Let me tell YOU a couple of things now! The show in Milano was in the second biggest venue, Palavobis. Newspapers
reported between 8000 and 9000 people. They played a set I hadn't seen on other reviews. All of OK Computer except
Electioneering, all of The Bends except Black Star, Sulk and Nice Dream, then they played Talk Show Host, Creep and a
breathtaking version of Thinking About You, with Thom alone on stage with an acoustic guitar. No B-sides and all... Shame for
not hearing Bishop's Robes and stuff like that :) But if it were for me, that should have been a 4-hour set :)

They were all in great shape. They started off with Lucky (after Fitter, Happier of course), then Just. At that point people from
the audience kind of got the idea ;) "Just" was incredible. Thom was singing in a way I'd never heard on their records. So was
"Bones". When he was singing the second chorus ("You've got to feel it in your bones") he started moving in a way that was so
involving people started to scream... Well you always get people screaming at concerts, but this was different, it was a sound of
liberation, of protest, of strength... We were screaming like mad, not to greet Thom or stuff, just because we couldn't keep our
voice inside, we had to shout at our loudest to match the energy he was giving us. I will never forget this.

Other highlights, in my opinion, were Climbing Up The Walls, unexpectedly I must say, Exit Music of course (even
though...well I don't know why, it must be a world-spread virus that makes people clap along. We had this in Milan and in
Florence, and I read about this in other reviews as well. Terrible. After the first verse he said "CALM...." By the end of the
song everybody in the place was IN IT, in perfect silence.) Then, I'd add Talk Show Host, My Iron Lung and....Well the list
could go on. Let me mention Paranoid Android, which revealed something of its genius in a much clearer way live. There was a
funny moment in the song: in the "rain down on me" part, Johnny got so experimental over his keyboards, he reached a level of
cacophony that almost got the rest of the band SICK, heheheh - Thom looked at him and shook his head watching the crowd.
Maybe there was anger in that comment, but I found it a beautiful moment. For the whole gig Johnny looked so lost in his world
of sounds. It was a great experience to see how he approached the instruments and produced sounds. That moment in
Paranoid Android did sound BAD and cacophonic, but it was the perfect representation of Johnny's playing - stretching and
twisting and bending notes without a limit. He jumped, he fell, but he had courage and it was great to see.

People were raving mad by the end of the show. I'm sure they've gained a lot of supporters that night. And I mean A LOT.
Most people there didn't know much about them. Unfortunately the mess was so bad, many people had to be taken out by the
bouncers there. I was in the first row and I saw many pass over my head. I'd say at least thirty people had to be dragged out of
the place. No serious damages, but an incomprehensibly bad experience. Members of the band didn't say anything about it,
unlike other occasions. Yet sometimes it seemed that in the harder, more aggressive tunes, Thom was taking his rage at the
endangering behaviour of the audience and turning it into a creative force, to express all the anger in the songs.

The show in Florence was even worse. 6000 People packed in a much smaller venue than in Milan. I was in the first row again,
but this time it was a real challenge, which was most absurd really. They played a shorter set - all the songs they'd played in
Milan except The Tourist, Let down, and unexplicably Street Spirit. They only played a three-song encore, so maybe there was
something wrong, or they didn't want to play with such a mess going on, who knows.

Despite the little difference in terms of songlist, the order was completely different, and most of all the band's approach made it
almost seem like different music. It was powerful, anthemic, and even though it lacked the intimacy of the Milan gig, it had an
amazing energy, and the crowd sang along much more. It was more like The Bends than like Ok Computer, let's say.

Both experiences were so intense I have a hard time listening to any other music now. I guess it's going to fade in the next days
;)

Radiohead were my favourite band anyway before these gigs, but now I can't really express how much I like their music. Most
of my friends were there, I must say - Radiohead are very TRENDY in Italy at the moment, which is a bit bizarre... It's kind of
offensive to see people go mad at them almost as if they were the new Take That! But I'm glad they're gatting all this attention
anyway. People went there because somehow it seemed like "RADIOHEAD'S SHOW? YOU GOTTA BE THERE!", but I'm
sure most of the people were deeply and sincerely touched, way beyond their expectations. There's a great article that cam
eout on Italy's most famous newspaper. Maybe I'll take time to transcribe it. It's nice to see what they did has been
acknowledged in a somehow public way.

Matteo