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Message from Phil

The message from Phil Selway was sent out to w.a.s.t.e. members today:

Before we start work on the next Radiohead album, I will foolishly be running in the London Marathon 2002, on Sunday 14th April.
I am writing to ask if you would kindly sponsor me for this event, and help me raise much-needed funds for The Samaritans.
The Samaritans are a UK-based charity who offer twenty-four-hour availability and support to people who are going through a period of crisis and who may have suicidal feelings.
They are part of a worldwide organisation called Befrienders International.
I’m hoping to run the Marathon in four hours. In those four hours, The Samaritans will take around 2,200 calls from people who are in need of emotional support. The Samaritans will listen to them, giving them the time and space to say how they are really feeling.
I’m aiming to raise 4,500, but hoping that the total will be much higher.
All sponsors will be entered into a draw to win the drumkit which I used on various tracks on OK Computer, including Exit Music and Paranoid Android. The kit is a five-piece cherry-red Premier XPK, complete with cymbal stands and a bass-drum pedal.
The ride and crash cymbals and hi-hats are made by Zildjian, and were also used in the OK Computer sessions.
To make a donation please use the link below where you can choose the amount to sponsor me.
http://www.waste.uk.com/SponsorPhil/index.html
Please be sure to give us your full name to add to a visitors book. We will then use this to pick the drumkit winner.
Thank you for your time and support.
With blisters on my feet,
Philip

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Radiohead star opens charity centre

Radiohead’s Phil Selway is due to open a new centre for the Samaritans. Mr Selway, a volunteer with the charity, was unveiling the building in Oxford on Friday. The state-of-the-art centre in Magdalen Road features interview and meeting rooms.

“It’s a very impressive place,” Mr Selway told BBC Oxford Online.

Radiohead and the Samaritans are polar opposites…but they do provide a good contrast. Phil Selway: “For an organisation that’s based on volunteers it’s incredibly professionally run. I think this comes across in the centre.”

Mr Selway became a Samaritan when he was a student in Liverpool in the 1980s.

Read the rest of this article at the BBC site.

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Neil Finn Live Album To Feature Johnny Marr, Radiohead

Neil Finn has announced details of a forthcoming live album which will feature, among others, Johnny Marr and Radiohead’s Phil Selway and Ed O’Brien.

The album, entitled 7 Worlds Collide, will be available on CD and DVD from 12 November. It was recorded at Neil’s ‘residency’ at St. James’ Theatre in Auckland between 2 and 6 April 2001. Neil’s band for the stint comprised Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder, Radiohead’s Phil Selway and Ed O’Brien, Neil’s brother Tim and Lisa Germano. Liam Finn, Neil’s son, also appears.

Featured on the album are classic Crowded House tracks (Weather With You and Don’t Dream It’s Over as well as a cover of the Smiths’ There Is A Light That Will Never Go Out.
{from musicgoeson.com}

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Back in effect

Phew, what a vacation! We’re well rested and ready to get our hands dirty again with all this Radiohead goodness!

Setlists and reviews for ALL the shows so far are available now at our tour section. As you all may know, both shows at the Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville, VA were canceled due to flooding. Refunds are available at point of purchase and unfortunately, there are no plans to reschedule these shows in the future.

Tonight Radiohead takes over Hollywood
Radiohead end their North American tour tonight at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA. Doors open at 6pm and the Beta Band goes on at 7.

Knives Out
You can preorder the US version of the “Knives Out” single at Amazon.

Speaking of “Knives Out”, director Michel Gondry recently talked about doing the video for the song and the meaning behind it. Check it out at Director-File.com. {thanks to Kev}

The Anti Pop Consortium
The Anti Pop Consortium has been confirmed as the opening act for the September 8 show in Stockholm, Sweden. {thanks to Joakim & Ragnhild}

New album news
What? New album news already?! You have to be joking!

No. Colin, speaking in an interview with Cyberpresse.ca, stated that the band will begin working on their sixth album after Christmas. Q Magazine is also reporting that “Amnesiac Follow-Up Due Next Year.” {thanks to jean-francois & Mitch}

Next single: I Might Be Wrong
We have learned that the band are about to film a video for “I Might Be Wrong” very soon. The rumor is that Johnny Hardstaff of RSA/Blackdog Films will be directing it.

Modern Drummer
Though we don’t know which issue yet, we do know that there will be an interview with Phil in Modern Drummer magazine. Keep your eye out for it! {thanks to Joe}

Win a Radiohead scooter!
HMV has a contest in which they will give away five Radiohead-customized scooters! The contest is open only to Canadians (except for residents of Quebec). For more info, click here.

Mattew Good
Running for Home has an interview with Matthew Good where he talks about Radiohead. {thanks to Bob}

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Attention Canadian Radiohead fans!

JAM! Music is running a contest to send two people to Los Angeles (airfare, accomodation, concert tickets and ground transportation to the show) to catch Radiohead’s final tour stop at the Hollywood Bowl. There’s also a bunch of cool runner-up prizes. The contest is open to Canadian fans only. For more info, go to
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicContests/contest_radioheadshow.html.
Interview with Phil
Then It Must Be True has an interview with Phil Selway for your reading pleasure.
Knives Out 2CD
EIL currently has the “Knives Out” UK 6-track 2-CD set up on their site. Here’s the tracklisting:

CD1
1. Knives Out
2. Cut Tooth
3. Life In A Glass House (Full Length)
CD2
1. Knives Out
2. Worrywort
3. Fog

“Fog” is what was used to be called “Alligators in New York Sewers.”

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PHIL!!!!!

Here is some more information about the Evening Session show Radiohead is doing as reported earlier today:

The Radio 1 show on tuesday with Radiohead is a review show. It was recorded last week, and 3 people who won a competition on 9th May were able to go and interview them and review Amnesiac. The show will air the interviews and the reviews and play some of the tracks from the album. It will be aired between 8 and 10 and you can listen online if you are outside the UK.

{thanks to Paul and Karine}

There will be a listening party for Amnesiac in Milwaukee next Tuesday at:

The Vox
2203 N Prospect
Ph: 414-277-0481
*starts at 9pm

Also, our friend Ryan at AliveOne in Chicago says that there will be some drink specials during the Amnesiac listening party there next Wednesday, May 30. 🙂

The NME has awarded “Pyramid Song” Single of the Week. {thanks to Chris}