Jim DeRogatis writes this morning that the city has rejected Radiohead’s bid to play Millenium Park this summer in favor of a scheduled rehearsal of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. The shows were to have been on June 19 and 20 and Radiohead would have paid rental fees of $100,000.

As their previous show in 2001 (at Hutchinson Field) and Lollapalooza proved last summer, there is hardly a better setting than the lakefront for rock and roll shows, and to pass up the chance to have Radiohead play Millenium Park is a big mistake. The 2001 show had such pristine sound it was hard to believe it was outdoors in a field that had never been a concert venue before. I’ve heard the orchestra play in Millenium Park and the sound is fantastic; can’t we work out a deal?