Thom Yorke calls “Give Up the Ghost” a Radiohead song at the Big Chill

Thom Yorke played alone at the Big Chill, in the deer park at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire, on Friday 6 August, and introduced the unreleased “Give Up the Ghost” as a new Radiohead song¹.

“Give Up the Ghost” was first heard in February, at his Green Party benefit at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, where he built it live from a looped vocal and a beat, and he has played it several times since. NME takes Friday's introduction as a sign that the song may be on the band's next album.

Yorke moved between piano and acoustic guitar over 12 songs, putting Radiohead songs, among them “I Might Be Wrong”, “Reckoner” and “Planet Telex”, beside songs from The Eraser, his 2006 solo album, and closing on “Airbag”.

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Thom Yorke playing Give Up the Ghost at the Big Chill, 2010· simon crompton-reidwatch on youtube →