklide Festival, Rosklide, Denmark
* 1994-08-27, Reading Festival, Reading, UK
* 1994-10-19, La Diabla, Mexico City, Mexico
* 1995-02-21 Black Session
* 1995-02-27 2 Meter Session
* 1995-03-24, The Forum, London, England

## Audience recordings

* 1992-11-09, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England
* 1993-02-18, Joiner's Arms, Southampton, England
* 1993-05-04, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
* 1993-06-03, Barbue, Copenhagen, Denmark
* 1993-06-05, Bergslagsrocken Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
* 1993-06-12, Beeckestijnpop Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1993-06-15, Cine 3000, Nancy, France
* 1993-06-20, Passage du Nord, Paris, France
* 1993-07-13, The Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 1993-07-16, World Beat Center, San Diego, CA, USA
* 1993-08-15, Markt Rock Festival, Leuven, Belgium
* 1993-08-21, Waterpop Festival, Wateringen, Netherlands
* 1993-08-28, The Venue, Oxford, England
* 1993-09-01, The Garage, London, England
* 1993-09-23, Cameo Theatre, Miami, FL, USA
* 1993-10-06, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI, USA
* 1993-10-08, Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA, USA
* 1993-10-15, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
* 1993-10-22, Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
* 1993-11-01, RPM Club, Toronto, Canada
* 1993-11-11, Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
* 1993-11-12, Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany
* 1993-11-23, Casino de Paris, Paris, France
* 1993-11-25, Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain
* 1993-11-27, Pavilhão Os Belenenses, Lisbon, Portugal
* 1993-12-09, Brixton Academy, London, England
* 1993-12-11, Guildhall, Portsmouth, England
* 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK
* 1994-05-22, Rock Am Ring Festival, Nürburgring, Germany
* 1994-06-04, Shibuya Club Quatro, Tokyo, Japan
* 1994-09-30, Sheffield University, Sheffield, England
* 1994-10-06, Exeter University, Exeter, England
* 1994-10-08, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
* 1994-12-02, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1995-03-14, Hallam University, Sheffield, England
* 1995-04-01, Moe's Mo' Rockin' Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
1994-08-23, Sopot Rock Festival, Sopot, Poland

## Tracklist

1. You (cuts in slightly)
2. Bones
3. Creep

## Comments

* Excellent pro-shot video exists of two songs from Sopot Rock Festival in Poland, the band's first proper show since early July. They were likely the first two songs of the set, so it's entirely likely that the full show was filmed and is sitting in a vault somewhere! The quality is absolutely stunning for its time and the camera work is great, so if you want more pro-shot recordings of either of these songs, you're in luck.
* The difference between how much the band seem to be enjoying playing Bones over You is pretty striking here. Thom totally owns the stage during the former, gripping on to the microphone like his life depends on it, and Ed is visibly having fun at points. It looks like the new material was really invigorating them.
* The guitars here are a little low in the mix, which puts Thom right in the middle, and you can hear his crazy good vocals here very well - including a banshee-like scream in You.
* It seems that Colin has lost the ponytail since the last time he appeared on film! Smart choice, Colin!
1994-0X-XX GLR Session

## Tracklist

1. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (tiny cut in middle)
2. Just (tiny cut in middle)

## Comments

* The exact date that this Thom and Jonny radio session was recorded is unknown, but it's presumed to have been recorded sometime in the summer of 1994. The somewhat rough FM-to-cassette recording makes the audio quality sadly imperfect, but not distractingly so.
* Thom and Jonny play two songs on this session - a delightfully labyrinthine Street Spirit which is rendered very nicely with the pared-back two-guitar arrangement, and a Just which... sounds more than a bit clunky when not played with a full band! It's very interesting to hear for the novelty of it all, but it seems that a lot of the song's charm is missing once the band dynamic is removed from the mix. It's also apparent that they hadn't really worked out the last third of the song for the session, so it just sort of... ends at that point. Still quite entertaining to hear an early, almost-acoustic Just though!
Fake Plastic Trees/Recordings

All live recordings of Fake Plastic Trees.

