The group performed amnesiac song for the first time in seven years
After much thought, Radiohead performed “Like Spinning Plates” during their last performance at the O2 in London on Tuesday. The band wrapped up their four-concert tour in the city, surprising some lucky fans. amnesiac track and song debut on their reunion tour.
“Like Spinning Plates” was built on the backing track of an early recording of “I Will” (which later appeared on the 2003 album). Hail the thief), move in reverse. “We turned the tape over and I was in the other room and I heard the vocal melody going backwards and I thought, ‘This is a lot better than backwards,’ and then I spent the rest of the night trying to learn the melody,” Thom Yorke said. Wire in a 2001 interview, according to Citizen Mad.
Fans reacted accordingly to Tuesday's performance, with one member X declaring, “What do you mean I just heard plates spinning live??????”
Earlier this month Radiohead performed “Kid A” and “talk show host”. for the first time since 2018 at the Unipol Arena in Bologna, Italy. The group previously disbanded amnesiac songs tracks “You and Whose Army” and “Song of the Pyramid” during their current campaign.
After months of speculation, Radiohead announced their reunion back in September – their first live performances together since 2018. The European run began with four nights in Madrid, followed by four nights in Bologna and London, and soon in December in Copenhagen and Berlin.
“We got together last year to rehearse, just for fun,” drummer Philip Selway said in a statement at the time. “After a seven-year hiatus, it was really nice to play these songs again and reconnect with the musical identity that runs deep inside all five of us. It also made us want to play some shows together, so we hope you can come to one of the upcoming shows. For now, it will only be these shows, but who knows where it will all lead.”
