The Smile – Radiohead’s side project starring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside drummer Tom Skinner – debuted on Saturday during the live broadcast of Glastonbury’s Live at Worthy Farm, the trio performing an ensemble containing a handful of new songs and revisiting an unheard of Radiohead rarity. .

The band opened their very first concert – performed in a giant tent at the Glastonbury site – with ‘Skating on the Surface’, an updated version of Radiohead’s ‘Skirting on the Surface’, a relic played three times over. The king of limbs tour that had not been carried out since 2012.

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– The smile (@thesmiletheband) May 23, 2021

After that, The Smile released a series of seven new songs: According to a setlist posted on social media, these songs were titled “The Smoke”, “You Will Never Work in Television Again”, “Opposites”, “Panavision”, “Just Eyes and Mouth”, “We Don’t Know What Tomorrow App” (which the band later posted on Twitter, above) and “Thin Thing”.

A side project that should satisfy Radiohead fans who have long demanded the band’s return to ‘guitar-rock’, the Smile’s eight-song set found the trio bouncing between post-punk assaults and a few similar slower numbers. to Yorke’s solo works. Yorke and Greenwood also rotated the bass and guitar throughout the performance.

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– The smile (@thesmiletheband) May 23, 2021

In her only remark during the performance, Yorke introduced the group: “Ladies and gentlemen, our name is ‘The Smile’. Not the smile like in ‘ahh’, more ‘the smile’ like in, the guy who lies to you every day… ”The trio takes its name from a poem by Ted Hughes of the same name.

Since The Smile was revealed on Saturday, the group has launched social media accounts and an official website, but no exit plan has been announced. The entire Smile concert can be replayed on Sunday during callbacks for the Live at Worthy Farm event, which also featured Coldplay, Haim, Damon Albarn, Jorja Smith and more. Due to technical difficulties during the initial livestream, two more streams are scheduled for Sunday:

A reminder that ticket buyers for last night’s 7pm stream were emailed details on how to watch the reminder broadcasts today at 2pm and 7pm. We have also been assured by Driift that last night’s technical issues have been resolved. We really hope you enjoy this magical show. pic.twitter.com/7k6eT107x2

– Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) May 23, 2021