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The mystery has been solved. A month or so before this tour I had read that the lighting design for this year's show was something very remarkable. I remember reading, 2 years ago actually about many people tossing glow sticks to Radiohead onstage during the Bonnaroo summertime festival. Until last night's show was over I could not completely work out what these large light-curtains which framed the stage looked like, exactly. The answer came on the way home --- they looked like extra-large glow sticks or glow wands! I remember apparently the glow sticks coming on stage for Radiohead was some sort of a pivotal moment in the 2006 tour when they sort of regained their confidence.Whether the beautiful and unexpected light tubes on stage were inspired by that or simply coincidentally similar we will never know....I had been seeing these things in the videos on the front page from which I did in fact shield my eyes to avoid knowing what was in the photo. It was worth being in the dark about these things! Much more to come....
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