Watch The Orchestra (For Now) cover Lou Reed at End of the Road Festival
Ahead of their main set at End of the Road Festival this weekend, rising London seven-piece The Orchestra (For Now) shrank down to a duo for a Best Fit secret session with an incredible cover of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day".
Frontman Joe Scarisbrick was accompanied by guitarist Bill Bickerstaff on background vocals, playing two original unreleased songs and ending with a cover of the Lou Reed classic, which you can watch below. “Sing along!" urged Scarisbrick to the audience, "not the verses, though. Because I might get the verses wrong, and you might get them right, and that would be embarrassing.”
The Orchestra (For Now) joined the likes of Squid, Silver Gore, Christopher Owens, Throwing Muses and jasmine.4.t who all played for Best Fit's Secret Sessions this past weekend. The sessions have become a key part of End of the Road each year, bringing together artists from across the line-up in a series of short sets, exclusive covers, collaborations, and live interviews and Q&As.
Check out our playlist of past secret sessions
Past years in the secret sessions also have seen performances from Lucy Dacus, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Kurt Vile, Moses Sumney, Alex Cameron, Laura Marling, Patti Smith, and Frightened Rabbit - who played a now iconic version of "The Modern Leper".
Earlybird tickets for the Festival’s 20th anniversary edition in 2026 will be on sale from Tuesday 2 September via endoftheroadfestival.com
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