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Radiohead bring back “Let Down” at Madison Square Garden
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Photo: David Urrea · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRadiohead brought “Let Down” back on the first of their two nights at Madison Square Garden in New York, on Tuesday 26 July, opening the first encore with it. The OK Computer song had not been played since Toronto in June 2006, and Forrest Wickman, writing for Slate from the show, called it the high point of the night. Jason Isbell, in the crowd, wrote on Twitter that it brought back the perfect kind of memories. Reminded me of why people work so hard to go to rock shows.
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The first night ran to about two hours. “15 Step” had its first outing of the tour, and “The National Anthem” carried broadcast audio from the Democratic National Convention, then under way, with a radio host talking about Hillary Clinton. The New York Times has a review of the night.
“Let Down” stayed in for the second night on Wednesday, which changed half of its 24 songs. It ended on “Creep”, written on the band's setlist as “Silent Night”.
Setlists, Madison Square Garden, 26 and 27 July 2016
| # | 26 July | 27 July | Section |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burn the Witch | Burn the Witch | Main set |
| 2 | Daydreaming | Daydreaming | Main set |
| 3 | Decks Dark | Decks Dark | Main set |
| 4 | Desert Island Disk | Desert Island Disk | Main set |
| 5 | Ful Stop | Ful Stop | Main set |
| 6 | Lotus Flower | My Iron Lung | Main set |
| 7 | The National Anthem | Climbing Up the Walls | Main set |
| 8 | 15 Step | Morning Mr. Magpie | Main set |
| 9 | No Surprises | Pyramid Song | Main set |
| 10 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief | Bloom | Main set |
| 11 | Separator | Identikit | Main set |
| 12 | Planet Telex | The Numbers | Main set |
| 13 | The Numbers | The Gloaming | Main set |
| 14 | 2 + 2 = 5 | Weird Fishes/Arpeggi | Main set |
| 15 | Everything in Its Right Place | Everything in Its Right Place | Main set |
| 16 | Myxomatosis | Idioteque | Main set |
| 17 | Idioteque | There There | Main set |
| 18 | Let Down | Give Up the Ghost | Encore 1 |
| 19 | Present Tense | Let Down | Encore 1 |
| 20 | Paranoid Android | Present Tense | Encore 1 |
| 21 | Nude | Planet Telex | Encore 1 |
| 22 | Bodysnatchers | Karma Police | Encore 1 |
| 23 | Bloom | Reckoner | Encore 2 |
| 24 | Street Spirit (Fade Out) | Creep | Encore 2 |
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Madison Square Garden, New York, 27 July 2016· Johnny Airbagwatch on youtube →