blast-o-rama.

Bit of a followup to my post about the miserable experience that was all the shit related to Sunday night’s Radiohead show….

I sent Nissan Pavilion’s customer service e-mail a line about my experience, and my frustration, having spent so much on tickets, parking, gas, etc.

So I got a lovely e-mail back today from them.

Hi Marty

Thank you for contacting Nissan Pavilion regarding your experience on Sunday night. The torrential rain storm, multiple road closures and a late-arriving crowd led to delays for some music fans entering the parking lot at Nissan Pavilion. While we have no control over Mother Nature, we certainly are disappointed that some fans did not make it to the venue.

As a consolation, we would like to offer you complementary lawn tickets to Radiohead’s performance at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ on August 12th. We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced Sunday night and hope that this free ticket offer helps to make up for it.

Sure, they’re not pavilion seats, but hey, they’re free. And honestly, I didn’t even expect a response, just a “sure, we’ll get back to you” form letter. Classy move, LiveNation. You win this round.

I know, the title of the post is actually a Thom Yorke song, not a Radiohead song. But it’s very appropriate, as you’ll soon read.

Last night, I had the amazing pleasure of seeing Radiohead. Hot in the middle of their 2008 tour supporting the stupendous album In Rainbows, it was a fantastic show at Bristow, VA’s Nissan Pavilion. I mean, look at this set list!

All I Need
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Lucky
15 Step
Nude
Pyramid Song
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Myxomatosis
Idioteque
Faust Arp
Videotape
Paranoid Android
Just
Reckoner
Everything In Its Right Place
Bangers + Mash
Bodysnatchers

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Like Spinning Plates
Optimistic
Karma Police
Go Slowly
Planet Telex

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Fake Plastic Trees
The National Anthem
House of Cards

How could that not be a good show?

A mix of Mother Nature and inept staffing.

Without going into too much detail (honestly, I’m too angered to get into it all now), there was a torrential downpour the entire evening…and the staffers at Nissan Pavilion did nothing to assist the matter, closing roads, bringing movement to a crawl, not being helpful to ticketholders, and even sending people away.

This was a sold out show. 25,000 people. Why are you sending away people who dropped an average of $50 to see the show?

Luckily, the internet has voiced my anger far better than I could, with this post at DCist, this followup at The Consumerist, and ranting and raving across message boards nationwide.

As for the actual show? I finally got in (1 hr.+ waiting for parking) just in time to see “Just”, and despite the rain, cold, and miserable setting, they were absolutely transcendent. It’s just a shame what could’ve been an amazing show was marred by people who had nothing to do with what was on stage.

I will never go to Nissan Pavilion again. And you better believe they’ll be hearing from me.

And granted, I can only give you 8 out of 10 tracks…so far….

BUT WHO WANTS THE RED ALBUM!?!?

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Enjoy.