Radiohead
Pyramid
Stage
Glastonbury
June
28, 2003
Thom Yorke has a smile on his face as soon as he walks onstage. It's a good sign. Tonight is the night when the old and the new Radioheads combine. Even though they open with new material - 'There There' and '2+2=5', this is Radiohead in crowd-pleasing, world-conquering excelsis. Any accusations that Hail To The Thief is awkward and unfriendly are effortlessly blown away, as new stuff flows elegantly into hand-picked classics - 'No Surprises' and 'Fake Plastic Trees' cruise into the same skies as those mighty Radiohead Glastonbury shows of old. Thom, meanwhile, is effusive, dedicating 'Lucky' to REM, "with love". Ed, in particular, looks like a man possessed, but Thom's epileptic jolts are levelled out by the moments when he grins like a lovesick schoolboy. After a final, solo 'Street Spirit', the daft look on his face has already gone down as a classic Glasto image.