Sudden Performance
Leader of the British nearly legendary band Radiohead Tom York had secretly performed at the biggest European music festival - Glastonbury. His surprising concert was not announced at all, so people just couldn’t believe that he is actually standing on the stage and singing before them. As the New Musical Express said, musician was accompanied by a Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood at one of the small stages (The Park Stage) in the evening of June 25. York’s set was announced by the Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis and is now considered to be “the biggest surprise”; fans and followers of his music had probably experienced it for the first time, thus their happiness saw no limits. During the concert, Tom York had performed a lot of songs from his new solo album “The Eraser” and Radiohead’s hits such as “Karma Police” and “Street Spirit” (”Fade Out”). By showing his musical talents a singer had interchangeably used guitar and piano. Totally, two musicians have performed nine songs:
- The Eraser
- Harrowdown Hill
- Black Swan
- Cymbal Rush
- Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
- Pyramid Song
- Idioteque
- Karma Police
- Street Spirit (Fade Out)
This year’s Glastonbury was celebrating it’s 40th anniversary and is considered to be the most important event of the year in the music world. It was headlined by the Muse and Stevie Wonder.