Radiohead was a band that often occupied the top spot on festival lineups and enjoyed sold out arena shows in 2008. To have the opportunity to catch them in a space as small as a club seems unfathomable, but for a lucky few, it was a reality.
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Radiohead announced a brand new series of livestream shows that will be pulled from their extensive Radiohead Public Library vaults. Each edition will premiere on the band’s YouTube channel on Fridays at 3PM ET / 12PM PT as the series will run for seven weeks.
The first episode features an “in-store-performance-turned-impromptu-club-show” from January 2008 on the heels of the band’s iconic album In Rainbows.
“The January 16, 2008 show was originally intended to be an In-Store performance at London record store Rough Trade East to mark the conventional release of the In Rainbows album—a plan that went awry when hordes of fans and overwhelming media coverage caught the attention of the local authorities,” a press release states.
“The entire production had to be torn down and a replacement venue found on a moment's notice. The show ultimately happened at 93ft East, a club with a capacity of a few hundred that was thankfully available for the night. The result was an electric and intimate Radiohead performance like no other, one largely unseen since—until now.”
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Back in April 2020, Radiohead first launched a weekly livestream concert series where they replayed classic concerts from their archives.
"We will be releasing one a week until either the restrictions resulting from current situation are eased, or we run out of shows. Which will be first? No-one knows," they wrote at the time. With the return of live music still up in the air, it’s clear the band hadn’t yet run out of shows. Or, they made the decision to dig even deeper in their archives.
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