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Musician Thom Yorke arrives on the red carpet of the Rome Film Festival, in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
October 26, 2025, 6:23 pm
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke says he won’t play in Israel under Netanyahu, objects to boycott pressure
Guitarist Jonny Greenwood, whose wife is Israeli, rejects boycott in joint UK interview; says he’s ashamed he’s dragged bandmates ‘into this mess,’ not ashamed of working with Arab and Jewish musicians
By Jessica Steinberg
British rock band Radiohead performs in Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park on July 19, 2017. (Courtesy)
September 4, 2025, 5:17 pm
BDS calls for boycott of Radiohead as band announces first tour in 7 years
Anti-Israel movement accuses English rock group of ‘complicit silence’ over Gaza war, rails at guitarist for collaborating with Israeli artist
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Thom Yorke performs with Radiohead at Philips Arena, Atlanta, April 1, 2017. (Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)
May 31, 2025, 4:57 pm
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke condemns ‘cynical’ Hamas, ‘extremist’ Netanyahu government
Artist writes that ‘intimidation and defamation’ by ‘opportunistic groups’ has hurt his mental health; ‘The Free Palestine refrain does not answer why hostages have not returned’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: Thom Yorke performs onstage at The Greek Theatre on October 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images/AFP)
October 30, 2024, 10:29 pm
Radiohead frontman confronts ‘coward’ anti-Israel heckler at Melbourne concert
‘You wanna piss on everyone’s night?’ Thom Yorke responds to protester yelling about Gaza death toll before storming off stage; he then returns for final song, ‘Karma Police’
By Michael Horovitz
Draymond Green seemed to have a good time in the Jewish state. (Or Shkedy/Twitter via JTA)
July 13, 2018, 8:32 am
US left-wing activists blast Draymond Green over Israel trip
NBA star accused of being ‘horribly offensive’ in posing with Israeli weaponry on visit organized by Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
By Charles Dunst
Thom Yorke, lead singer of British rock band Radiohead, brought by Naranjah to performin Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park on July 19, 2017, responded vehemently last summer to attempts by the BDS movement encouraging Radiohead to cancel (Courtesy)
July 20, 2017, 3:55 am
With longest concert in 11 years, Radiohead shows it does belong here
Legendary indie band plays 27 tunes from its 25-year history, reminisces about its first Tel Aviv gig in 1993, briefly addresses boycott controversy
By Judah Ari Gross
Radiohead plays in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park on July 19, 2017 (J Horovitz / Times of Israel)
July 19, 2017, 10:13 pm
Defying calls from BDS activists, Radiohead rocks Tel Aviv
UK band plays to 47,000 Israeli fans in Yarkon Park, brushes off criticism from Israel boycotters
By ToI Staff
Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England, on June 23, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Oli SCARFF / AFP PHOTO / Oli SCARFF)
July 19, 2017, 6:30 am
Before Radiohead conquered the world, it was already Israel’s darling
While the band struggled through grungy near-obscurity in the UK in the mid ’90s, it was huge in Israel; on Wednesday, it returns to a place that’s been in sync with its futurist vibe from the very start
By Judah Ari Gross
Thom Yorke performs with Radiohead at Philips Arena, Atlanta, April 1, 2017. (Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)
July 12, 2017, 1:08 pm
Radiohead defends Israel gig after criticism from director Ken Loach
Lead singer Thom Yorke slams boycott call, says band doesn’t endorse Trump but still plays in US
By Sue Surkes
Pro-Palestinian supporters protest against Radiohead's planned concert in Tel Aviv at the TRNSMT music Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, July 7, 2017. (AFP/Digital/Andy Buchanan)
July 9, 2017, 11:51 am
Radiohead frontman appears to curse pro-Palestinian protesters at show
Thom Yorke flips bird, repeatedly mutters ‘some f**cking people,’ in an apparent reference to sea of Palestinian flags in Glasgow crowd
By ToI Staff
This February 13, 2015 file photo shows British musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd as he talks to members of the media outside the US embassy in central London. (AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL)
June 6, 2017, 5:22 am
Roger Waters: Radiohead frontman misunderstood me
After Thom Yorke lambasted ‘patronizing’ critics, ex-Pink Floyd musician says he wanted to prevent him from ‘crossing the BDS picket line to perform in Israel’
By ToI Staff
Thom Yorke performs with Radiohead at Philips Arena, Atlanta, April 1, 2017. (Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)
June 2, 2017, 6:19 pm
Radiohead frontman: BDS efforts to derail our Israel show ‘patronizing in the extreme’
Thom Yorke pans Roger Waters and other boycott-backing artists for ‘assuming we are not capable of making a moral decision’
By ToI Staff
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