Thom Yorke played Radiohead’s ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ solo for the first time ever at the latest of his solo shows in Auckland on Saturday (October 26).
The musician is currently on a solo tour across Australia and Asia, where he is delving into his back catalogue to play tracks from the Radiohead archive, as well as from The Smile, Atoms For Peace and his solo records.
At the second of two shows at Auckland’s Spark Arena, Yorke played the ‘In Rainbows’ song for the first time as a solo artist, and also delved deep for his first rendition of ‘Sail To The Moon’ from ‘Hail To The Thief’ since 2003.
Yorke also gave ‘The Daily Mail’ and ‘Airbag’ their first solo airings since 2010, and treated the New Zealand audience to the first solo ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ performance since 2016. Check out fan-captured footage of the songs below.
Thom Yorke played:
‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’
‘Sail To The Moon’
‘A Brain In A Bottle’
‘Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box’
‘The Daily Mail’
‘Bloom’
‘Hearing Damage’
‘Rabbit In Your Headlights’
‘Back In The Game’
‘Volk’
‘Daydreaming’
‘Not The News’
‘Cymbal Rush’
‘Dawn Chorus’
‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’
‘Last I Heard (…He Was Circling The Drain)’
‘Default’
‘Everything In Its Right Place’
‘Airbag’
‘All I Need’
‘Atoms For Peace’
‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’
At previous shows on the tour, Yorke gave live solo debuts to ‘All I Need’ and ‘Kid A’, and played a new song ‘Back In The Game’ for the first time ever.
This tour comes shortly after the singer made waves by claiming that he “really doesn’t give a fuck” if fans want to see a Radiohead return.
When asked by Australian outlet Double J about his thoughts on Radiohead fans’ speculation over the band’s future, Yorke replied: “I am not aware of it and don’t really give a flying fuck.”
“No offence to anyone and err, thanks for caring,” he continued. “But I think we’ve earned the right to do what makes sense to us without having to explain ourselves or be answerable to anyone else’s historical idea of what we should be doing.”
The band’s bassist Colin Greenwood recently caught up with NME ahead of the release of his new photo book How To Disappear, and gave some insight into the band’s reunion rehearsals over the summer.
Before then, his brother, Jonny, shared with NME that he found the rehearsals “fun and natural”, but went on to add that there are “no plans” for anything Radiohead-related in 2025, as the members are focused on “individual projects”.
In the mean time, Radiohead side project The Smile – comprising Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – recently released their new album ‘Cutouts’. NME gave the LP a four-star review, and described it as the band “seem[ing] to be having more fun than ever”.
“The Smile’s M.O., then, seems to be experimentation without the baggage of Yorke and Greenwood’s bulging back catalogue – and ‘Cutouts’ certainly delivers here,” it read.
“Featuring the London Contemporary Orchestra, the album was recorded in Oxford and Abbey Road Studios alongside ‘Wall of Eyes’, but this is a freer, more playful set than its predecessor.
