Before tonight’s show at the Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver, Radiohead were already out there enjoying the R.E.M. show last night. The band walked out on the field before the show started and watched the show from there. Michael Stipe dedicated ‘Orange Crush’ to Radiohead. After mentioning Radiohead again later in the set, the bass line of Radiohead’s ‘The National Anthem’ was played twice. Michael Stipe said he was going to be there at tonight’s show.
During the last two songs two songs Thom Yorke joined R.E.M. on stage. Thom joined Michael Stipe on vocals with ‘E-bow the letter’. Thom previously performed this song with R.E.M. at the Tibetan Freedom Concert. For the last song of the set, ‘It’s the end of the world’ Thom was still on the stage doing vocals and even later he took over Peter Buck’s guitar and played with the band. It was an amazing performance with Thom joking, dancing and singing on stage.
Just a note: Last time Thom sang with R.E.M. on stage, Michael Stipe joined Radiohead with their perfomance (vocals on Lucky)… Will it happen again tonight? We’ll see. Seeya there 
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead at Reading Festival – Live Report – 2009
- Amsterdam show online – 2006
- New Radiohead songs available – 2004
- Björk on Thom Yorke – 2004
