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minus-squareSuperfool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down3·20 days agoCould 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?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up90arrow-down4·edit-220 days agoHe 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
minus-squareSuperfool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down3·20 days agoFair enough then. I read as he came back and did one song and that was it. Thank you for your clarification. 👍
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·20 days agoYorke isn’t the type to ignore something like that, he takes his ethics very seriously
minus-squarefloofloofOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down26·20 days agoOr, since it’s genocide and all, answer “yes”.
minus-squareThirdWorldOrder@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·20 days agoWhat does a British musician have to do with genocide
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?
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
Fair enough then. I read as he came back and did one song and that was it. Thank you for your clarification. 👍
Yorke isn’t the type to ignore something like that, he takes his ethics very seriously
Or, since it’s genocide and all, answer “yes”.
What does a British musician have to do with genocide