Thom Yorke: Last News

Thom Yorke clashed with a protester during his solo show in Australia. Find fan-captured footage of the moment below.The moment took place as the artist took to the stage in Melbourne on Wednesday (October 30) as part of his ongoing solo tour across Australia and Asia.Towards the end of his set at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, his rendition of Radiohead‘s classic track ‘Karma Police’ was interrupted by someone in the audience. According to footage and comments from other fans at the gig, the attendee was a pro-Palestine protester.After pausing the set, Yorke was seen listening to the voice coming from the crowd, before confronting him and leaving the stage abruptly.“Come up and say that.

Thom Yorke‘s upcoming Hamlet Hail To The Thief production have been shared today (April 3) – check them out exclusively on NME below.The show, which is based on Radiohead‘s pivotal 2003 album ‘Hail To The Thief’, will see Yorke collaborate with Tony and Olivier Award-winning directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones to create a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.For the production, Yorke will “personally rework” and orchestrate ‘Hail To The Thief’ for a cast of over 20 musicians and actors that will be performed live during each show. The project is described as a “feverish new live experience, fusing theatre, music and movement”.The synopsis for Hamlet Hail To The Thief reads: “Elsinore has become a surveillance state and hectic runs in the blood of its citizens.

Thom Yorke have announced plans for a special global screening event for their album ‘Tall Tales’.The duo will allow fans to listen to their record and watch an accompanying feature film on May 8, a day ahead of the LP’s official release. You can purchase tickets here.Transmitted by Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada, the ‘Tall Tales’ film is described as a “fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies”.

Radiohead fans are buzzing at the news the band are reported to be hitting the road in 2025.

Radiohead’s management have confirmed a forthcoming tour by the band for some time this year.As reported by Resident Advisor, allegedly four tickets to a “Radiohead concert of your choice” have been donated by Blueyed Pictures – the band’s management – to a Los Angeles fire relief auction run by Palisades High School.The fire relief auction closed yesterday (March 17), with the listing for the tickets explaining that the highest bidder would be able to choose their preferred city and date “based on the band’s tour schedule”.The outlet also reported that a close source to Radiohead had confirmed to them that Thom Yorke and co have “placed holds in select European cities for a run of residency gigs this autumn.”Radiohead’s last live performance was on August 1, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, marking the end of their “A Moon Shaped Pool” tour in support of their album of the same name.The news of the possible confirmation of Radiohead reunion dates comes shortly after the band formed a new legal entity, suggesting they may be planning significant activity in 2025.Last week, the band created a limited liability partnership (LLP) with the name RHEUK25, which has been something they have done a few times in the past ahead of an album, tour or reissue announcement.LLPs allow Radiohead to operate their business affairs independently, without relying on the framework of record labels and external companies.

Radiohead have shared a playlist of ‘The Bends’ B-sides and remixes in celebration of the album’s 30th anniversary.Produced by John Leckie, ‘The Bends’ was Radiohead’s second album and helped propel them to even greater heights. It marked their first time recording with Nigel Godrich, who has worked with them on every Radiohead album since.Some of the album’s B-sides include ‘India Rubber’, ‘How Can You Be Sure?’, ‘Bishop’s Robes’, ‘Talk Show Host’ and more.

Radiohead have celebrated the 30th anniversary of ‘The Bends’ by sharing an unseen live video of one of Thom Yorke‘s solo shows from the time.The VHS footage captures Yorke performing an acoustic solo show at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Canada on March 28, 1995.“Here are some songs to help your beer go down,” Yorke offers timidly as he begins playing.The 25 minute video sees him perform ‘(Nice Dream)’, ‘High and Dry’ ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’, ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ and ‘Thinking About You’.Check it out below:‘The Bends’ was Radiohead’s second album and helped propel them to even greater heights. It marked their first time recording with producer Nigel Godrich, who has worked with them on every Radiohead album since.As well as the aforementioned songs, it also spawned singles including ‘Just’, ‘My Iron Lung’ and ‘Planet Telex’.Earlier this week, the band formed a new legal entity, suggesting they may be planning significant activity in 2025.On Monday (March 10), the band established a limited liability partnership (LLP) with the name RHEUK25, something they have done in the past when they are about to announce a new album, tour or reissue.LLPs allow Radiohead to operate their business affairs independently, without relying on the framework of record labels and external companies.

Radiohead have formed a new legal entity, suggesting they may be planning significant activity in 2025.On Monday (March 10), the band established a limited liability partnership (LLP) with the name RHEUK25, something they have done in the past when they are about to announce a new album, tour or reissue.LLPs allow Radiohead to operate their business affairs independently, without relying on the framework of record labels and external companies. No further information has been shared by the band about what the legal move could signify.The band’s last album was ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’, which was released in May 2016, just months after the band registered the Dawn Chorus LLP.

