Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood play “Give Up the Ghost” on Fallon

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood played one song, “Give Up the Ghost” from The King of Limbs, on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, without the rest of Radiohead. Michael Stipe, whose R.E.M. announced their split last month, was a guest on the show. Stereogum has him helping introduce the pair, and he sat beside Fallon while they played.

Beats Per Minute reported the booking on Thursday, the day of the second Roseland show, with the band staying in New York over the weekend for it. The week began with “Lotus Flower” and “Staircase” on Saturday Night Live on 24 September, then The Colbert Report two days later and two nights at the Roseland Ballroom.

Under The Radar, crediting radiohead.com, has Yorke on acoustic guitar and Greenwood working the loops; Spin has Yorke looping his falsetto through effects pedals and Greenwood on electric guitar. They built the song's layered backing vocals live, out of loops of Yorke's voice.