Go here to see some illustrations from Stanley Donwood’s new book. Creepy!
Shynola, the group that directed the “Pyramid Song” video, has some downloads, including a “Pyramid Song” screen saver, for you at their site.
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Pyramid Song Video
– Good news for those in the US who haven’t seen the “Pyramid Song” video yet. On Monday, May 7 at 10pm ET, MTV will premiere the video on their show Videos To Watch. {thanks to Eric}
– As stated yesterday, Billboard.com reports the following:
Radiohead’s publicity representatives have retracted the additional North American tour dates released to the media yesterday (May 2). 11 dates were announced, including a two-night stand in August at the Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., but the group’s representatives are now stressing that those dates are unconfirmed.
Stay tuned!!!
– The following news is courtesy of FMA, our partna in crime:
Thom answered three questions at Spin with a Grin. He commented on singles, politics and why there’s another version of Morning Bell on Amnesiac: “because it came from such a different place from the other version. because we only found it again by accident after having forgotten about it. because it sounds like a recurring dream. it felt right.”
– Stanley Donwood is publishing his own book! For more details, check his site.
– You can enter to win tickets to exclusive Amnesiac listening parties in the US at the Capitol Records site.
– From Planet Telex: BBC Radio One’s Evening Session and Mark and Lard show will be running a competition to win tickets to the Verona date on May 30th, listen to the station for more details. Thom will be in the studio with Mark and Lard (1pm-3pm) from Verona to play a live track on the day.
This Mess We’re In
Album information about PJ Harvey’s new release, entitled Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, were announced today. The album, Harvey’s sixth LP, will be released on October 23 and will feature Thom Yorke as a guest vocalist on a duet called “This Mess We’re In“. Harvey reportedly wrote the song with Thom in mind.
Thom will also be providing backing vocals on two other tracks from the album.
For more information about PJ Harvey and the new album, head on over to www.pjh.org.
Kid A cover rumors
Slowly the details are trickling in from the grapevine about the cover for the highly-anticipated Kid A. From what we’ve heard, the cover will be plain in a similar style as the recent tour posters. Also, “Radiohead” and “Kid A” are written at the top right. Also, the booklet will not be as thick as the one from OK Computer.
Stanley commented about the artwork yesterday saying that “it’s a nightmare for record companies.
Banging on Radiohead About…
You can now read the “delightful” column written by Steven Wells for the NME about Radiohead and their fans. Click here to read it.
Lot’s of things going on with Radiohead… The band has been doing interviews and press conferences for the last week and today Jonny and Colin appeared on the German radio station Einslive. They talked about Muse, claiming that they had never heard their music, which is surprising because Muse is often compared to Radiohead.
Jonny and Colin also talked about the upcoming “tent tour” and mentioned that the album was finished and will be released in October. If anyone has anymore info about the interview, give me an email.
Meanwhile, tomorrow an interview with Colin will be aired on Radio21, a Belgian radio station. Colin originally gave the interview on May 29, 2000. The interview will air at 6 pm (GMT +1) on the show “5 Heures”. [from followmearound.com]
Another interview featuring Colin and Jonny appears in the newest issue of Humo, a Belgian magazine. The two talk about tour plans and some of the strange methods of which they used to record the new album. If anyone has this issue and is willing to translate the article, email me.
Thom is interviewed by The Frame. Go and read it at www.theframe.fsbusiness.co.uk/radiohead.html.
MPIE re-released on DVD
Grant Gee’s documentary that follows the band on their OK Computer tour of 1997 and 1998 will be re-released on DVD throughout Europe on Monday.
Glastonbury Man
BBC2 will be airing a documentary about Glastonbury organizer Michael Eavis. The show will broadcast at 7:50 pm on June 24, and will contain an interview with Thom Yorke, along with other artists.