## Soundboard recordings

* 1994-05-20, Festival Balélec, Lausanne, Switzerland
* 1994-05-27, The Astoria, London, UK
* 1995-02-16, The Eve's Club, London, England
* 1995-02-21 Black Session
* 1995-02-27 2 Meter Session
* 1995-03-24, The Forum, London, England

## Audience recordings

* 1994-02-21, Royal Berks Social Club, Reading, UK
* 1994-10-08, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
* 1994-12-13, WDRE Christmas Show, New York, NY, USA
* 1994-12-17, Deck The Hall Ball, Seattle, WA, USA
* 1995-03-14, Hallam University, Sheffield, England
* 1995-03-29, Sam The Record Man, Toronto, Canada
* 1995-04-01, Moe's Mo' Rockin' Cafe, Seattle, WA, USA
1994-05-20, Festival Balélec, Lausanne, Switzerland

## Tracklist

1. You
2. Bones
3. Ripcord
4. Black Star
5. Creep
6. The Bends
7. My Iron Lung
8. Prove Yourself
9. Maquiladora
10. Fake Plastic Trees
11. Just
12. Anyone Can Play Guitar
13. Pop Is Dead
14. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
15. Stop Whispering

## Comments

* This recording is probably one of the biggest discoveries in the Radiohead live canon of the past five years. In May of 2020, Swiss broadcasting institution RTS uncovered this gorgeous-sounding soundboard of the band's performance at Festival Balélec and sent it out to various radio stations across Europe for broadcast. As such, there are at least three sources for this, and probably many more on other, obscure parts of the internet. It doesn't matter which one you get, really. They're all just about pristine, only really marred by some low feedback on Maquiladora and Just.
* Really, there's not much else you could want from a 1994 performance! Stunning sound quality, rock-solid performances and a strong, comprehensive setlist. If this tape was well-known earlier, it would likely be extremely well-renowned.
* Notable here is the first recorded performance of the full-band Street Spirit! It sounds *sublime* as well, apart from some occasionally questionable guitar work from (I think?) Jonny.
* My Iron Lung is also absolutely brilliant here. You can hear so clearly what each of the three guitarists are doing (especially Ed, whose Fripp-like guitar work is on full display here), and they mesh together to produce a brilliant rendition. Notice that the breakdown is also starting to speed up a fair bit, as compared to the two earlier renditions where it feels a lot more sludgy.
* Other amazing performances: Prove Yourself, Maquiladora and a BEHEMOTH of a Stop Whispering performance. The Stop Whispering in particular has to go down as one of its top 3 performances.

## Audio sources

 SBD recording
 SBD recording
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1993-06-20, Passage du Nord, Paris, France

## Tracklist

1. You
2. Prove Yourself
3. The Bends
4. Vegetable
5. Creep
6. Lurgee
7. Ripcord
8. How Do You?
9. Faithless the Wonder Boy
10. Banana Co.
11. Inside My Head
12. Stop Whispering
13. Permanent Daylight
14. Anyone Can Play Guitar
15. Pop Is Dead
16. Thinking About You
17. Killer Cars
18. Blow Out
19. Rhinestone Cowboy (Glen Campbell cover)

