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News for July 21, 2000

“I’ve Seen it All”

The fine folks at www.bjork.com have the new song, “I’ve Seen it All”, to download. The song is a duet with Bjork and Thom for Bjork’s upcoming movie, Dancer in the Dark. “I’ve Seen it All” will be available on the soundtrack for the movie, Selmasongs, September 15.

[many thanks to Lunargirl]

Secret Track on Kid A

Kid A was played to members of the Press in LA and NYC yesterday. Here’s the latest from the ever reputable NME:

RADIOHEAD gave the general public the first chance to hear their eagerly-awaited new album, ‘KID A’ last night, and nme.com were there.

‘Kid A’ received its first playbacks to selected members of the press in the American cities of Los Angeles and New York.

One member of the press who was present and heard the album told nme.com: “Not surprisingly, the album shows the band taking even more experimental risks, but they make the trip worthwhile, ranging from layered washes on the instrumental ‘Treefingers’ to harder-edged, percussive electronica on ‘Idioteque’.”

Amusingly, the tracklisting given to the press included part of a note sent to publicists which explained that the reason the album title has been announced so early, was because of the quality of news reporting on nme.com.

It said: “The reason we are sending this information to you right now is because our hand has been forced by NME newspaper in the UK who are fighting hard to get every conceivable piece of information about the band first and put it on their website… [which is] actually really worth checking out.”

The final tracklisting for ‘Kid A’ runs: ‘Everything In Its Right Place’, ‘Kid A’, ‘The National Anthem’, ‘How To Disappear Completely’, ‘Treefingers’, ‘Optimistic’, ‘In Limbo’, ‘Idioteque’, ‘Morning Bell’ and ‘Motion Picture SoundtrackÌ. The album also contains a short, secret track at the end.

You can read the article at NME here.

[thanks to SteveEYE]

Drop the Debt!

Today is the day to visit www.dropthedebt.org!

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News for July 13, 2000

More tickets available!

For all of those fans that missed out on tent tour tickets for this Fall, head on over to the w.a.s.t.e. ticket shop and purchase them. Some tickets that were previously sold out are now available for purchase.

Australian release date

According to Australian radio, Radiohead’s new album will be released on October 02, 2000.

[thanks to Thommy D]

The tour is over

Well, Radiohead’s summer tour is now over. The band wrapped things up last Sunday night in Israel. A new song was played, titled “Alligators in New York Sewers”. The song, which featured Thom alone on piano, is available to download at www.ateaseweb.com. Check out www.radiohead.com/tt034.html for possible lyrics.

What’s next for the band? After a brief break, the band are rumored to be heading back in to the studio this August to record new material for either b-sides or possibly a new album or a series of EP releases.

On September 1, the band will start their “Tent Tour” in Newport, South Wales, and will finish up on October 8, in Ireland. More dates could be added, so stay tuned to the tour dates page.

It is uncertain what will happen after the tour… The band could head over to North America and tour towards the end of the year. Once anything is known, you’ll be alerted here!

Paris and London mp3’s

Sam has done it again and provided us with some wonderful mp3’s of the June 30th Paris show and the July 1st London Meltdown show. Check out his site at okcomputer.ctw.cc and remember to rename the .zip files to .mp3!

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News for July 6, 2000

Release dates for Kid A

The release dates for Radiohead fourth album, Kid A, are:

September 27, 2000 – Japan
October 02, 2000 – Europe
October 03, 2000 – US and Canada

Once we know anything about other areas of the world, we’ll let you know.

True Love Waits

Unfortunately, the wonderful song “True Love Waits” will not be on Kid A. Some of you may have downloaded a mp3 of the song while Radiohead performed it in Belgium on December 5, 1995. The guy who recorded it has put up the video he shot of the same performance! Head on over to www.multimania.com/nicovideos and take a look!

[many thanks to Nico]

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News for July 5, 2000

New Album info confirmed!!!!

Well, the time has finally come when we can actually start calling the upcoming release from Radiohead the actual title instead of “new album” or “LP4”. The band have officially released the title along with the tracklisting on their official website. The album will be called Kid A, as rumored earlier, and will be released on October 2, 2000. The release dates will be different in some other countries, so stay tuned for that info as it comes in. Two new songs in the tracklist, “Treefingers” and “Idioteque“, have not been played live yet.

Okay, here’s the tracklist:

01. Everything In Its Right Place
02. Kid A
03. The National Anthem
04. How To Disappear Completely
05. Treefingers
06. Optimistic
07. In Limbo
08. Idioteque
09. Morning Bell
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack

You may notice that some tracks like “Knives Out” and “Dollars and Cents” are not on the list. These and all the other new songs will be released in the near future by the band in the form of b-sides, EP’s, or possibly another album. Once anything is known, we’ll have it here.

You can read the official release at www.radiohead.com here
or you can view a NME article here.

Dancer in the Dark

As reported earlier, Thom Yorke has sung a duet with Bjork on a song on the soundtrack to Dancer in the Dark, a musical/film starring the Icelandic singer. The soundtrack, now titled Selmasongs, will be released in September and the song that Thom sings on is “I’ve Seen it All.” Though Thom does not appear in the movie, his voice will be replacing the actor who does sing with Bjork in the film.

[thanks to Shane]

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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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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).