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Kid A Radiohead tour

News for June 28, 2000

Special Delivery

How tight is security around copies of the new Radiohead album? Well, tight isn’t even the right word, because advance copies — which record companies always distribute to press and other industry types — of the band’s fourth album don’t even exist at this point.

Radiohead’s manager flew in to Los Angeles from London last week with one copy of the album in hand and played it for employees at the Capitol Records tower in Hollywood. He then took that copy and did the same thing for Capitol staffers in New York City, before getting back on another trans-Atlantic plane to rejoin the band on tour in Europe. The album, which reportedly has the working title Kid A, is tentatively scheduled for an Oct. 3 release.

[from CDnow]

Pictures of Florence Gig

Fabiano Parisi has shot some very nice pictures of the recent show in Florence, Italy. Go and see them here.

[many thanks to Fabiano]

Tracklist for new album

A tracklisting for the new album has been circulating throughout newsgroups and web sites recently. Just to restate this, nothing has been officially confirmed by the band or their management. We will simply not really know until that announcement is made. The tracklisting that is going around contains the songs that are most likely going to be on the album. Please keep this in mind.

(in no particular order):
Optimistic
The National Anthem
How to Disappear
In Limbo
Morning Bell
Idioteque
Kid A
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Knives Out
Egyptian Song
Everything In Its Right Place

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Colin Greenwood Radiohead tour

News for July 27, 2000

Colin on BBC

Colin Colin Colin

Colin Greenwood appeared on a panel of two tonight on BBC 2’s news program, “Newsnight”; the feature was the US court decision for the shutting down of Napster. Colin seemed largely against this action which he believes is only for the benefit of record companies and the only people who are really missing out are the fans. He believes he speaks for the entire band when he says that he supports new technology such as this, and remembers a concert they played in Israel where all of the fans were singing their new songs, thanks to the Internet. Colin also mentioned that he was against large corporations attempting to take over the Internet and TV.

[many thanks to Gary]

More tickets available!

More tickets for the Newport, Glasgow, and Warrington shows are available at the w.a.s.t.e. Ticket Shop. Hurry!

Radiohead’s Dream Performances

On Saturday, July 29, The television show Dream Performances will feature an entire episode to past performances by Radiohead. The show will air at 10:30 am and again at 5:30 pm (GMT) on UK Play, a British comedy and music channel.

[thanks to Cassidy]


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Colin Greenwood Ed O'Brien Kid A Radiohead tour

News for June 27, 2000

First, the important stuff…

We hope that Colin had a great 31st birthday yesterday!

Recent gigs

Why don’t you wander over to the Tour Guide to see some reviews about the last two shows in Greece!

Dates in Ireland confirmed!

That’s right! Now all you folks in Ireland can see Radiohead and their “Grand” tent too! They will be performing on October 6, 7, and 8, 2000 at the Punchestown Racecourse in Dublin.

Tickets will go on sale July 1, 2000 at www.ticketmaster.ie.

[thanks to John and dARDO]

New Album update

According to the Belgian newspaper “Le Soir”, the next album is due to release on October 2, 2000. There will probably be different release dates around the world as there was with OK Computer.

[thanks to Julien]

The title of the album has been chosen but not announced yet. Here are the titles that have been flying about the rumor bin:

Pure As Fiction (or pureasfiction)
Kid A
Giant Cogs Turn

*remember, these are rumors.

In a recent interview, Colin mentioned that the band will head back in to the studio this August to and will record their fifth album this Winter. The band has changed the way that they will be doing things so those expecting a full tour like the OKC one will be disappointed. The band plans to tour off and on, while mixing in studio sessions in between shows.

Dear Diary, Offical Site Updated

Ed updated his online diary again, detailing the band’s adventures in Greece. Check it out. Also, the offical Radiohead site has been updated, which the first two pages sporting new images.

[thanks to Benrio]

Bjork talks Thom Yorke duet

[from Q Online]:
Bjork discussed her much-anticipated collaboration with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke during a web chat on ArtistDirect.com on Thursday (22nd June), describing the experience of working with Yorke as a ‘dream’. Entitled I’ve Seen It All, the song is to appear on the soundtrack for Lars Von Trier’s Palm d’Or winning film Dancer In The Dark (out in September), which stars Bjork and Catherine Deneuve.

“It was a gorgeous experience,” said, the Icelander. “We spent four days in Spain, singing a few hours a day. It’s been a dream of mine for a long time to blend my voice with his. That was lovely!” She also revealed that the working title for her album is Domestica, which is also being at the Spanish hillside studio where Post was recorded. Asked about the new material she enthused, “It’s gone really well…it feels very exciting. It’s definitely a place I’ve never been in before.” In the mean time a live album is planned for a December release, recorded last year in London, while Radiohead make their first live appearance in the UK at Scott Walker’s Meltdown on Sunday (1st July).

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Thom Yorke tour

News for June 21, 2000

New Song Played!

A new song was played last Monday night in Milan. The title is still unknown and was played only after Thom attempted to play “Killer Cars” acoustically for the second encore, but gave up in the middle because he forgot the words.

Tonight in Florence

That’s right, the boys take on Florence, Italy tonight after yesterday’s day off. More info about this show will be posted in the 2000 Tour Guide after the show.

