The fact that this concert even took place was one of the greatest acts of irresponsibility I have witnessed. My friends and I left early because we knew that even in perfect weather it's a nightmare to arrive at Nissan Pavilion. We were at the lawn for Radiohead, but after 6 songs, the rain still kept crashing down and the temperature dropped considerably. At that point we were more concerned with our physical integrity and a safe drive home than enjoying one of our favorite bands, so we just took off. There were no conditions for fans holding lawn tickets to enjoy the concert, and I have requested a refund. We'll see what happens.

I went to the concert last night with a few friends and although the actual show was great, it was a miserable night. After arriving when the doors opened and standing in the cold, pouring rain for roughly 5 hours, our ponchos and rainboots were soaked completely through. The opener was especially painful. But when Thom, Johnny, and friends took the stage and everyone on the lawn huddled a bit, we got warmer. I disagree with the evaluation of the set in this article. The Bends is old and, frankly, not their best. They've evolved into something much better than the Bends, so I was happy to hear their newer material, stuff we've not gotten to hear live before. They did not disappoint. "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" and "Idioteque" were highlights (and only some of the upbeat songs the author must have forgotten). I was also thrilled to hear "Like Spinning Plates" live. And the light show was fantastic. All in all, the band sounded great, and I felt like they were all very into it and appreciative of our sacrifices.

Oh, and then it took 3 hours to get home to Arlington. Nissan Pavillion has got to find a better way to do that. All I can say to them is WTF?

Overall I thought the show was pretty good, but I've seen them perform better shows. This was my first and last trip to the Nissan Pavilion. Simply not worth the time and $ spent going two and from that venue. Will be honest and say that the Nissan Pavilion is one of the worst venues I have ever been to. Very poor planning with the layout of the venue and parking. Pretty miserable experience considering the elements, I'm just glad that I didn't get sick.

First, I just want to say that I and 5 others going to the show had the worse time getting there than any event ever. We sat through traffic to get there for almost 3 hours, it was horrendous. By the time we almost got there, we found out there was maybe half an hour left in the show. After all that we weren't going the miss the end. Running up a curb outside the parking lot, and with some help from others stuck in traffic, we pushed our van up a hill, ditched it, and ran through the floods of rain straight to the gate. We were able to catch the last 5 songs, and it was INCREDIBLE. anyone complaining about or criticizing the show (i.e.article) sounds insipidly ridiculous, (pansy). We missed most of the show because we didn't prepare well enough. If hard rain is enough to ruin a Radiohead show for you, then take the thumb out of your mouth. If you're willing to complain about all of that, then you shouldn't have been the one to write the article. the weather was already forecast, you could've got better ticket, and if you had a poncho and umbrella, you would have been set. We were soaking wet and had a blast. This article completely misrepresented the mood of the crowd, which was thoroughly ecstatic. If I only caught the very end of the show, Which was AMAZING, I can't imagine what the rest was like. Everyone else I asked there said it was. The sound and vocals were INCREDIBLE, and stage lighting and visuals completely integrated the already phenomenal performance. I've never seen anything like it before, and I've been to more shows than I can say. After that experience, I will travel how far and endure as much to see another Radiohead performance.

An addendum to absurdly appropriate lyrics from the set occured during the slower section of "Paranoid Android", where a dreary sounding Thom Yorke sang "rain down… rain down, c'mon rain down on me..." You could hear mixtures of laughter and exasperated groans from the crowd, and I couldn’t help but smile into the clouds as we all shook our collective wet heads.

we drove down 4 hours from nj/ny and made it in. granted we got there at 4. stood outside in the rain til 7:30 thinking we had lawn seats before trying to sneak in, just to find we had really great seats all along. i thought the show was amazing...perfect...even when thom had to restart 'nude' twice. it was endearing and i wouldnt have changes it. every song was played brilliantly. i was soaking wet, trembling from the cold, but it was 100% no doubt, worth every second. cant wait to see them in august at all points west in jersey city.

we drove down 4 hours from nj/ny and made it in. granted we got there at 4. stood outside in the rain til 7:30 thinking we had lawn seats before trying to sneak in, just to find we had really great seats all along. i thought the show was amazing...perfect...even when thom had to restart 'nude' twice. it was endearing and i wouldnt have changes it. every song was played brilliantly. i was soaking wet, trembling from the cold, but it was 100% no doubt, worth every second. cant wait to see them in august at all points west in jersey city.

oh! by the way, whoever wrote this review is so mentally off. their song selection was great! they played old and new! mellow and rockin. and they played it all awesome! no songs dragged, none were rushed...kuddos to radiohead for making such a wet night into an amazing party.

This is Nissan Pavilion's response to my complaint letter:
Hi (Name),

Thank you for contacting Nissan Pavilion regarding your experience on Sunday night. Due to 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.

s- you should take that ticket! i live in nj and drove to va for this concert. i live in central nj, so i go to pnc at lot, but from what i hear that center in camden is as sloppy as the pavilion but hopefully you'll have better weather. im so sorry to hear you didnt make it though.

There's a petition for Radiohead to do a make-up date at the Verizon Center in DC for a REAL eco-friendly show.

Please consider signing it, and please forward it on to a friend.

Thank you.

www.ipetitions.com/petition/DC_Radiohead

Hi, an oldie but a goldie here. I'm a 53 year old dad of two 20+ yr olds and am thankful for them turning me and my wife on to Radiohead a few yrs. back. Their songs and music has revived in me the emotions and verve of my yesteryear and the glory days of Rock and roll. The creativity and soul of their sound is truly inspiring and the opportunity to see them live at Nissan in Bristow with my family was a wonderful expierience (we were in the pit) albeit a bit uncomfortable at times but once they took the stage all that was soon forgotten as I thought they played and sounded as best they could. To me it was and is a performance to remember. I hope to get the chance to see them again. one more note; I was very curious of my 28 yr. old musician son's take on the show and to my astonishment we have finaly agreed on something, he felt the same, that it was a superb performance.