Our concert tonight in Tokyo was definitely a success. The place was crammed, ten thousand people. A very sophisticated audience, almost like it was listening to Beethoven’s Ninth.
That’s neither good nor bad, it is just an observation. The Japanese are so well behaved. Everything is orderly and perfectly organized, you could almost call it anal. I found it strange at first, but now it gives me a feeling of security.
I played on an acoustic harpsichord. Same will apply to the other two concerts in Japan, and also for the entire UK leg. The sound from a real harpsichord is more authentic and charming.
Many people wear white, surgical-looking masks in the street, and there were several in the audience tonight. The mask is worn when you are mildly sick and have a cough, but don’t want to infect others. It was funny seeing masked people swaying to the music. Surgeons on acid - oh yeah!
We played two encores, Oceania and Declare. As we were going on stage for the encores, I said to Björk: “Let’s play Waterloo!”
Now, wouldn’t that be fun?
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