claim: A news article was published claiming that Radiohead fans were embarrassed after wildly applauded a tuning session.
origin: As the Glastonbury music and performing arts festival got underway in June 2017, a purportedÂ screenshot of a news article aboutÂ Radiohead fans wildly applauding a tuning session they mistook for a real songÂ appearedÂ on social media: The image mimics the format of a BBC news article, but the headline is nowhere to be found on the BBCâ€™sÂ RadioheadÂ artist page â€” or anywhere else on the BBC web site. We found no record of this storyÂ in any other genuine news publication. TheÂ BBCâ€™sÂ actual article about the bandâ€™s performance at Glastonbury did not mention any awkward applause: < Absorbing, challenging and achingly beautiful â€“ Radiohead delivered a typically Radiohead sort of set for Glastonburyâ€™s opening night. The Oxford quintet emerged, bathed in white light, to the haunting piano refrain of Daydreaming, from last yearâ€™s A Moon Shaped Pool album. Two hours and 25 songs later, they closed with Karma Police, singing: â€œFor a minute there, I lost myself.â€ It felt like a perfect metaphor for the bandâ€™s power to transport an audience. > The earliest iteration of the viral fake news article that we could find came from a pretty unusual source â€” a London flower shopâ€™s Twitter account:Â < BREAKING NEWS: #Glastonbury2017 pic.twitter.com/mkihP4KsHi â€” Arena Flowers (@ArenaFlowers) June 23, 2017 > Although flower shops arenâ€™t known for throwing shade at Radiohead fans, Arena Flowersâ€™s Twitter account is full of similar jokes. For instance, they posted another fake news item about the Glastonbury Festival which claimed that Ed Sheeran played simultaneously on every stage: < BREAKING NEWS: #Glastonbury2017 pic.twitter.com/BIReqQPXqX â€” Arena Flowers (@ArenaFlowers) June 25, 2017 > The news article about Radiohead fans mistaking a tuning session for a genuine song at Glastonbury is fake. However, this article is reminiscent of another embarrassing musical moment when Ravi Shankar fans actually did applaud a tuning session: