Thom Yorke Covers Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

Thom Yorke and his band Atoms For Peace surprised the audience at the Oakland Fox Theatre last night by bursting into a cover of the Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'.

The thousands packed into the Californian venue were clearly as delighted as Thom Yorke himself while the classic was played.

Check out the clip below.

Thom Yorke's other band Radiohead covered Joy Division's 'Ceremony' as part of their Thumbs Down webcast in 2008.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/55875/Thom-Yorke-Covers-Joy-Divisions-Love-Will-Tear-Us-Apart---WATCH

linus sulanki wrote: Thom Yorke and his band Atoms For Peace surprised the audience at the Oakland Fox Theatre last night by bursting into a cover of the Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'.

The thousands packed into the Californian venue were clearly as delighted as Thom Yorke himself while the classic was played.

Check out the clip below.

Thom Yorke's other band Radiohead covered Joy Division's 'Ceremony' as part of their Thumbs Down webcast in 2008.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/55875/Thom-Yorke-Covers-Joy-Divisions-Love-Will-Tear-Us-Apart---WATCH

Nice! I'm off to Coachella in a moment. Not optimistic about seeing BL, but will be happy to catch Thom Yorke and Flea again.

Here's the youtube: Love Will Tear Us Apart

Stereogum offers another clip with a different view: Different view of LWTUA

thanks for the link guys,, 30 years on and such a spirited rendition

and were changing

Not. Bad. At. All

pretty good.

Nice to see that it takes two men and 'fill' Steve's shoes

Pretty good and straightforward cover

Fantastic, the best L.W.T.U.A. cover ever

Thom Yorke's band didn't play LWTUA at Coachella, by the way. But the band's set was nothing short of amazing this past Sunday night.

So sick of LWTUA and especially cover versions.

Big Mouth Julio wrote:

couldn't agree with you more!

Wasn't Ceremony enough? I'm sorry but that was shit.

A little off the subject, but I thought "The Cure" did an outstanding job with their cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart'!

Darkman wrote: A little off the subject, but I thought "The Cure" did an outstanding job with their cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart'!

the cure's cover was better than this one

thats rubbish. still like radiohead doing ceremony though :)