Dajana Roncione, wife of Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has a different opinion than her husband regarding the Israel-Palestine tension. It has come to light that Roncione supports Palestine. One fan said that being an Iranian he supported Palestine and asked whether she supported too. She wrote: “Obviously”
Tom Yorke leaves stage in response to pro-Palestine fan
Yorke recently exited the stage during a concert Wednesday following a member of the audience shouting about Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.
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.”
Onstage, Yorke replied: “Come up here and say that.”
Yorke continued, amid some cheering: “Don’t stand there like a coward; come here and say it.
“You want to piss on everybody’s night? OK, you do it, see you later,” he said before he walked off stage.
He returned a short time later and performed a version of the classic Radiohead song “Karma Police.”
The Health Ministry in Gaza reported on Wednesday that over 43,000 people have died since Israel began its assault last year following the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on October 7, which Israeli officials state resulted in the deaths of 1,200 individuals.
Meanwhile, Yorke, 56, is currently on a solo tour while Radiohead is on an extended hiatus. He has released three solo albums and is also involved with The Smile, a progressive rock project featuring Radiohead member and acclaimed film composer Jonny Greenwood. The Smile released its critically acclaimed third album, “Cutouts,” this year.
Radiohead faced backlash in the past for playing gigs in Israel and not joining a boycott of the country by some artists. “We don’t endorse Netanyahu any more than Trump, but we still play in America. Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them,” Yorke said in a statement in 2017 before a show in Tel Aviv.
