Author: Jonathan

From w.a.s.t.e.:

w.a.s.t.e is very pleased to announce that Radiohead will be playing the Field Day festival on the 7th June 2003.
To follow is all the information you need.
w.a.s.t.e will have an allocation of tickets which will be on sale via www.waste.uk.com from Tuesday 15th April.
There will be 3 ticket options for sale via w.a.s.t.e
1 day ticket for Saturday 7th June $65.00 plus booking fee
Weekend ticket without camping $120.00 plus booking fee
Weekend ticket with camping $150.00 plus booking fee
Field Day Quick Facts:
What: Field Day – A two-day music, arts and camping festival
When: June 7th and 8th
Where: Enterprise Park at Calverton
Calverton, NY
70 Miles East of New York City on the North
Fork of Long Island
Who: Saturday, June 7
Radiohead
Beck
Thievery Corporation
Spiritualized
Beth Orton
Interpol
Royksopp
Liz Phair
Tortoise
TheRaveonettes
Ben Lee
My Morning Jacket
Gemma Hayes
22-20s
Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players
And More!
Sunday, June 8
The Beastie Boys
Sigur Ros
The Roots
Blur
Elliott Smith
N.E.R.D.
Blackalicious
Peanut Butter Wolf
The Music
Polyphonic Spree
Le Tigre
And More!
On Sale: Friday, April 18 at 10:00AM. Tickets available at www.fielddayfest.com and via Ticketmaster – 212-317-7171, 631-888-9000, 201-507-8900, www.ticketmaster.com and at all
Ticketmaster outlets.
Tickets: There are three different ticket types: Single Day ticket, 2-Day pass, and 2-Day pass with camping. Single Day tickets start at $65 per day (plus applicable service charges)until May 1, or while supplies last. Discounts apply for a 2-Day pass. A camping fee is added to the price of the 2-Day pass.
Info: All information, including tickets, directions, art expo, food, drinks, camping, etc. at www.fielddayfest.com — Launching Monday, April 14th.
Further Field Day Details:
There are three different ticket types:
* Single Day Ticket – Can be purchased for Saturday, June 7th or Sunday, June 8th. Parking lot for day purchases will open at 8am on the day for which you’ve purchased. Do not come earlier, you won’t get in.
* Two-Day Pass – Ideal for those staying offsite in a hotel or for those of you within easy driving distance. Parking lots open each morning at 8am. Two-Day pass offers a $10 discount from the price of two Single Day tickets.
* Two-Day Pass with Camping – Allows you to camp on Saturday and Sunday night. Price for camping is $30.
Ticket prices will increase as the date of the event nears. There is a limited supply of tickets in each price range. Once the allocation in each price range has sold out, ticket prices will automatically increase to the next price level. Field Day may sell out. Don’t be left out in the cold – buy early!
Single Ticket Two day pass Two-Day with Camping
April 18 – April 30*
$65.00 $120.00 $150.00
May 1 – May 31*
$75.00 $140.00 $170.00
June 1 – June 8*
$85.00 $160.00 $190.00
* or until supplies last
Seating:
The concert is general admission – there is no seating.
HOTELS
For those of you who prefer not to camp, but are coming for the weekend, we have listed on our site (www.fielddayfest.com) some of the hotels that are within a half an hour to 45-minute radius of the Field Day site. You can also check out other hotels with the Long Island Visitors Bureau at www.licvb.com
We strongly urge you to book your rooms early, as they will fill up quickly!

From XFM:

Dismiss your dodgy downloads and ignore inferior imitations, 104.9 Xfm will be playing the already legendary first single from Radiohead’s new album “Hail To The Thief” on Monday (April 14).
The term “highly anticipated” is something of an understatement, as the recent leaking of the “Hail To The Thief”, a series of instantly sold out UK gigs and an upcoming Glastonbury appearance have all whipped up a frenzy of interest about the new Radiohead album.
Now you can make up your own mind whether Thom Yorke and co have delivered the goods, when Zo? Ball plays out the new single “There There” live on her drivetime show starting at 4.00pm on Monday April 14. Not the unmastered, unmixed, shoddy version that has surfaced on the internet but the proper, actual, complete, kosher, de facto Radiohead-approved single.
Phil Selway and Ed O’Brien from the band will also be joining Zo? for an interview on her show on Tuesday May 28, and as if that wasn’t enough, in a world exclusive, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke will be giving 104.9 Xfm a track-by-track guide to a complete full album playback of “Hail To The Thief” on John Kennedy’s X-posure show, on Tuesday June 3.
For all the latest news and information about Radiohead keep it on 104.9 Xfm and www.xfm.co.uk.
“There There” will still be released on May 26 with the “Hail To The Thief” set to be launched officially on June 9, both on Parlophone Records.

In other news, BBC Radio 1 will be debuting “There There” on the Jo Whiley Show starting at 10:00 am.
(thanks to Sean, Ben, Stephen, & Gary)

Business 2.0 has an article up about the recent leaking of Hail to the Thief. You can read it here.
(thanks to David)

Here’s a transcript of some of Thom’s speech that he made on March 22 at the Fairford anti-war rally:

“My name’s Thom Yorke, I’m in a band called Radiohead. I don’t know if anybody’s heard of me. We feel strongly about this. I’ve spent a lot of time in America recently and I went to two demos in America, one in LA and one in San Francisco, and you’d be amazed how many Americans are scared shitless of this administration. They are terrified. They didn’t vote them in, they don’t want them in and they’re all on the streets, which, frankly, in LA is very unusual.

I reckon there’s probably people on the other side of this fence (RAF Fairford) who feel the same way. I think for the first time, a war is being waged and there is no way the majority of people in a so called democracy state believe in that war.

Why? Because America is being run by a bunch of religious maniac bigots who stole their election and their only way of retaining power is to wage a war. Find a war: Wage a war. Get the next election. They need this war before the next election, it’s the only reason it’s being fought. It is not moral it is self-seeking.”

(thanks to Stephen)

File this under tour rumors:
Radiohead are reportedly negotiating with Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec to hold a concert there on August 15.
(thanks to tsunami)

Phil made an appearance on the official message board and had this to say:
“This is just a quick post. I too am disappointed that the album has already been uploaded onto the net. We don’t like anybody to hear our recordings until we are completely happy with them. These mixes of the songs were still “work in progress’. As such, we wouldn’t have chosen to present the album to people in this form. I feel that the recording process has been compromised for us. Its not that these mixes are bad, its just that the actual album is better – honest. Anyway, hope you’re all well. Hopefully will see some of you on our travels over the next year. Take care xx”.