Thom Yorke forms a band with Flea and Nigel Godrich for two LA shows

Thom Yorke has put a band together with Flea, Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco, and they play the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday 4 and Monday 5 October. Yorke announced it on Tuesday 29 September on Dead Air Space, the blog on Radiohead's website, with a photograph of the five of them.

Flea is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist. Godrich is Radiohead's producer and produced The Eraser. Waronker is a drummer who has played with Beck and R.E.M. Refosco is a Brazilian percussionist known for his work with David Byrne and as a member of the New York band Forro in the Dark.

Tickets went on sale through Ticketmaster at 10am Pacific time on the day of the announcement, at $47 before fees and two per buyer. Entry is paperless, on the credit card the tickets were bought with, to keep the touts out. The Los Angeles act Lucky Dragons open both nights.

Yorke wrote that it began a couple of weeks ago, for fun, to play The Eraser songs live along with new ones and see if it could work. we don't really have a name and the set will not be very long cuz ..well ...we haven't got that much material yet!¹⁴ Refosco has since told the Brazilian site Abril.com that the band will play The Eraser in full and four new songs.