Green Plastic Radiohead

Okay, sort of. Brooklyn Vegan reports:

One of the biggest bands in the world, Radiohead, will make an exclusive appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” Wednesday April 23 (12:35-1:35am ET).

The band – who made their network television debut on “Late Night” and were O’Brien’s first-ever musical guest in 1993 – has recorded an exclusive live performance from their critically acclaimed and record-industry-paradigm-shifting release “In Rainbows” to air on O’Brien’s contribution to NBC’s “Green Week” of environmentally conscious programming.

Recorded live in London, Radiohead’s performance of “House of Cards,” represents an ongoing effort by the socially conscious band to act in the greenest manner possible. By opting to record this exclusive performance rather than fly over for a one-off appearance, the band – as frontman Thom Yorke notes in the introduction to their performance – avoided leaving a carbon footprint equivalent to driving one’s car for a solid year.

Other guests on “Late Night’s” “Green” show are a bit more literal – “Robot Chicken” creator and actor Seth GREEN and “Today” show travel editor Peter GREENberg.

Here’s a YouTube video of that 1993 performance:

Well, well, well. The dates for the second leg of the North American tour were announced today. Here’s a full list of all the upcoming tour dates for you. The new shows are in bold.

05-05 West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre *
05-06 Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre *
05-08 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre *
05-09 Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
05-11 Bristow, VA – Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge *
05-14 St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
05-17 Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
05-18 Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center *
06-06 Dublin, Ireland – Malahide #
06-07 Dublin, Ireland – Malahide #
06-09 Paris, France – Bercy #
06-10 Paris, France – Bercy #
06-12 Barcelona, Spain – Parc del Fòrum (Daydream Festival) *#^$
06-14 Nimes, France – Arenes #
06-15 Nimes, France – Arenes #
06-17 Milan, Italy – Civica Arena #
06-18 Milan, Italy – Civica Arena #
06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany – Southside Festival
06-22 Scheeßel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
06-24 London, England – Victoria Park #
06-25 London, England – Victoria Park #
06-27 Glasgow, Scotland – Glasgow Green #
06-29 Manchester, England – Lancashire County Cricket Club #
07-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Westerpark #
07-03 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-05 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter Festival
07-06 Arras, France – Main Square Festival
07-08 Berlin, Germany – Wuhlheide
08-01 Chicago, IL – Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-03 Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center %
08-04 Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center %
08-06 Montreal, Quebec – Parc Jean-Drapeau %
08-08 Jersey City, NJ – Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
08-09 Jersey City, NJ – Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
08-12 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center %
08-13 Mansfield, MA – Tweeter Center %
08-15 Toronto, Ontario – Molson Amphitheatre %
08-19 Vancouver, British Columbia – Thunderbird Stadium *
08-20 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre *
08-22 San Francisco, CA – Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)
08-24 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl *
08-25 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl *
08-27 Chula Vista, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre *
08-28 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl *
10-04 Tokyo, Japan – Saitama Super Arena
10-05 Tokyo, Japan – Saitama Super Arena

* with Liars
# with Bat for Lashes
^ with Low, Clinic, Modeselektor
$ with Ensemble Nacional de España de Música Contemporánea, performing pieces by Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead
% with Grizzly Bear

With the exception of the festivals (Lollapalooza, All Points West, Outside Lands), pre-sale for the 2nd leg of the North American tour (8/1 – 8/28) will begin April 9 with general on-sale following April 12.

You can go to www.radiohead.com for ticket information.

In other new, Pitchfork has an exclusive video of Radiohead performing “Bangers & Mash,” with Thom looking very Phil Collinsish on those drums. Check it out.