Up until Tuesday 17th June 2008 I had never seen Radiohead in concert. In many ways I still haven’t despite the fact that I was present at the first of their two Italian dates at the Arena Civica in Milan.
I think it would be more accurate to say that I was in the stadium while Radiohead were performing.
To go as far as to say that I saw them would be like saying I have seen Saudi Arabia just because I saw that country once from the window of an airplane.
There were around 18,000 at the show braving the deluge that had been threatening all day but cruelly coincided almost precisely with the appearance of support act Bat For Lashes. Continue reading
