by Alexandra Pollard Staff | Photos by Imgur

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Thom Yorke turned up to perform at his neighbour's garden party

The Radiohead frontman played a handful of hits to a few dozen people

 

Thom Yorke performs acoustic set at neighbour's garden party, Oxford Photo: Imgur

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke played a surprise acoustic set at his neighbour’s garden party over the weekend.

It might be a strange comfort, to those who were unable to get tickets to the band’s recent run of Roundhouse shows, to know that the band’s frontman could turn up and perform literally anywhere.

On Sunday, Yorke pitched himself on a rickety garden chair, surrounded by what looks like a dozen people or so, and played a handful of songs with an acoustic guitar.

News of the performance was revealed via Reddit, when a user posted a text they’d received from a friend: In Oxford at garden party with Suzie’s neighbours,” the text read, “about to hear entertainment from neighbour Tom York [sic] of Radiohead!” Clearly, with that spelling, they weren’t a diehard fan.

The singer reportedly performed ‘Desert Island Disk’, ‘No Surprises’, ‘Street Spirit’, ‘Reckoner’ and ‘I Might Be Wrong’.

Meanwhile, though none will quite match that garden party performance, the band's upcoming headline tour dates are below, with tickets available here

JULY 26 NEW YORK, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
JULY 27 NEW YORK, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
AUGUST 4 LOS ANGELES SHRINE AUDITORIUM
AUGUST 8 LOS ANGELES SHRINE AUDITORIUM
OCTOBER 3 MEXICO CITY PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES
OCTOBER 4 MEXICO CITY PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES

Meanwhile, the band will also be playing the following festivals: 

JUNE 17 SECRET SOLSTICE, REYJKAVIK, ICELAND - tickets available here

JULY 2 OPENAIR ST GALLEN, SWITZERLAND - tickets available here

JULY 8 NOS ALIVE FESTIVAL, LISBON, PORTUGAL - tickets available here

JULY 29-31 OSHEAGA MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, MONTREAL, CANADA - tickets available here

AUGUST 20 -21 SUMMERSONIC FESTIVAL, OSAKA, JAPAN - tickets available here

SEP 11 LOLLAPALOOZA FESTIVAL, BERLIN, GERMANY - tickets available here

Below: Radiohead's Roundhouse show in epic photos


Alexandra Pollard

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