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November 6th 1995
Cambridge, UK - Corn Exchange
main set
01.The Bends
02.Bones
03.Anyone Can Play Guitar
04.Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was
05.High & Dry
06.Lucky
07.Creep
08.Man O' War
09.Planet Telex
10.Vegetable
11.Bishop's Robes
12.My Iron Lung
13.Just
14.Blow Out
15.Fake Plastic Trees
encore 1
16.Subterranean Homesick Alien
17.(Nice Dream)
18.Street Spirit (Fade Out)
19.Stop Whispering
encore 2
20.You
Support: Sparklehorse
Cambridge
The Corn Exchange
6 Nov 95
Martha

Cambridge, The Corn Exchange, and another roaring victory for the best band of the century.
The set opens with an amazing rendition of The Bends and, to be quite honest, after the gentle laziness of the support band, Sparklehorse, the whole crowd is electrified and a mass stampede erupts, forcing my already tired body a barrier.
This my first time experiencing Radiohead live. and it really does blow me away. The wonder of ones with its faultless guitar and vocals echoes in my head.
I stare at Thom Yorke and, as he stares back, he's saying something but to be quite honest, I’m not taking it in. Just and  Bullet Proof wash over my excited  and I stand transfixed, at my own special guitar god, nearly close enough to touch.
The excitement reaches fever pitch as the first few notes of Lucky ring out through the venue. Two new songs are aired - Bishops Robes and Man of War. Personally, I think they're really cool and I think that the rest of the audience agrees with me.
I'm totally charmed by my favourite song, Fake Plastic Trees, and it’s certainly my personal highlight. The last encore goes to Stop Whispering, then they smile and leave. We want more, but sadly they don’t return. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did. I leave the building with a desperate urge to die my hair orange. I know I'll sleep well tonight.

 

Cambridge
The Corn Exchange
6 Nov 95
Chris Parry

Did you know that it is approximately 500 miles from Aberdeen to Stansted Airport and, by the miracle that is Air UK, it takes around 70 minutes to get from one to the other? Did you also know that it is about 25 miles from Stansted Airport to Cambridge and that, thanks to a bus company which will remain nameless, it takes nearly 3 hours to make the journey?
By the time I got to The Corn Exchange I was in serious need of sleep or a pint. but I couldn't cry off a gig I'd been really looking forward to. What the hell was I worried about?
Radiohead came on and played one of the most blinding sets I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. I've seen better stage show by a number of bands, but I honestly think that I've never seen so much energy and, well, a band having such a good time on stage in a very long while.
From the opening number to the house lights coming on we were entertained by the finest today. I can't order, as all  into an outstanding  but it must be said that the highlights for me were Creep, High and Dry and a storming version of Lucky. A good long set followed by two encores. Brilliant and excellent value for money to boot.
Every song they played had an excellent sound, a real tribute to the band and their crew. Thom was in fine form and giving as good as he got with the banter. All in all, a nice day out.

 

Cambridge
The Corn Exchange
6 Nov 95
Debbie Manley

In the true spirit of The Beatles, Radiohead play short narrative pop tunes in which Thom Yorke can pour out his philosophy on life.
He opens with The Bends “I wish it was the 60's I wish I could be happy,” followed by his lament about Prozac, Bones, and the self-effacing Anyone Can Play Guitar.
Hunched over his guitar, Thom looks like the kind of skinny, spiky-headed punk that gets beaten up for not fitting in. But there is no way he wants to com- promise. He hardly speaks to the audience except to tell them his biggest hit, Creep, is for the “moron outfit” and to swear at the listeners on the BBC World Service — this was another sell-out gig being recorded for later broadcast.
But this rapid delivery means they get through 20 songs, a bar- gain in anybody‘s books, and they attract screaming fans who want their pound of flesh.
Thom tells us in the first encore that a three-year-old review had been left in their dressing room saying Radiohead had no songs except Creep. Buy their two albums, Pablo Honey and The Bends, — or the Help album for Bosnia — and find out for yourself. Radiohead are intelligent rock for the 1990's. They're loved by Keanu Reeves and their fanzine is based in Suffolk. What more could you ask for?

Reprinted with permission from the East Anglian Daily Times.

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