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Coachella crisis! Radiohead walk off stage TWICE as sound problems plague headliners

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 10:55 EDT, 15 April 2017 | Updated: 12:09 EDT, 15 April 2017

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They were the much anticipated headliners for the first night of this year's Coachella.

But sound problems plagued Radiohead's set, with a glitch-plagued opening in which the audio system repeatedly crashed.

The technical issues got so bad that the band walked off the stage twice.

Not happy: Sound problems plagued Radiohead's set during their Coachella music festival performance

The experimental rock icons, booked for the third time to lead the premier festival in the California desert, played most of two songs in awkward, inadvertent silence with frontman Thom Yorke oblivious that the audience could no longer hear.

The sound was cut completely during the song 15 Step; the group walked off stage after. They returned and resumed their performance, only to leave again when the sound cut out during the tune Let Down.

Radiohead then soldiered on with raw renditions of its best-known songs - including Creep, the English rockers' 1992 debut single that they have since played sparingly.

Such glaring technical problems are exceedingly rare for a band the caliber of Radiohead - long a critical favorite - or Coachella, one of the world's most lucrative cultural events renowned for its punctilious organization.

But it is the latest in a series of once unthinkable glitches in top-tier events, including an embarrassing snafu in awarding the top Oscar and sound issues at the Grammys.

Trouble: The band walked off the stage twice because of the technical issues

Delays: They were the much anticipated headliners for the first night of this year's Coachella

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Radiohead opened powerfully underneath a sea of transcendent light-beams and stars - a 'moon shaped pool,' in the words of the title of the band's last album.

Three songs in, Radiohead cranked up the energy on Ful Stop with a purple-drenched, crater-laden display that had the feel of a lunar landing, but audio issues were soon sorely noticeable with jarring bleeps over the music.

The sound turned off completely two songs later on 15 Step, with lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood appearing to notice problems.

Focused: Radiohead then soldiered on with raw renditions of its best-known songs - including Creep, the English rockers' 1992 debut single that they have since played sparingly

Views: Radiohead opened powerfully underneath a sea of transcendent light-beams and stars - a 'moon shaped pool,' in the words of the title of the band's last album

But Yorke, locked in his personal zone with his eyes closed and a sound monitor in his ear, jammed away with passion unaware that the crowd could see but not hear.

Similar issues quickly arose again on Let Down off Radiohead's seminal 1997 album OK Computer, with members of the crowd, after a collective groan, singing along to substitute for the inaudible Yorke.

Rarely chatty on stage, Yorke took responsibility for the technical problems and voiced appreciation to the crowd for staying put.

Jammin: Radiohead then soldiered on with raw renditions of its best-known songs - including Creep, the English rockers' 1992 debut single that they have since played sparingly

'I'd like to tell you a joke to lighten the mood or something like that, but this is Radiohead, so f*** it,' said Yorke - making, in effect, a joke about the band's grim reputation.

Radiohead stripped back the sound on several subsequent tunes but did not give up the loop effects that have become a band hallmark. And the sound fortunately pulled through for Greenwood's thundering jolts of guitar on Creep.

The problems came despite growing technological confidence at this year's Coachella, where drones captured crowd footage, cellular reception stayed mostly consistent and a planetarium-style dome led by Hewlett Packard offered festival-goers a 360-degree journey through space.

Wow: Similar issues quickly arose again on Let Down off Radiohead's seminal 1997 album OK Computer, with members of the crowd, after a collective groan, singing along to substitute for the inaudible Yorke