Watch The Charlatans’ impromptu performance at a Manchester train station

nme.com:

The Charlatans have given an impromptu performance at Manchester Piccadilly train station – check out the footage below. The band’s singer Tim Burgess sang and played harmonica while bandmate Martin Brunt played a free-to-use piano that is situated on the main concourse of the station, near to Platform 10.

The duo played a version of ‘Impossible’, from their 1999 album ‘Us and Us Only’ as well as 1995’s ‘Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over’ from their self-titled album.Thanks to everyone who came to our impromptu gig by Platform 10 at Piccadilly Station in Manchester pic.twitter.com/D2Eegz2ICU— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) December 2, 2023pic.twitter.com/8GesGDk7MA— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) December 2, 2023Posting the footage on X/Twitter, Burgess wrote: “Thanks to everyone who came to our impromptu gig by Platform 10 at Piccadilly Station in Manchester”.

A small cluster of people can be seen in the video huddled around the duo amid the busy passers-by. The performance comes ahead of the band’s concert at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse tonight (December 2).

That show will mark the half-way point of their run of major headline shows around the UK, with dates remaining in Leeds, Liverpool, London and Wolverhampton before they wrap up at Nottingham’s Rock City on December 10.