Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke faced off anti-Israel protesters who disrupted a show Friday night at the Transmight Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. The band has been facing massive pressure from the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement to cancel its upcoming show in Israel, but Yorke has been adamant that the July 19 show in Tel Aviv will take place as scheduled. Activists from the Glasgow Palestine Action Group, Glasgow Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Radiohead Fans for Palestine protested at the festival's venue, waving giant Palestinian flags and posters reading, "Radiohead: #canceltelaviv." According to fans in the audience, Yorke was visibly irritated by the protestors and just before the band's performance of their hit "Myxomatosis," he muttered "some f***ing people" and gestured with his middle finger. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Yorke blasted the BDS movement's call to boycott Israel as divisive. "All of this creates divisive energy. You're not bringing people together. You're not encouraging dialogue or a sense of understanding. ... It's such an extraordinary waste of energy. Energy that could be used in a more positive way." Yorke further said it was "patronizing in the extreme" to presume Radiohead is unfamiliar with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, pointing out that guitarist Jonny Greenwood's wife is an "Arab Jew." "It's really upsetting that artists I respect think we are not capable of making a moral decision ourselves after all these years. It's deeply disrespectful to assume that we're either being misinformed or that we're so retarded we can't make these decisions ourselves," he said.
Radiohead's frontman flips off anti-Israel protesters in Glasgow
Thom Yorke is adamant the band's July 19 show in Tel Aviv will take place despite pressure by boycott, divestment and sanctions movement • Yorke reportedly mutters "some f***ing people" when pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Transmight Festival show.
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