Radiohead's Thom Yorke walks off stage in response to Israel 'genocide' heckler
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke left the stage during a concert Wednesday after a member of the audience shouted about Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip.
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke left the stage during a concert Wednesday after a member of the audience shouted about Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip.
Yorke was playing a show in Melbourne, Australia as part of a solo tour when, according to multiple videos captured by concertgoers, a man yelled: "Do you condemn the Israeli genocide of Gaza? Already 200,000 [dead], half of them children."
On stage, Yorke replied: "Come up here and say that."
The singer continued, amid some cheering: "Don’t stand there like a coward, come here and say it. You want to piss on everybody’s night? OK you do it, see you later," before walking off stage.
He returned a short time later and performed a version of the classic Radiohead song "Karma Police."
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