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News for April 25, 2000

Bjork and Yorke Duet Update

Bjork’s official website, Websense, has this to say about the rumor of Thom Yorke and Bjork recording a duet together for Bjork’s upcoming film, Dancer in the Dark:

“Some confusion has risen once again around the collaboration between Bjork and Thom Yorke of Radiohead. The most interesting and speculative was similar to: ‘OhMYGawd! it is not happening!’ Why this was proclaimed Meester Fly and his team of web insects never understood. When the only thing they heard on the grapewire was that it was still on, but not yet happened. Things don’t happen until they happen, pretty obvious isn’t ?! So what can Meester Fly say today! Well, it has happened, (and if it has not happened he will retract this statement), but the act happened in a foreign country, at least foreign to England and Iceland.”

Everything has to be complicated, doesn’t it? 🙂

By the way, Meester Fly is the Websense reporter of news.

The newest issue of Rollingstone magazine has a blurb about the duet too… Check it out at your local book store or news agent! (thanks to Kevin B)

For more information about Bjork’s new movie, check out the official Dancer in the Dark website.

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News for April 24, 2000

Radioheadless Chicken

From Planet Telex:
Exeter-based label Hometown Atrocities have uncovered an early pre-Radiohead recording featuring Thom Yorke. Thom played guitar in the band Headless Chickens during the late 80’s while at Exeter University. Their song “I Don’t Want To Go To Woodstock” appears on the compilation CD “Year Zero / The Exeter Punk Scene 1977 – 2000”, available by mail order directly from Hometown Atrocities for 10 uk pounds or from Opal Music.

Greece Tickets
As mentioned last week, the dates in Greece are on sale now. For those who live outside of Greece but are wanting tickets, hop on over to http://www.didimusic.gr/index2.htm and click on the “news” section for info on how to get tickets.

For those living in Greece, head on over to Ticket House. There are two locations:
Thessaloniki: Patsis Record Shop, 39-41 Tsimiski St.
Musicland Records, 102 Mitropoleos St

Finally, the ticket’s price for all three shows is 12,000 DRS.

The doors will open at 20:00 and the start time is 22:00 (approximately).
(thanks to Nafsika)

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News for April 19, 2000

Recording is Finished!

Go to the bottom of Thom’s page on the official website and you’ll see:
“yesterday we finished recording. i am free and happy and now im going for a walk in the park goodbye.”
The album will now be mixed together and will probably still be released around September or October 2000. There is NO official release date so anything is possible.

Greece Tickets On Sale
You can apparently purchase tickets for the Greece shows now, even though no official sale date was announced by the band. The two Athens dates (June 26 and 27) went on sale yesterday. There is no way to purchase tickets on the internet so you’ll have to do it the old fashioned way: Go to the Ticket House at 42 Panepistimiou Ave in the center of Athens. Call (0030-1-)3608634 or (0030-1-)3608366 for information. There is no information about the June 25 show in Thessaloniki.
(thanks to Rania)

Here’s the press release about a new Radiohead book being released next month:
EXIT MUSIC: THE RADIOHEAD STORY
BY MAC RANDALL
Publication date: May 11th 2000
Price: ÂŁ10.95
from the introduction:

ìIn my capacity as senior editor at Musician magazine, I did what I could to gain the band more recognition, interviewing various members in late ’95 and early ’96. And I was privileged to be one of two American journalists attending the festivities that accompanied the European release of their 1997 album OK Computer in Barcelona, Spain…Finally, in June 1999, I traveled to Oxford to see for myself where the band had got its start…Ă®
Mac Randall has interviewed all the members of Radiohead. Although one of the worldĂ­s most famous bands, they are notoriously private and very few journalists have got as close to them as Randall has over the years.
Exit Music: The Radiohead Story is an attempt to explore the band and their unique musical expression, and Randall charts this progress from Pablo Honey and their alienation from the British music media as they made it huge on campus circuits across the USA following the overseas success of Creep, through to their current position as media darlings reappropriated by their native culture.

Mac Randall is the East Coast editor of LAUNCH.

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News for April 17, 2000

Radiohead.com #1

Shift Magazine has Radiohead’s own official website listed as number 1 in their “Top 5 Artist Sites”. Congrats to Stanley and rest of the gang at w.a.s.t.e. for their great work! You can read the article here.
(thanks to Steve)

“You won’t have to wait too long now.”
Ed has updated his diary again, with lots of great info about how the recording process is going. We suggest you go and read it now.

Bjork and Thom Not to Duet?
It wouldn’t be a Monday without some disappointing news. Q Magazine is now saying that the duet that was announced earlier this month between Bjork and Thom Yorke has not happened.

A spokesman for the Bjork said that rumor was not true, even though her official website has confirmed the rumor. Who do we believe? Stay near a monitor for further details as they come in. In the mean time, check out the article at Q Online.

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News for April 11, 2000

Thom and PJ Harvey – Update

We have confirmation from a source close to the PJ Harvey Camp that Thom Yorke is definitely collaborating with the singer/songwriter on at least one track for her upcoming album, due to be released this Fall. Thom is expected to join Harvey in the studio sometime in the near future. We still don’t have confirmation from Radiohead so stay tuned for more info!

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News for April 7, 2000

Thom and PJ Harvey?

Pitchforkmedia.com is reporting today that Thom will be on Polly Jean Harvey’s new album, scheduled to be released this Fall on Island Records. Thom will be lending his vocals on at least one track. We, of course, are still waiting some confirmation from Radiohead. This comes after last week’s announcement of Thom and Bjork collaborating on her movie/soundtrack project. (see below).

(Many thanks to Rania)

Another New Radiohead Book
American writer Mac Randall, the former senior editor of Musician Magazine who’s currently at Launch.com, also has a biography coming out this Spring, entitled “Exit Music: The Radiohead Story.”
(thanks to LLJay@aol.com)