sh*t, can I have 11 and swap Elbow for The Cure and Jagwar Ma please? 😁
Oh and Dizzee Rascal was great in 2009.
10 is hard, especially when you think for more than 5 minutes!
In no particular order, mainly because it's been the 21st century for such a long time, I can't remember
Radiohead 2017
The xx 2017
Kae Tempest 2017
Battles 2008
John Grant 2016
Underworld 2016
Elbow 2014 *
Gorillaz 2010
Chas'n'Dave 2005 (I sh*t you not)
Confidence Man 2022
* Yes I know that it was essentially a carbon copy of the superior set they played in 2011, but I wasn't there.
I'm sure I've forgotten loads that are better than some of these, but this is what springs to mind.
For that song, it's not just a costume, it's intrinsic to the personal journey he's been on over the last ten years or so, living with a chronic auto-immune disorder that has given him extreme physical and mental health issues.
There's nothing new under the sun, but this version is elevating his influences to a whole new level. Incidentally, the fact that a lot of this has been done before is directly addressed in the song itself.