Radiohead call off a Chicago Theatre charity show as Thom Yorke rests

Radiohead have called off a surprise show at the Chicago Theatre on Thursday 31 July before it was ever announced. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the band were due to reveal it today, and pulled it early this morning because Thom Yorke has been ill. A spokesman for the band says Yorke wanted to rest before Friday's headline set at Lollapalooza in Grant Park.

That set is on the AT&T Stage, and the band have long fought playing under corporate logos. The festival's promoters say no act on the bill has complained about the sponsorship, and that nothing said from the stage will be cut.

The Chicago Theatre night was to have been the official start of the North American tour. The band were promoting it themselves, without C3 Presents, who run Lollapalooza, or any local promoter, and every dollar it took was going to charity.