When it was announced that Thom Yorke was gonna be doing a solo tour, I figured that this is the closest to a Radiohead gig any of us in this part of the world is ever gonna get to... at the rate Radiohead themselves are always on the brink of breaking up over something or other.
Anyhow, friend got us tickets, so yay. The only good thing about the months-long lead up is being able to get flights and erm, accommodation and to pay it off before the day. I got the PTO and I don't hate midweek travel. But I also forgot that Dua Lipa is also in town for 2 nights of her tour.
Except the ticket. Which I COD with friend when we meet day of. Which is fine.
We met up super early for dinner (5 p.m. reservation near Bugis) to go try this Miffy-themed hot pot meal, which I was like ok, sure LOL It was pretty hearty for the price paid (in my case, anyway); might be too much for one tiny eater, but definitely NOT ENOUGH for two. Which kinda explains the weird condition the boss mentioned when we sat to order (which I already forgot), but since we were getting one each, didn't matter la. (They had tom yam, I had the boring chicken herbal soup base)
Anyhow, we walked to Bugis MRT station and sat the long ass ride out to the 'burbs, to Star Vista. Despite having seen what the merch looked like beforehand, but by the time we got to where it was sold, the line was so stupid long we were like, nope. So we got to our seats super early and were just chilling out for at least an hour while also watching everyone else finding their seats.
Show started around 8.20 something and went on for about 90 minutes, give or take. Most of the place was seated and quiet when he played his later solo stuff, but dude smartly closed the show with a string of very familiar Radiohead hits and that's when everyone got on their feet.
Can't complain; it's probably a once in a lifetime kinda thing for most of us in these here parts.
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