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May 12, 2008, 01:23PM

Radiohead Concert Experience Similar To Music Lover's Hell

Radiohead's show outside of Washington, D.C. at Nissan Pavillion turned into an epic failure. Intense rain caused traffic delays and washed out roads. The corporate venue closed down the parking lots, and rather than tell people to go home, directed traffic in a long, painful, circle on single lane roads while the band played their set. Here are a few personal accounts from the many thousands of fans who struggled through the night.

"One of the two roads getting into the venue was closed due to flooding, and the venue began denying people parking. Instead they would send them on "detours" around the venue never letting anyone park causing a lot of people to spend hours sitting in gridlock in their cars going around and around the venue while the show played."

"Some sort of explanation is definitely called for from Nissan Pavilion on this one. If your venue depends on auto access (as Nissan does), and people can't get in by car, then, frankly, you ought to give them their money back. At a minimum you ought to apologize for making them sit in lines of traffic six miles long for a few hours. Would it have been so hard to send a guy with a bullhorn out to tell us we weren't going to get in?"

"After waiting in traffic in pouring rain for over two hours, my wife and I were unable to gain entry even into the parking lot, much less the concert. While the management is certainly not responsible for the inclement weather, they are clearly to blame for the lack of adequate traffic control measures to ensure that those who purchased tickets to a sold out concert (including a parking fee above and beyond the ticket cost which is charged per ticket rather than per car)."

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