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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 116 points 2 weeks ago

Before people shit on Yorke:

Yorke was playing a show in Melbourne, Australia, as part of a solo tour when, according to multiple videos recorded by concertgoers, a man yelled: "Do you condemn the Israeli genocide of Gaza? Already 200,000 [dead], half of them children."

I would have been pissed off at that shit too. Does every entertainer you see have to start their show with a condemnation of Israeli genocide?

It's Thom York, not Joe Biden.

[-] Superfool@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Could he not just have ignored it? Or had security get them out?

I guess if it was a really small gig then maybe not, but it seems like derailing the gig was giving the jeckler the attention and headline they wanted, no?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 86 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He didn't leave and never come back. He just walked off to show the person what a douchebag they were being. Then he came back.

Edit: Here's video (which for some reason shows the end before looping back and showing the start). He literally gave the person a chance to get up on stage and say what they had to say and they wouldn't, so he lost his temper and walked off stage. I honestly do not blame him- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/31/thom-yorke-walks-off-stage-after-being-heckled-by-pro-palestine-heckler-at-melbourne-concert

[-] Superfool@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Fair enough then. I read as he came back and did one song and that was it. Thank you for your clarification. 👍

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yorke isn't the type to ignore something like that, he takes his ethics very seriously

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