Thom Yorke debuts new song at Latitude Festival

"Update: A full video of the performance has surfaced. Scroll down…Earlier today, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke took to Southwold, England’s Latitude Festival for his first solo performance since the release of The Eraser in 2006. Needless to say, it was already a special occasion before the English musician totally upped the ante by debuting a brand new song.Yes, among the 12 songs played during his Sunday set was a previously unheard selection. “This is a new song, so you know — go for a piss,” Yorke is quoted as saying prior to performing the simple, acoustically driven number.According to At Ease, the song is titled “The Present Tense”. Check out a bootleg snippet of it below (via melophobe)… and a YouTube video after that!

No word on whether “The Present Tense” is a Yorke song or a Radiohead song, but either way, this marks the second new selection the frontman has debuted in the last week. On Wednesday, Yorke’s cover of Miracle Legion’s “All for the Best” surfaced on Stereogum."By Alex Young on July 19th, 2009http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/07/19/thom-yorke-debuts-new-song-at-latitude-festival/Mais...Yorke plays solo gig at Latitude

"Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has played a rare acoustic set to kick off the last day of the Latitude Festival in Suffolk.Crowds began to gather at the main stage with their breakfast rolls during the singer's soundcheck at 10am BST.By the time Yorke got on stage at noon, the audience equalled that of Saturday night's headliner, Grace Jones.Seated behind a grand piano, the 41-year-old opened with the title track from his 2006 album The Eraser.Good spiritsBut the shaggy-haired star defied expectations by playing Radiohead material, too.Set highlights included Weird Fishes, a track from the band's 2007 album In Rainbows, and elegiac version of Everything In Its Right Place, from Kid A.A stripped-back version of Harrowdown Hill, in which the musician looped a bass line and layered keyboard and guitar over the top, also proved popular with the crowd.In good spirits throughout the early morning set, Yorke's first words to the crowd were: "Shhh... There's people sleeping".Radiohead are an amazing band, but to see him on his own, approaching the songs in a different way, was really excitingIan Hannent, Thom Yorke fanLater, in response to a cry of "I love you Thom", he replied drily; "Yes dear, I'll be home later."Switching between piano, keyboard and guitars, he played several rare and new songs, including Follow Me Around, a track which had been "sitting on the shelf and never really come off the shelf"."Anyway, you can get it on Youtube now," the star joked.Radiohead's long-time producer Nigel Godrich was seen singing along at the side of the stage.Called back on to the stage for an encore, he rounded off the hour-long set with Radiohead tracks There, There and True Love Waits - from the band's live EP I Might Be Wrong.Fan Ian Hannent from London was bowled over by the show."It's a great opportunity to see somebody that good, so close up," he told the BBC News website."Radiohead are an amazing band, but to see him on his own, approaching the songs in a different way, was really exciting."Elliot Hulland-Camp from Canterbury agreed the set had been "astonishing"."I wasn't sure the time of day would suit this type of gig but it was the right mix of Radiohead songs and solo stuff."Because he's the only act on at the moment, as well, everyone came for this one event. It was pretty special."Yorke himself said he had had a "lovely time:The star will be back at his day job when Radiohead headline the Reading and Leeds festival on August Bank Holiday weekend.Thom Yorke's full set can be heard on Tom Robinson's 6Music show from 2000 BST on Sunday. "By Mark SavageEntertainment reporter, BBC News, Latitude Festivalhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8158033.stm...pra ouvir:Present Tense

Harrowdown Hill

True Love Waits

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