You can read the full NME article by going to www.nme.com/newsdesk/20000605172720.html
[thanks to Neil]
Artwork for new album done
Stanley Donwood made an appearance on the official message board today and said that the artwork was finished:
“so we finished the artwork
and i feel very strange
:
[what happened to the last couple of years]
kind of pleased
kind of sad
overall though
its been a pleaure
i hope weve been fun
goodbye”
Ed and Phil were guests on Canal+’s “Nulle Part Ailleurs”, a French TV show, today. Their appearance was short and nothing new was announced. Phil mentioned that they had 13 new songs that they would begin to play on the summer tour.
(thanks to Aurelien)
Paris Metro Posters
The first concert posters have been put in some stations of Paris’ metro/underground/tube. They advertise the September bigtop concerts in paris and contain images from www.radiohead.com, along with two scary drawings (flying testbears over the city and scared citizens, and a giant man starbing) and other small text and phone lines for the FNAC and radiohead.com. It’s made of two similar parts, the only difference between the two being the drawings and the copyright: one is “poster by Stanley and Tchock”, the other by “Tchock and Stanley”. (thanks to Xavier and nodata.ctw.cc)
Concerts in Denmark
In the June 4 issue, the Danish newspaper, Ekstra Bladet, wrote that Radiohead will be playing two shows in Denmark on September 8th and 9th, 2000. As with the other concerts planned for this time, Radiohead will be bringing their own venue… in the form of a giant circus-type tent. (See May 26 news)
They also stated that the band would be making an appearance in Denmark tomorrow, June 6, 2000. Stay tuned….
(thanks to Martin)
Radiohead on RadioMafia
A Finnish radio station RadioMafia, did their “100 Best Songs Of The ’90’s” poll for their 10th birthday last Thursday. Radiohead scored four songs: “Street Spirit” (#78), “Karma Police” (#46), “Paranoid Android” (#29) and “Creep” (#18). Go to www.yle.fi/radiomafia/tapahtumat/alasivu.6.shtml for the whole list.
(thanks to Fridgebuzz)
Thom’s page updated
Why don’t you take a gander at Thom’s page at www.radiohead.com. It’s been updated.
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News for March 21, 2000
At Last!
The band posted up confirmed tour dates for this summer on their official website, including the two Berlin dates reported earlier here. The dates are:
June 13, 2000 – Theatre Antique d’Arles, Arles, France
June 14, 2000 – Theatre Antique de Vaison, Vaison La Romaine, France
June 15, 2000 – Teatro Tivoli, Barcelona, Spain
June 17, 2000 – Arenes de Frejus, Frejus, France
June 18, 2000 – Villa Reale, Milan, Italy
June 19, 2000 – Villa Reale, Milan, Italy
June 21, 2000 – Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
June 22, 2000 – Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
June 25, 2000 – Earth Theatre, Thessaloniki, Greece
June 26, 2000 – Lycabetus Theatre, Athens, Greece
June 27, 2000 – Lycabetus Theatre, Athens, Greece
June 30, 2000 – Le Grand Rex, Paris, France
July 01, 2000 – Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
July 03, 2000 – SFB Sendesall, Berlin, Germany (on sale now!*)
July 04, 2000 – SFB Sendesall, Berlin, Germany (on sale now!*)
July 07, 2000 – Cinerama, Tel Aviv, Israel
July 08, 2000 – Cinerama, Tel Aviv, Israel
July 09, 2000 – Old Roman Amphitheatre, Caesaria, Israel
None of the tour dates listed above are on sale yet, except for the two Berlin dates. Tickets can be bought on the internet for those two dates at:
www.eventim.de
www.icf.de/koka36
You can also order by phone at 30-61401011
Check the official site often for notification of when the rest of the tickets will go on sale.
What About Me?
Radiohead will tour the UK around the release of their new album, sometime in September. Be on the lookout for dates to pop up soon.
Radiohead will tour the rest of the world, including North America and Australia, sometime at the end of 2000/early 2001.
New Album Information
Ed’s diary has been updated with some encouraging news about the new album. Go and check it!
Slowlydownward.com
The often mysterious, always influential Stanley Donwood has launched his own website at www.slowlydownward.com. Stanley is Radiohead’s resident artist who designs neat little things like their website and album covers. Go take a look!