The Sunday Times<\/em>, Yorke said, \u201cThis wakes me up at night. They\u2019re telling me what it is that I\u2019ve done with my life, and what I should do next, and that what I think is meaningless. People want to take what I\u2019ve done that means so much to millions of people and wipe me out. But this is not theirs to take from me \u2014 and I don\u2019t consider I\u2019m a bad person.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cA few times recently I\u2019ve had \u2018Free Palestine!\u2019 shouted at me on the street,\u201d Yorke continued. \u201cI talked to a guy. His shtick was, \u2018You have a platform, a duty and must distance yourself from Jonny.\u2019 But I said, \u2018You and me, standing on the street in London, shouting at each other? Well, the true criminals, who should be in front of the ICC [International Criminal Court], are laughing at us squabbling among ourselves in the public realm and on social media \u2014 while they just carry on with impunity, murdering people.\u2019 It\u2019s an expression of impotency. It\u2019s a purity test, low-level Arthur Miller witch-hunt. I utterly respect the dismay but it\u2019s very odd to be on the receiving end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greenwood has faced his own criticisms for his association with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa and for performing in Tel Aviv last year. Earlier this year, Greenwood and Tassa canceled two UK shows after receiving alleged threats connected to protests against Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the embodiment of the left,\u201d Greenwood told The Sunday Times<\/em>. \u201cThe left look for traitors, the right for converts and it\u2019s depressing that we are the closest they can get..<\/p>\nGreenwood revealed he is working on another record with Israeli and Middle Eastern musicians, adding, \u201cAnd it\u2019s nuts I feel frightened to admit that. Yet that feels progressive to me \u2014 booing at a concert does not strike me as brave or progressive.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cLook, I have been to antigovernment protests in Israel and you cannot move for all the \u2018Fuck Ben-Gvir\u2019 stickers. I spend a lot of time there with family [he is married to\u00a0married to an Israeli artist, Sharona Katan] and cannot just say, \u2018I\u2019m not making music with you fuckers because of the government.\u2019 It makes no sense to me. I have no loyalty \u2014 or respect, obviously \u2014 to their government, but I have both for the artists born there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yorke Says He Would Not Play Israel Now, Greenwood Can\u2019t Say the Same\u2026<\/h2>\n
\u201cAbsolutely not. I wouldn\u2019t want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime but Jonny has roots there. So I get it,\u201d York said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would also politely disagree with Thom,\u201d Greenwood responded. \u201cI would argue that the government is more likely to use a boycott and say, \u2018Everyone hates us \u2014 we should do exactly what we want.\u2019 Which is far more dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nuts,\u201d Greenwood added. \u201cThe only thing that I\u2019m ashamed of is that I\u2019ve dragged Thom and the others into this mess \u2014 but I\u2019m not ashamed of working with Arab and Jewish musicians. I can\u2019t apologize for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yorke also admitted to being concerned about Radiohead\u2019s upcoming tour being disrupted by protestors. \u201cBut they don\u2019t care about us. It\u2019s about getting something on Instagram of something dramatic happening and, no, I don\u2019t think Israel should do Eurovision. But I don\u2019t think Eurovision should do Eurovision. So what do I know?\u201d<\/p>\n
On the recent viral success of \u201cLet Down\u201d on platforms like TikTok\u2026<\/h2>\n
\u201cI find that especially bizarre,\u201d Yorke said. \u201cBecause I fought tooth and nail for it not to be on [OK Computer<\/em>], but Ed was, like, \u2018If it\u2019s not, I\u2019m leaving.\u2019\u201d It is, O\u2019Brien added, the \u201cemotional heart\u201d of OK Computer<\/i>. \u201cStill, I was astonished,\u201d he admitted. \u201cSo I told my kids, who are 18 and 21, and they said, \u2018What do you expect? Teenagers are depressed. It\u2019s depressing music!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\nYou can read the full interview at The Sunday Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source consequence.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next month, Radiohead will reconvene for their first tour dates in seven years. In anticipation, all five members spoke with The Sunday Times for what is being billed as their first full-band interview in years. They discussed their decision to take a break in 2018, their upcoming tour and the possibility of new music, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2116657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiohead-Discuss-Upcoming-Tour-New-Music-Israel-in-New-Interview.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116658,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116656\/revisions\/2116658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2116657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}