Thom’s page is updated

Here’s the latest from Thom Yorke:

” dear whoever is reading this. PLEASE do the following if you agree with Jubilee 2000. the G7 have snaked their way out of most of the promises they made last year and this is the best way to shit them up for this years summit. the G7 in its apathy and ineffectual gesturing is now responsible directly for the deaths of millions of people this year. years of misguided economic policy and thinly veiled imperialism must be changed. (please refer to Jubilee2000 website for more info if you have not as yet been followed this message.)”

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Radiohead Thom Yorke tour

News for June 20, 2000

PJ HarveyRADIOHEAD’s THOM YORKE sings a duet with POLLY HARVEY on her new album and provides backing vocals for two more tracks, nme.com can reveal.

Following speculation that the two had collaborated, Harvey rang nme.com to explain that she wrote the duet, called “This Mess We’re In”, specifically with Yorke in mind. She said of Yorke: “He just came over to the studio for a couple of days. He’s an extremely wonderful musician, he came up with some very unusual ideas for the songs. He’s

Yorke also sings on two more tracks, “Beautiful Feeling” and “One Line”. Other track titles include “Big Exit”, “Kamikaze” and “The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore”.

Recent Radiohead Shows

Time for catch up here…

For the setlists and other info on recent shows in Frejus, France, and the two Milan shows, head on over to the brand spankin’ new 2000 Radiohead Tour Guide! Just click on the date of your choice.

If you were lucky enough to catch one of the recent shows, why don’t you spread the wealth the rest of the world! Please send us your concert reviews, setlists, photos, audio, or anything else deemed interesting and ‘head.

Speaking of the Frejus show, Sam over at okcomputer.ctw.cc has put up the mp3’s of that show!

Nigel speaks

The dynamic duo of Aurelien and Mona, maintainers of the French Radiohead fanclub ne pas a.v.a.l.e.r., recently talked to Nigel Godrich (Radiohead’s producer) at the Arles, France show last week. He said that the new album will be released at the beginning of October, but there is still no exact date set. He was really excited to see what the new songs will be like in front of an audience, and was seen dancing along with the concert in the sound booth. He couldn’t reveal the title of the album, but said it “will all make sense”.

[check out ne pas a.v.a.l.e.r.]

RealAudio of new songs

For those who can’t bother with the hassles of downloading the mp3’s recorded and encoded by Sam at okcomputer.ctw.cc, go to the Green Plastic Audio section for all the new songs in streaming realaudio, along with some of the Eureka Street soundtrack songs that Ed worked with, courtesy of James Ballardie.

Did you get yours?

Tickets for the Newport, London, Glasgow, and Cheshire Tent shows went on sale last Saturday and all three London dates sold out like hot cakes. Ticket still remain for the other three cities, so check out www.radiohead.com/03.html for info on purchasing tickets.

If you would like to purchase a package deal that includes hotel stay for one or more nights and a ticket to one or all of the September London shows, go to latestevents.com!

Bjork Slots Soundtrack Date, Chat

“Selmasongs,” Bjork’s soundtrack to “Dancer In The Dark,” the award-winning film in which she also stars, is now set for release on September 19.

Songs from the album will be culled entirely from music and dialogue in the film and, according to Bjork’s spokesperson at Elektra Records, “will be more like a Broadway cast recording than a soundtrack.”

“I’ve Scene It All,” a duet between Bjork and Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, also will be included on the soundtrack.

Last month, Bjork earned Best Actress honors at the Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of “Selma,” a Czech immigrant living in the United States who has a hereditary disease which causes blindness. The musical, which was helmed by “Breaking The Waves” director Lars Von Trier, also won the festival’s Palme D’Or for best film.

“Dancer In The Dark” is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters in the fall.

Bjork will discuss the soundtrack and other topics during a live Web chat on the ARTISTdirect network (www.artistdirect.com) on Thursday at 4 p.m. (ET).

[from MTV]

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Jonny Greenwood Radiohead tour

News for June 16, 2000

The band played to a sold out audience last night in Barcelona. The setlist is quite similar to Tuesday night’s gig in Arles, France, with the exception of another new song, “Egyptian Song.” Due to some technical difficulties with Jonny’s keyboard, the band had to improvise on certain songs, including a beautiful version of “Exit Music (for a film” with Jonny on the Rhodes organ.

Last night’s setlist:
01. Talk Show Host
02. Bones
03. Optimistic
04. Karma Police
05. Morning Bell
06. Dollars and Cents
07. Street Spirit (fade out)
08. National Anthem
09. My Iron Lung
10. No Surprises
11. Climbing Up the Walls
12. Lucky
13. In Limbo
14. Exit Music (for a film)
15. Airbag
16. Everything In It’s Right Place
17. Just [encore]
18. Egyptian Song [encore]
19. Lurgee [encore]
20. Paranoid Android [encore]

Head on over to IndyRock for pictures and a review in Spanish. Also, No Data has a French version.

You can see more photos taken with Thom’s digital camera on Jonny’s page at www.radiohead.com.

Q Online had a poll about Radiohead’s attempt to tour in a tent this Fall:
Radiohead on tour in a bloody big tent. Good idea?
No : 27%
Yes : 73%
[thanks to Elizabeth]