The Smile Perform Concert with London Contemporary Orchestra: Setlist + Video
The Smile headlined the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival on Saturday by teaming up with the London Contemporary Orchestra for a performance at the 02 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, UK.
The trio of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner performed 12 songs with the backing of the London Contemporary Orchestra, including the live debut of “I Quit” from The Smile’s newly released sophomore album, Wall of Eyes. Other performed songs included “Pana-Vision,” “Speech Bubbles,” Tiptoe,” “Waving a White Flag,” and “Bending Hectic.”
Later in the evening, The Smile delivered a seven-song encore set as a three-piece band, including renditions of “The Thing,” “The Same,” “The Smoke,” and “You Will Never Work in Television Again.”
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The full concert was streamed on BBC’s website and select clips can be found below.
The Smile will spend the summer touring the UK and Europe in support of Wall of Eyes. Tickets to their upcoming concerts can be found here.
The Smile with London Contemporary Orchestra Setlist:
With London Contemporary Orchestra
Wall of Eyes
Pana-Vision
Speech Bubbles
Friend of a Friend
Skirting on the Surface
Tiptoe
You Know Me!
I Quit
Waving a White Flag
Free In The Knowledge
Instant Psalm
Bending Hectic
Band only
Thin Thing
Read the Room
A Hairdryer
The Same
The Smoke
The Opposite
You Will Never Work in Television Again