## Comments

* This is actually a very recent discovery in the scheme of Radiohead shows, and it's pretty historic! In decent-but-distant sound quality, what you're hearing here is the last date of the MAMMOTH Pablo Honey European tour. As a result, this show has a real ramshackle school's-out energy to it: creative vocal interpretations of songs like You and Pop is Dead, appreciative on-stage banter from Thom (that quickly sours after a fan requests Creep twice) and plenty of Jonny guitar heroics.
* This show still has that excellent extra-large setlist played on uncommon occasions during this tour, covering the majority of the songs in their already sizeable repertoire up to that point, with a few small differences: no Million Dollar Question (which was dropped from here onwards and replaced with Stop Whispering as a fixture). That means we get that lovely two-song mini acoustic set with Thinking About You and Killer Cars, the former being particularly melodramatic.
* Ripcord at a bracing tempo is a definite highlight here. Definitely the song of the night for Phil, and Thom responds by giving it his all.
* At points it sounds like a demon is being exorcised from Thom in How Do You? Likewise, in an all-time great Stop Whispering, the 'FUCK YOU' which popped up here and there in these shows is a whole new level of aggressive.
* Another still-instrumental Permanent Daylight has an extended guitar intro and the feedback at the end leads seamlessly into Anyone Can Play Guitar, which is a very cool moment.
* Finally, as a capstone on the tour, the last ever performance of Rhinestone Cowboy is busted out here! What a strange little rarity that one became in these early shows. And with that, this tour is over!
2012-07-10, Festival de Nîmes, Nîmes, France

## Setlist

1. Lucky
2. Bloom
3. Morning Mr. Magpie
4. 15 Step
5. There There
6. Staircase
7. The Gloaming
8. Separator
9. I Might Be Wrong
10. Pyramid Song
11. Nude
12. Identikit
13. Lotus Flower
14. Feral
15. Little by Little
16. Paranoid Android
17. Treefingers
18. Give Up the Ghost
19. Videotape
20. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
21. Ful Stop
22. Everything In Its Right Place (with After the Gold Rush (Neil Young cover) intro)
23. Idioteque
24. Reckoner

## Comments

* This show was performed at the Festival de Nîmes, with other headliners including Björk, Elton John, and David Guetta.
* This was Radiohead's first performance since the Toronto stage collapse that led to the death of drum technician Scott Johnson. During the final song, Reckoner, the screen behind the band displayed images of Johnson as a tribute.
* The show opened with Lucky for the first time since 1998-12-10, Amnesty International Benefit, Paris, France.
* Treefingers made its live debut.
1995-03-09 Top of the Pops broadcast

## Comments

* Just four days before the release of The Bends, Radiohead played on BBC's Top of the Pops for the first time since 1993. 'Played' is a relative term, though: everything here is playback except for Thom's vocals, and the band are (poorly) miming along. Nevertheless, the audio and video quality are ace.
* ...It's a near-completely-playback performance of High and Dry, except with the last third omitted. There's not really much else to it! It's fun to see the band all dressed up for the occasion - with Colin looking like he's about to go to a funeral - and the absurdity of the 'cool' studio audience dancing along to such a sad song is very entertaining, but if you're looking for a good performance of this song... it isn't even really a performance. Worth watching for its historical importance though!
1993-10-22, Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA

## Tracklist

1. You
2. Prove Yourself
3. The Bends
4. Yes I Am
5. Vegetable
6. Creep
7. Ripcord
8. Pop Is Dead
9. Inside My Head
10. Anyone Can Play Guitar
11. Stop Whispering
12. Thinking About You
13. Blow Out

## Comments

* This is the final recorded date of the Belly tour, and it's in similarly good sound quality to the Chicago show. Great, atmospheric AUD with a little bit of distortion around the edges.
* One thing to note is that it's highly likely that the set's out of order. The transitions between songs don't match up at all, which probably explains why the songs are in a different order to how they typically were on this tour.
* This gig starts and ends a little slow, and it's obviously not as good as Chicago, but it's overall a really fun show that peaks around the middle somewhere. In particular, you get what is probably the finest-ever Yes I Am, with all the band on top form - it's about as good as that song can get.
* Thom is pretty damn sassy on this one. He comments on the very sedate crowd at the beginning and makes a few other snide little comments throughout.
* Other highlights here are a heavy Vegetable and a Pop Is Dead that Thom *really* gets into. It's the second last show on the tour and they seem to be having a lot of fun on these ones.
1993-08-21, Waterpop Festival, Wateringen, Netherlands

