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12:00 26th April 2018

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Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was buttonholed by fan in Bogota last night and asked for an autograph.

Anyway, have a butchers at this Reddit post that proves he not only signed a picture of himself rendered as popular lord and saviour Jesus Christ, but had a good old chuckle as he was doing so.

Well there’s a priceless piece of memorabilia if ever we saw one.

Look at the funny face with devil horns he does on the ‘o’.

What a ledge.

In other Thom Yorke news, the chirpy chappy will be hitting the road this summer, playing a string of shows in May and June, kicking off in Florence, Italy and winding up in Barcelona, Spain. In between he’ll play three UK shows in London, Edinburgh and Manchester.

The UK shows will be begin at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on 7 June, with further performances at London's Roundhouse, where Radiohead performed a three-night residency in 2016, and Manchester's Palace Theatre.

Yorke will be joined on tour by longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri. It’s expected that he’ll play material from his solo albums The Eraser and Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes.

He will be sharing a stage with support act Oliver Coates, best known as a film score composer.

Here’s the dates:

MAY
28 - Teatro Verdi, Florence, IT
29 - Fabrique Milano, Milan, IT
30 - Halle 622, Zurich, CH
JUNE
01 - Tempodrom, Berlin, DE
03 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BE
04 - Royal Theatre Carre, Amsterdam, NL
07 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh
08 - Roundhouse, London
10 - Palace Theatre, Manchester
12 - L’Olympia, Paris, FR
13 - Le Transbordeur, Lyon, FR
16 - Sonar, Fira de Barcelona, ES

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Photo: Matt Crossick