Little Boots plays Tenori-on on BBC Breakfast
Hosts don't really get it
Hipster-friendly music technology and cosy sofa chat collided in slightly bizarre fashion yesterday morning when electro-pop queen Little Boots breezed into the BBC Breakfast studio to play her Yamaha Tenori-on.
Presenters Bill Turnbull and Susanna Reid looked bemused and impressed in equal measure as they watched Ms Boots (AKA Victoria Hesketh) perform Stuck On Repeat, at one point asking: "You're not playing Tetris are you?".
To her credit, Little Boots managed to ignore the presenters' wilful fuddy-duddyness and turn in a creditable performance, which you can watch in the video below.
The Tenori-on section gets going just after the three minute mark.
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