Thom Yorke have announced their debut album ‘Tall Tales’, and have shared their latest single ‘This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice’.The track features a pulsing beat along with a swirl of synthesisers and the Radiohead frontman’s soft voice singing: “I’m not your problem to be corrected / I can’t function with your mind injected,” over the eclectic backing track.‘This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice’ also comes with a vivid music video directed by visual artist Jonathan Zawada, who is known for his multi-faceted approach that incorporates both analogue and digital techniques. He had previously worked on Pritchard and Yorke’s last release ‘Back In The Game‘.The track marked latest collaborative work from Yorke and electronic producer Pritchard, after ‘Beautiful People’ in 2016.Both ‘This Conversation Is Missing Your Voice’ and ‘Back In The Game’ will be featured in Pritchard and Yorke’s debut collaborative album ‘Tall Tales’ which is set for release on May 9 via Warped.The album will mark Yorke’s first release on the label. ‘Tall Tales’ has been described as a “multi-layered, richly textured record that channels both multiple narratives and multiple genres” in a press release and promises to showcase “Pritchard’s mastery of archaic machines unearthed in synthesizer archives, guiding the music down unexpected and experimental paths,” across the 12 songs that make it up.1. ‘A Fake in a Faker’s World’2. ‘Ice Shelf’3. ‘Bugging Out Again’4. ‘Back in the Game’5. ‘White Cliffs’6. ‘The Spirit’7. ‘Gangsters’8. ‘This Conversation is Missing Your Voice’9. ‘Tall Tales’10. ‘Happy Days’11. ‘The Men Who Dance In Stags’ Heads’12. ‘Wandering Genie’The album will be available digitally as well as on a standard black vinyl 2LP

Thom Yorke has shared a live version of ‘Back In The Game’, his new collaboration with Mark Pritchard, recorded in Sydney – watch below.The Radiohead frontman released the song last month on WARP Records, having debuted it during his solo tour of Asia, Australia and New Zealand in late 2024. It is the latest collaborative work from Yorke and electronic producer Pritchard, after ‘Beautiful People’ in 2016.Now, Yorke has shared the live performance of the song from a show at the Sydney Opera House on November 2, where Pritchard joined him on stage on synths.

Naman Ramachandran The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has unveiled the complete cast and creative team for its highly anticipated “Hamlet Hail to the Thief,” with Samuel Blenkin, fresh from Noah Hawley’s upcoming “Alien” series for FX and Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” taking on the title role. Claudia Harrison, known for her SAG Award-nominated turn as Princess Anne in “The Crown,” will play Gertrude opposite Olivier nominee Paul Hilton (“Slow Horses,” “An Enemy of the People”) as Claudius and the Ghost.

Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard have teamed up and shared an eerie new song, ‘Back In The Game’.

Thom Yorke has teased at an upcoming new release with Mark Pritchard, titled ‘Back In The Game’.The Radiohead frontman debuted the brand new song during his recent solo tour at a show in Christchurch, New Zealand in October – watch footage of that performance below.The track is thought to be part of a full-length collaborative record that Yorke has been working on with the Australian producer Mark Pritchard, and now both artists have posted teasers that signal the track might be released on Thursday (February 13).Yorke posted an enigmatic, abstract clip on his Instagram on Friday (February 7) which includes a brief loop of pulsing, horror-themed music, while Pritchard posted the same clip, as well as the message: “BACK IN THE GAME. 13.02.25.

Naman Ramachandran The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is bringing a giant dose of whimsy to Stratford-upon-Avon, announcing a new adaptation of Roald Dahl‘s “The BFG” as its marquee family production. The big-hearted tale, adapted by Tom Wells, marks RSC co-artistic director Daniel Evans’ directorial debut with the company in a partnership between RSC, Chichester Festival Theatre and the Roald Dahl Story Company.

Kate Bush has become the latest to sign a petition speaking out against artificial intelligence (AI) using artists’ work without their permission.The campaign emerged earlier this year and states that “the unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted”.It arose in light of ongoing legal issues between the creative world and tech firms over the use of their work to train AI models such as ChatGPT. Find the full statement here.Back in October, it gathered more momentum as both Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus signed the petition, alongside 11,500 others.

Roger Waters has attacked Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood for their stance on the Israel-Palestine issue.The Pink Floyd co-founder has been a vocal supporter of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement since 2011, and has spoken out in the past against Radiohead’s decision to play a gig in Tel Aviv in 2017.He signed an open letter at the time, alongside the likes of Thurston Moore, Young Fathers and Ken Loach, urging the band not to play in Israel as “a system of apartheid has been imposed on the Palestinian people”.In a new interview, Waters has returned to the debate, revealing that he had an email exchange with Yorke after signing that letter. He has also renewed his criticism of the band’s position on the highly contentious situation.Speaking to The Empire Files podcast, Waters said: “I wrote [Yorke] a sort of email that went, ‘I’m sorry if you thought I was being confrontational’.

