“Come and tell me to my face”: questioned about the war in Gaza, the singer of Radiohead booed by his own audience

Thom Yorke, frontman of the rock band Radiohead, was attacked by a pro-Palestinian spectator during a concert Wednesday evening in Melbourne, Australia.

“Don’t just stand there like a coward”

The singer and songwriter was giving a solo performance when a member of the audience challenged him on the subject of the war in Gaza: “ How many dead children will it take for you to condemn the genocide in Gaza? ».

Responding sharply to him by accusing him of ruining the concert, Thom Yorke provoked him by ordering him to join him on stage: “ Don't stand there like a coward, come here and tell me to my face ».

Pushed to leave the stage to boos from the audience, Thom Yorke returned a few minutes later to perform Karma Policea Radiohead hit released in 1997.

The group arrested in 2017 before a concert in Israel

In 2017, the British group denounced a campaign demanding it cancel a concert in Israel, calling calls for a boycott condescending and “ extraordinary waste of energy ».

Later, in a publication on the social network Twitter (at the time), the singer emphasized that “ playing in a country does not mean endorsing its government ».

« We played in Israel for over 20 years with successive governments, some more liberal than others. Like in America. We don't support (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu any more than Donald Trump, but we continue to play America “, he explained.