Watch The Smile headline the BBC 6 Music Festival with the London Contemporary Orchestra
nme.comThe Smile headlined the third night of the BBC 6 Music Festival last night (March 9), alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra – check out the video below.
The COVID-formed, loose experimental band, comprised of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, played a lengthy set at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse, the main body of which saw them joined by the classical orchestra.
The trio then played a seven-song set alone, comprising largely songs from their first album, 2022’s ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’.
The full set is available to watch via BBC iPlayer here, while clips from the show can be seen here: The night before, Gossip headlined the same venue, being joined by Alison Moyet on a version of Yazoo’s ‘Situation’, while earlier in the day CMAT had been joined by John Grant on ‘Where Are Your Kids Tonight?’.
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