Radiohead deny playing song for Cameron

Radiohead have denied playing a request for Conservative leader David Cameron at a gig this month.

Cameron has often cited Radiohead as one of his favourite bands and he was invited to a Friends of the Earth KOKO gig in London on May 1st, where Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood were headlining.

The politician then appeared on this Sunday's Desert Island Discs programme on BBC Radio 4, choosing songs he would take with him if he was a castaway. When choosing Radiohead's 1995 single 'Fake Plastic Trees', Cameron told host Sue Lawley that Yorke and Greenwood performed the song at his request at the concert.

After Lawley had asked if they had played the song especially for him, Cameron revealed: "Yes he (Yorke) did. I sent this rather sad letter saying I'd love to come to the concert, thank you for asking. PS please play this, my favourite song - and he did."

But a spokesman for Radiohead told The Independent: "The set list was chosen to reflect the fact that it was just Thom and Jonny playing and the choice of songs was what they wanted to play - nothing to do with any special requests."