Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace end their April tour at Coachella

Atoms for Peace, Thom Yorke's band, played the last of their nine April dates on Sunday 18 April, the closing night of Coachella, on the Outdoor Theatre stage. Coachella's line-up, out in January, had billed the act as Thom Yorke and four question marks. From the stage Yorke named the band and promised every song off 'Eraser' and then some mad shit¹, and they played the nine songs of The Eraser in album order.

NME reported that he dedicated “Atoms for Peace” to Pavement, who were on the main stage that day. LAist called it the standout set of the closing night; its reviewer heard him tell the crowd that after a long weekend they needed to freak out, and watched him and Flea, on bass, dance wildly through the set. buzzbands.la liked Yorke best on his own and thought the band, Flea above all, got in his way. One reviewer saw the crowd stretch back towards the main stage and the Gobi tent.

Jay-Z and Beyonce watched from the tower at the sound desk. Gustavo Turner of LA Weekly saw security clear them a path from a side fence, and Beyonce, cloaked, filmed the crowd on a small camcorder. They stayed for most of the set and left during the encore.

After the album, Yorke sent the band off. You won't recognize this one unless you spend too much time on YouTube², he told the crowd, and alone with an acoustic guitar he built “Give Up the Ghost”, a new song, out of loops of his own voice laid into harmonies. “Airbag” followed on the same guitar, then “Everything In Its Right Place” at the piano, for old times' sake, he said.

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