## Tracklist

1. The Bends
2. Prove Yourself
3. You
4. Vegetable
5. Creep
6. Lurgee
7. Ripcord
8. Faithless the Wonder Boy
9. Banana Co.
10. Inside My Head
11. Anyone Can Play Guitar
12. Pop Is Dead
13. Blow Out

## Comments

* A recording of the second of the August 1993 festival gigs, the sound quality is pretty similar to the last few recordings. Anyone Can Play Guitar is bereft of its first minute or so but the gig is otherwise complete.
* The start of the show has a hilarious intro from a Dutch emcee, who sings a part of Creep in a garbled fusion of Dutch and English.
* Probably the longest scream to date at the end of Creep can be found here. The scream length would reach its peak around 94/95.
* Check out Phil’s groovy drumming at the end of Faithless.
* A very manic performance of Inside My Head can be found here.
1991 live

1991 was the year that Radiohead first started to hone its powers a little bit in the Oxford gigging scene. No longer known as On a Friday, the band performed at a few places that year. One of them was recorded by an unknown taper, and it is now the first-ever live performance we have of the band.

## Recommended recording from 1991

* 1991, Unknown venue - because it's the only one available, and because it contains super early versions of Thinking About You and I Can't.
1993 live

1993 was the year of Radiohead's first world tour, in support of their debut album, Pablo Honey. As a headliner, they played numerous shows across the UK, continental Europe and (for the first time) the US to promote the album and its associated singles. They embarked on two major tours as a support act later in the year, for 90s alt-rock bands Belly and James (whose popularity they would soon eclipse.)

As is to be expected, setlists from 1993 are relatively homogenous and fairly dependent on Pablo Honey material, but with some notable exceptions. For instance, The Bends - the title track from the 1995 album - was played at almost every show in 1993, in an early arrangement. Meanwhile, various other odds, ends and b-sides would pop up over the course of the year in the full band shows. It is in the Thom and Jonny or Thom solo shows, however, where the bulk of the unreleased material lies, and there's some pretty amazing stuff there. You are spoilt for choice in '93, so listen to your heart's content!

## 10 recommended recordings from 1993

* 1993-02-11 Signal Radio session - the only acoustic performance from the band to feature all three of Thom, Jonny and Ed, and the source of several fantastic live debuts.
* 1993-02-23 Black Session - a super early performance for French radio, with very nice performances all round. Plus, you get to hear the bizarre classic of early Radiohead that is Rhinestone Cowboy in great sound quality.
* 1993-04-02, Roxanne, Tel Aviv, Israel - legendary show with a *huge* setlist and a ton of fun everywhere you look.
* 1993-05-05, Bevrijdingspop Festival, Haarlem, Netherlands - heavy, energetic and in brilliant soundboard quality.
* 1993-06-15, FNAC Auditorium, Nancy, France - a lovely Thom and Jonny performance with two pretty significant debuts.
* 1993-06-30, The Metro, Chicago, IL, USA - you know it, you love it, you've (probably) already seen it.
* 1993-07-04 MTV Beach House - I mean, come on.
* 1993-07-11, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, CA, USA - this is just Thom, and it's just 4 songs, but it's absolutely awesome.
* 1993-09-23, Cameo Theatre, Miami, FL, USA - possibly the show with the best Thom performance of the whole year. He is on *fire.*
* 1993-10-15, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA - if you're not a big fan of soundboard recordings, and you love the energy that a good AUD brings, get this. It's a great and highly valued show.
Peräjärvi

**Peräjärvi** on taajama kuvitteellisessa Alivieskan kunnassa. Se sijaitsee Peräjärven rannalla kantatien 70 läheisyydessä.

## Kuvaus

Peräjärven kylä on Peräjärven ympäristön suurin asutuskeskus päällystettyine teineen ja lähekkäin rakennettuine taloineen. Siellä sijaitsevat Teimon kauppa, Pub Nappo, Lindellin autokatsastus, jätevedenpuhdistamo, kirkko, hautausmaa, linja-autopysäkki, Joken uusi talo, koulu urheilukenttä sekä kaksi likakaivoa.

