Thom Yorke, frontman of the rock group Radiohead, was attacked by a pro-Palestinian spectator during a concert on Wednesday, October 31, in Melbourne, Australia.
The singer and songwriter was performing solo when an audience member questioned him about the war in Gaza: “How many dead children do you need to condemn the genocide in Gaza? » Responding curtly by accusing him of ruining the concert, Thom Yorke provoked him by ordering him to come on stage with him: “Don’t just stand there like a coward, come here and tell me to my face.” »
Thom Yorke briefly left the stage as the audience booed the heckler. The singer returned a few minutes later to perform. karma policea Radiohead hit released in 1997.
In 2017, the British group denounced a campaign ordering it to cancel a concert in Israel and described calls for a boycott as condescending and“extraordinary waste of energy”.
Later, in a post on Twitter (since he became X), the singer emphasized that “Playing in a country does not mean supporting its government”. “We played in Israel for more than twenty years with successive governments, some more liberal than others. Like in the United States. we no longer support [Benyamin] Netanyahu than Donald Trump, but we continue playing in the United States »he then explained.
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