Today may have been a soulless trudge through tedium, but it's OK, because tomorrow I'm going to see Radiohead. One reason to be smug about living in London is the certainty that any decent band (and a lot of not-so-decent bands) are going to play a short tube ride from Knowledge Towers. Radiohead are pushing the envelope a bit, however, by playing in Victoria Park, which lies between Hackney and Bethnal Green. It may be a short mooch for Shoreditch trendies, but I've got to change trains twice. The nerve of these people.
Victoria Park is the oldest public park in Britain.
It was opened to the proles in 1842, and is known as 'The People's Park' in East London. It's the third Victoria Park I'll have been to, following on from parks in Bath and Cardiff. I'd think that I had some kind of affinity with the name, except there are also Victoria Parks in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester, amongst many others. They are, of course, named after Queen Victoria, who according to Eddie Izzard, lived for 2000 years.
I'm getting excited now ahead of the gig, but as this is a Radiohead gig, it might not fit my usual metal gig template. Three things that probably won't happen:
1. Singer implores crowd to 'go fucking crazy'
2. Band begin encore with cover of 'Summer of 69'
3. Guitarist launches 5-minute solo with request for circle pit
And three things that might:
1. Singer implores crowd to stop littering
2. Band begin encore with eight-minute jazz odyssey
3. Guitarist plays Paranoid Android, with any luck
3 comments:
Haha, I did quite literally lol at that post.
Don't forget the Victoria Park behind the Guildhall in Pompey
Well, I hope you enjoy Radiohead - not jealous at all - much! but I am going to Portugal so will be eating peri peri chicken whilst you are Creeping...
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