Peräjärvelle voi saapua useilla tavoilla: ajamalla kantatietä 70 etelän tai idän kautta tai Loppentietä, veneellä Peräjärven poikki tai linja-autolla. Venelaituri sijaitsee järven rannalla ja bussipysäkki Teimon kauppaa vastapäätä. Kylän päätie on nimeltään Alivieskantie.

Peräjärven taajama voi mahdollisesti olla entinen kunnankeskus vanhalle Peräjärven kunnalle. Mutta pelin aikajanassa tästä ei ole tietoa. Jotenka tämä on vain teoria.
1990-11-XX, Exeter University, Cornwall, England

## Tracklist

1. Push it up/push it down...
2. Beautiful
3. Find Yourself Another
4. Jesus, Jesus
5. Change Your Mind
6. Loud Hailer
7. ABC
8. Holy Fingers
9. [Unknown Title]
10. Apocalypse
11. High and Dry
12. Atom Bomb
13. Long D Toon
14. I Don't Want to go to Woodstock
15. Beautiful (Encore)

## Comments

* Now *here's*an interesting one! This is a performance from the band Headless Chickens, a melodic punk band that happened to include our very own Thom Yorke while he was also working in On a Friday. This is the very first video footage we have of Thom at all and the video quality can be forgiven because of how unique it is.
* The performances are just what you'd expect from an amateur punk band, and they run through a series of covers. The main attraction for Radiohead fans is High and Dry, a thrashed-up version of the track that five years later would make it onto The Bends. It's always interesting to see how their early songs developed.
Attention

## Description

A deep cut from the archives, 'Attention' (also known by the title 'Attenzione!') is a long-unreleased song written somewhere between *The Bends* and *OK Computer*, in late 1995 or early 1996. Initially heard as a quiet Thom demo, the few full-band recordings available give us a jangly, upbeat song with cryptic political lyrics that isn't too far removed from the band's much-loved influence R.E.M.; one that doesn't quite fit with any album. While weaker than the songs that would eventually appear on the album,

## Live history

### 1996

'Attention' was never actually *performed* live, which makes it seem like an odd inclusion here - indeed, the existence of the song was unknown until 2017 and the release of the White Cassette. And, while it's true no bootleg recordings of the song exist, soundcheck recordings that surfaced in 2019 as part of the dump that became MiniDiscs (Hacked) indicate that the band definitely *thought* about playing it. The song was soundchecked at least four times, all on the 1996 North American tour, and the recordings show a band that's invested in getting it right, although still experimenting with different lyrics or guitar melodies throughout. Unfortunately, they were never quite satisfied with it, and so - unlike the other songs debuted on that tour - it was left in the vault, eventually to be forgotten about.

## List of recordings

See Attention/List of recordings for the full list.
1993-11-02 Musique Plus session

## Comments

* Out of nowhere, on an obscure Canadian music show, Thom debuts a song that would come to define his entire career for a good many people. For such a big moment, I wish I could say that the video quality is great - but it's not. While the definition is decent most of the time, there's some particularly nasty audio and visual distortion at points which significantly hampers its listenability.
* It's a damn shame, too, because the song that he introduces as Three-Headed Street Spirit emerges from Thom's mind just about fully formed. Aside from some notably early lyrics (people who are crazy for this one will relish this), the acoustic guitar arrangement that he presents is pretty much a dead ringer for the version that would appear on The Bends two years later - albeit with a full band. It's amazing to think that 1993 Thom was writing with this level of sophistication, but it shouldn't be a surprise!
Places to download shows

The Radiohead community is one of the biggest and most enthusiastic that you'll find on the internet. There are thousands of us who dedicate our time to discussing and sharing this band. Thankfully, hundreds of live recordings exist from the very start of their career - and there are many excellent places to source them.

