Radiohead get political in triumphant Glastonbury set

From Digital Spy

Radiohead made a triumphant return to Glastonbury Festival on Friday evening (June 23) with a set laced with hits, rarities and plenty of politics.

The band's appearance marked 20 years since their legendary 1997 headline set, so had extra gravitas weighing on it.

However, they drew from across their wide catalogue, opening with latest album A Moon Shaped Pool track 'Daydreaming' before launching into OK Computer cut 'Lucky'.

The band are celebrating two decades since OK Computer's release and so unsurprisingly included quite a few of its tracks, including 'Airbag' and 'Let Down'.

Yet they varied the set too, with more experimental songs such as Kid A's 'Idioteque' and Hail to the Thief's 'Myxomatosis' played earlier. The latter part of the set was laced with older hits like 'Fake Plastic Trees','Paranoid Android' and the rarely-played 'Creep'.

However, politics seemed an inevitable touchstone given Radiohead's history in activism, with frontman Thom Yorke taking plenty of digs at Theresa May.

He quoted the Prime Minister's much-derided election slogan "strong and stable" during 'Myxomatosis', and later quipped: "See you later Theresa, just shut the door on the way out."

During the set, the frontman blasted "useless politicians", to which the crowd chanted "oh Jeremy Corbyn!" – the band then began to join the audience in the chant.

Yorke also praised the festival's organisers, saying: "To the Eavis' and your lovely farm, thank you for having us today. There's nothing else like it on Earth."

Many viewers were pretty spellbound by the whole thing:

Though others were just not feeling it:

Radiohead played the following:

1. 'Daydreaming'

2. 'Lucky'

3. 'Ful Stop'

4. 'Airbag'

5. '15 Step'

6. 'Myxomatosis'

7. 'Exit Music (For A Film)'

8. 'Pyramid Song'

9. 'Everything in its Right Place'

10. 'Let Down'

11. 'Bloom'

12. 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi'

13. 'Idioteque'

14. 'You And Whose Army'

15. 'There There'

16. 'Bodysnatchers'

17. 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)'

18. 'No Surprises'

19. 'Nude'

20. '2+2=5'

21. 'Paranoid Android'

22. 'Fake Plastic Trees'

23. 'Lotus Flower'

24. 'Creep'

25. 'Karma Police'

Glastonbury continues tomorrow with a headline set by Foo Fighters on the Pyramid Stage, before Ed Sheeran closes the weekend on Sunday.

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