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Never before have I felt such an urge to visit Texas. Not even for South By Southwest. Not even to revel in the delight of hundreds of the latest and reputedly greatest bands, live. But here I sit, Indian-style and impatient, a preschooler with a naptime sugar high. Of course my lust for trekking to the land that spawned the antichrist involves Radiohead. What else? Following their announcement that a U.S. tour would commence in May; lukewarm on the heels of revealing the cities they'll play, which includes San Francisco; Radiohead finally gave their stalkers a reason to quit their jobs and cancel plans for the next three months by unveiling the first eight dates of their U.S. tour. Let the line-waiting begin: 05-05 West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre 05-06 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre 05-08 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre 05-09 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 05-11 Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge 05-14 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 05-17 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 05-18 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center With Europe shows scheduled in June and July, looks like it'll be August before they come 'round San Francisco. Waaahhh waaahh. But I put my private-eye glasses on and deduced that since the named venues average about 20,000 capacity, the Bay Area stage they'll most likely grace is: Shoreline Amphitheatre. I might be wrong. Dallas and Houston aren't really that far away, are they?
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