## Places to download shows

* **Radiohub** - by far and away the best source for live Radiohead. Its numerous dedicated members share hundreds of gigabytes of every Radiohead, Atoms For Peace and Thom Yorke live show and rarity under the sun, as well as huge amounts of stuff from other artists. It's easy to jump in - Windows users can connect with DC++, whereas for Mac users Eiskalt is an excellent alternative.
* **Dimeadozen**- while not specifically a Radiohead sharing site, it is perhaps the most popular live music hub around today and plenty of Radiohead is made available there.
* **Radiohead Not For Profit**- a site that focuses on sharing great recordings of more recent live shows. Easy to download.
* **AustinBrock's YouTube channel**  - a great member of the Radiohead community, AustinBrock makes available tons of live video on his YouTube channel.
* **These are the essential Radiohead bootlegs** - my inspiration for starting this wiki in the first place! Not only are some of the best Radiohead shows collected and presented to you in a great format, the author's descriptions of each prove a hugely entertaining read. For those starting out as Radiohead fans, this site is highly recommended.

Feel free to edit and add any more.
1993-11-25, Zeleste, Barcelona, Spain

## Tracklist

1. The Bends
2. Prove Yourself
3. You
4. Yes I Am
5. Vegetable
6. Creep
7. Ripcord
8. Banana Co.
9. Pop Is Dead
10. (Nice Dream)
11. Anyone Can Play Guitar
12. Stop Whispering

## Comments

* This is a very obscure show in the scheme of things, and part of the reason for that is no doubt the sound quality - it's really messy, especially on songs like The Bends that have a lot of things going on in the arrangement. It's a shame, because this James tour featured some very consistently strong performances, and this is one of them. A soundboard recording of this would be a (nice) dream.
* A big draw here is the second-ever full band (Nice Dream), which the band started to introduce to sets sporadically at this point in order to gauge the audience reaction. It's a heavy, crushing performance of the usually delicate number that is once again sabotaged by the recording quality. I contend that (Nice Dream) only ever reached its performing apex when Ed started singing the backing vocals, but this is one of the most interesting versions.
* There's also another really fascinating change to the set: for the first time, they change the end of Stop Whispering slightly! The 'FUCK YOU' part is replaced with a Phil drum lead-in to the final section, and Thom keeps the coos of 'way' going for a bit longer. Who knows if this was an impromptu change or if it was planned. It's fascinating and very rare to hear these little changes as the years go on.
* Thom makes a valiant attempt at a Spanish intro before The Bends. He garbles it a little but it's really cute nonetheless.
Verité Florent

Sprite 4 from Online Game

## Personality

Verité has a pretty strong personality. She gets upset quickly, especially when people sream at her. But when she sees something cute, she is immediately obsessed with it. She's overall a nice girl, and wouldn't hurt a fly.

According to her sister, Verité has had quite a big number of boyfriends.

> Warette: Who're you? Veri's new boyfriend?
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> John: Boyfriend!?
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> Warette: Yeah, you're kinda the type 'a guy she'd come strolling home with. Wouldn't be the first time.
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> John: It wouldn't?
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> Warette: Yeah, she used to bring a new boy home every week or so.
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During the story, some people (for instance: Honjaku Gafujubun) did fall for Verité's odd charm.

## Name

* **Verité** comes from the French word “Vérité,” which means “Truth.” It is also a reference to the “Ace Attorney” series by Capcom, in which **Phoenix Wright**’s adoptive daughter, **Trucy** was called **Vérité** in the French localisation.

* **Florent** is a French name, which has ties to flowers. This fits with **Verité**, since she is a botanist after all.

* During development, **John**’s first client was a man called **Frank**. He was a mafia boss who actually was guilty. The writer didn’t like this idea, so he changed the whole character.
How Do You?/Recordings

All live recordings of How Do You?

