The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 8th 2009 where the big winners on the night were Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. The full line up and details can be found on Wikipedia HERE
Radiohead, in the form of Thom and Jonny appeared at the Grammy’s 2009 and performed a version of ’15 Step’ with Spirit of Troy, the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band who contributed percussion and horns.
Due to The Grammy’s rights the video of the performance is not on YouTube but can be found on DailyMotion. Rather oddly the video has been flipped left to right so you’ll see Jonny Greenwood seeming to play guitar left-handed!
Meanwhile, YouTube does hold an 8.5 min video of rehearsals which is worth checking out first, HERE. In it you can see that Thom gets into what he is doing whether releasing or performing!
The DailyMotion video of the performance link is HERE
Radiohead were nominated in the Best Alternative Album category for In Rainbows which they won. The other nominees were
Modern Guilt – Beck,
Narrow Stairs – Death Cab for Cutie,
The Odd Couple – Gnarls Barkley,
Evil Urges – My Morning Jacket
The performance stole the show and USC has since added the song to their game-day repertoire.
More links… Photos of rehearsals (John Shearer/WireImage.com) Facebook HERE
Enjoy!