Radiohead done by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood.The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford have announced the forthcoming exhibition from the Radiohead frontman and the band’s longtime artist Donwood, titled ‘This Is What You Get’. It is slated to open in summer 2025.“This Is What You Get will be the first exhibition in a public gallery to bring together the visual work of Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke”, the museum wrote on Instagram.“More than 120 works will be on display, including many of the paintings, drawings and digital art specifically created for Yorke’s internationally acclaimed band Radiohead, formed in Oxford in 1985.They added that the “multimedia” exhibition will feature “Donwood and Yorke’s unique collaborations that explore the complex relationship between visual art and music”, along with artwork from “1980s to the present day, including Radiohead album covers and promotional band images – as well as personal sketchbooks and notebooks never seen before in public.”Members of the museum will get free entry, whilst general sale tickets will commence in April 2025.A post shared by Ashmolean Museum (@ashmoleanmuseum)NME spoke to Donwood in 2022, where we asked him what about his work, was so spiritually bound to the music of Thom Yorke and Radiohead.

Ed Sheeran has spoken out about the new Band Aid single, and said that he would have declined to take part, if he had been asked for permission.News of a new charity single was shared last week, when it was confirmed that a ‘2024 Ultimate Mix’ version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ would be arriving later this month in celebration of the original’s 40th anniversary.The new mix of the song, produced by Trevor Horn, brings together all of the voices from three versions of the track, recorded in 1984, 2004 and 2014.Voices included in the anniversary edition include Sting, Boy George, Sam Smith, George Michael, Harry Styles, Chris Martin, Elbow‘s Guy Garvey, Sugababes, Bananarama, Seal, Sinéad O’Connor, Rita Ora, Robbie Williams, Kool and the Gang, Underworld and more. It also comes with a house band comprising Paul McCartney, Sting, Duran Duran‘s John Taylor (bass), Phil Collins, Roger Taylor, Danny Goffey (drums), Thom Yorke (piano), Paul Weller, Damon Albarn, Midge Ure, Johnny Greenwood, Gary Kemp and Justin Hawkins (guitar).However, in a new update shared online, Ed Sheeran has spoken out about his feature on the track, and said that if he had been asked for permission to use his vocals, he would have declined.The pop star sang alongside One Direction, Sam Smith, Coldplay and more in the 2014 edition of the charity Christmas single.“My approval wasn’t sought on this new Band Aid 40 release.

The Beatles’ ‘Now And Then’ and will feature the late David Bowie introducing the song’s stars, as well as newsreader Michael Buerk’s BBC report on the song.The artwork was created by Sir Peter Blake, who designed the cover for the original ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’. The new artwork will be unveiled in due course.Per a press release, listeners will hear the younger versions of legendary musicians sing alongside the younger counterparts of more modern pop stars – as well as a young Bono singing alongside an older version of himself as he was involved in all three versions of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’The track combines the voices of stars including Sting, Ed Sheeran, Boy George, Sam Smith, George Michael, Harry Styles, Chris Martin, Elbow‘s Guy Garvey, Sugababes, Bananarama, Seal, Sinéad O’Connor, Rita Ora, Robbie Williams, Kool and the Gang, Underworld and more.

Thom Yorke played Radiohead’s ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ solo for the first time ever at the latest of his solo shows in Auckland on Saturday (October 26).The musician is currently on a solo tour across Australia and Asia, where he is delving into his back catalogue to play tracks from the Radiohead archive, as well as from The Smile, Atoms For Peace and his solo records.At the second of two shows at Auckland’s Spark Arena, Yorke played the ‘In Rainbows’ song for the first time as a solo artist, and also delved deep for his first rendition of ‘Sail To The Moon’ from ‘Hail To The Thief’ since 2003.Yorke also gave ‘The Daily Mail’ and ‘Airbag’ their first solo airings since 2010, and treated the New Zealand audience to the first solo ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ performance since 2016.

Thom Yorke played several Radiohead covers during his solo show in Auckland, New Zealand today (October 25), including ‘All I Need’ and ‘Kid A’ for the first time on his own – check out his performances below.Yorke is currently on a solo tour across Australia and Asia, playing tracks from his time with Radiohead, The Smile and Atoms For Peace, as well as from his solo discography.Alongside the live solo debuts of ‘All I Need’ from 2007’s ‘In Rainbows’ and ‘Kid A’ from the 2000 album of the same name, Yorke closed the show by performing Radiohead’s 1997 hit ‘Lucky’ solo for the first time in 20 years.Other significant cuts from the setlist include his first solo performances of Radiohead’s ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ since 2015 and ‘Let Down’ since 2016.Check out fan-filmed footage of the show below:saw thom yorke today, guy next to me wouldnt stfu but other than that it was pretty good pic.twitter.com/ExqE3zpEDz— nutti  (@nuttimeister) October 25, 2024At the opening night of the tour in Christchurch, Yorke debuted a new song, ‘Back In The Game’’. The live show comes shortly after the singer made headlines by saying he “really doesn’t give a fuck” if fans want Radiohead to return.When asked by Australian outlet Double J about his thoughts on Radiohead fans’ speculation over the band’s future, Yorke replied: “I am not aware of it and don’t really give a flying fuck.”“No offence to anyone and err, thanks for caring,” he continued.