## Soundboard recordings

* 1992-11-11, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, England
* 1992-11-14, University of Essex, Colchester, England
* 1993-04-02, Roxanne, Tel Aviv, Israel
* 1993-06-04, Magasinet, Göteborg, Sweden
* 1993-06-30, The Metro, Chicago, IL, USA

## Audience recordings

* 1992-11-09, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England
* 1992-11-18, The Warehouse, Plymouth, England
* 1993-02-18, Joiner's Arms, Southampton, England
* 1993-05-04, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
* 1993-06-03, Barbue, Copenhagen, Denmark
* 1993-06-05, Bergslagsrocken Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
* 1993-06-12, Beeckestijnpop Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* 1993-06-15, Cine 3000, Nancy, France
* 1993-06-20, Passage du Nord, Paris, France
Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong

## Description

For a band that was so clearly influenced by its grunge and noise rock predecessors, especially in the early days, 90s Radiohead produced a *lot* of dreamy, delicate material. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong is a great example of this. A light, resigned song that passes through multiple distinct sections and melodic ideas, Punchdrunk is only really known to hardcore fans, but it is very well-liked nonetheless. A great example of the early band being able to do delicacy if they so chose!

## Live history

Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong saw an (unfortunately) limited live history. In the direct aftermath of the release of the My Iron Lung EP it saw frequent play, but after that point, it was resurrected just once in 1995 and then disappeared from setlists, never to be heard from again. It's a great shame, because for some bizarre reason, this song *really* worked in a live context - perhaps even better than it did in the studio.

### 1994

Punchdrunk was performed on ten (known) occasions in 1994, and of those, only five were recorded. It was debuted on the band's England tour late in the year, and remained in the set for one or two one-off gigs later in the year. As previously indicated, this song really 'clicked' live, with the complex guitar work always proving a particular highlight. Notable and/or recommended performances include:

* 1994-10-06, Exeter University, Exeter, England - a total stunner, with the guitar work in particular shining through a lot here.
* 1994-12-02, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands - the best of them all. A surprisingly heavy take on the song that was recorded in magnificent SBD quality for the High and Dry live EP. Simply unparalleled.

## List of performances

See Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong/Recordings for full list.
1993-07-14 Arsenio Hall broadcast

## Comments

* Radiohead's big break into American TV took place in July, when they performed on the then-popular Arsenio Hall show. Quality-wise, the sound and video quality is decent, but man - CBS needed to tone it down with those lights. It's a talk show, not the coast guard.
* The band only play Creep, unfortunately, but it's surprisingly a very good performance. Thom (clad in a symphony of beige) certainly gives it his all, sinking into a tortured half-croak, half-whisper at the end.
1994-09-14 BBC Radio 1 'Evening Session'

## Tracklist

1. Bones
2. Just
3. Maquiladora
4. Street Spirit (Fade Out)

## Comments

* Hope you're not tired of excellent-sounding 1994 recordings at this point, because here's another one! Recorded for the BBC, the sound quality is just as you'd anticipate - sparkling, dynamic and detailed. You can find this on the 2009 collector's edition of The Bends, or you can use, erm, less legal methods to find it.
* For this session, the band decided (just as they did with their last BBC session, in 1992) to play four unreleased songs, including Street Spirit which marks its first appearance on a recording since May. If you're looking for pretty spot-on translations of these songs' live arrangements, but in studio sound quality, look no further. Just, in particular, benefits a lot from this approach.
* Maquiladora gets off to a slightly rough start, but it heats up pretty quickly; Jonny's guitar solo on this recording is particularly fiery.
Untogether (Belly cover)

## Description

Recorded by forgotten 90s indie pop band Belly, Untogether is a pretty, rollicking pop number. Tanya Donnelly's voice renders the beautiful melody with great delicacy.

## Live history

There is just one recording of Untogether as part of a Radiohead set - 1993-10-15, Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA. Performed as an acoustic duet with Tanya, this is a famously gorgeous rendition of the already very pretty song; it is a delightful rarity. There is also another performance with Thom and Tanya of Untogether (this time filmed), but this was a part of Belly's set and not Radiohead's.

## List of recordings

See Untogether (Belly cover)/Recordings for full list.