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Ed and Phil with Neil Finn

What a pleasant surprise! Ed and Phil joined Neil Finn earlier tonight on stage at his show in Manchester. Ed played with Finn for six songs while Phil only played drums for two, though he did play the tamborine for the rest. What’s really cool is both Phil and Ed provided backing vocals for Finn’s final number. Phil, we always knew you could sing!! 🙂

There is a great interview in the very first issue of Blender, a new music magazine put out by Maxim. Thom answers questions sent in by fans and even talks about Noah, his son. Check your local newstand.

Take a look at the “Pyramid Song” single cover at http://www.emimusic.de/labels/35/artists/550599/track8793572.html.

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News for August 25, 2000

More Playbacks!

An announcement was made on the official message board this morning that there would be more Kid A playbacks! Here’s what was posted:

Here’s an idea that may please some people. The very nice chaps at the record company are letting people listen to KID A before it is released…..in fact on the 4th or 7th of sept, depending on where you live.

here’s how.

You will need to go to your local indie record shop (see list below) to queue for your
ticket early on 2 September (probably earlier than opening time, yikes!!) – there
should be posters up instore about the playbacks.
– Tickets will be handed out on a first come, first served basis – strictly
1 ticket per person.
– The playbacks on either 4th or 7th September (depending on city) will
start at 7pm and finishing around 9pm at each venue.

MANCHESTER
Record shops to get ticket from: Picadilly, Vibes (in Bury), X Records (in
Bolton)
Playback date: Monday 4 September
Venue: The Roadhouse, 8 Newton St, Piccadilly, Manchester

GLASGOW
Record shops to get ticket from: Fopp, Avalanche, Record Factory (in
Paisley)
Playback date: Monday 4 September
Venue: King Tuts, 272A St Vincents Street, Glasgow.

NEWCASTLE
Record shops to get ticket from: Windows, RPM, Spin
Playback date: Thursday 7 September
Venue: The Cluny, Lime Street, Newcastle

OXFORD
Record shops to get ticket from: Polar Bear, Chalkys (in Banbury), Modern
Music (in Abingdon), Powerplay (in Newbury), Music Box (in Wallingford)
Playback date: Thursday 7 September
Venue: Zodiac, 190 Cowley Road, Oxford

CARDIFF
Record shops to get ticket from: Spillers, Hitman (in Newport), Diverse (in
Newport)
Playback date: Thursday September
Venue: Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, City Centre, Cardiff

I think that’s about it.

Good luck people, we are relying on you.

Tinkerty Tonk

Mungo

It was also mentioned that some playbacks of Kid A will most likely happen in the United States soon!

Phil on Radio 21

Phil will be interviewed on the Belgian radio station, Radio 21, on Monday, August 28, between 2 and 3pm.

More blips to be made available

Pretty soon you’ll be able to view more official Radiohead blips promoting Kid A at www.chartattack.com. Go here to find out more!

Just when you think they’re gone

w.a.s.t.e. has graciously put up more tickets for the tent tour starting next month. Head on over here to order!

More articles

NME is running a story about Grant Gee (MPIE director) and Radiohead working on some live footage. Read that story here.

Dotmusic has a story about Radiohead’s fifth album, rumored to be out next Spring. They talked to one of Radiohead’s managers, Chris Hufford, who confirmed the release of a fifth album. Go here to read that article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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News for June 30, 2000

NME Article

Leave it to the NME to try and analyze each and every comment Thom makes on his web page at the official Radiohead site. Today the NME put an article here describing the latest posting that Thom made, in which he quotes a passage from a book by Malcom Lowry called “Under the Volcano.” The article then goes to question if road fatigue is the reason for Thom going “mad”.
The band have actually been having a good time on the road, and despite any reports or articles, they seem to be enjoying themselves. Phil made a brief appearance on the official message board the other day and said that it was “our best tour yet, i think – well the most enjoyable anyway.”

You can read the NME article here.

Another Tour Date!

Because the September 11 show in Werchter, Belgium is nearly sold out, the band have decided to stay an extra day and play again on September 12 at the same location. Tickets can be purchased here.

Sigur Ros opening for Radiohead UK dates?

Some of you may have heard that the very talented band from Iceland, Sigur Ros, might open up for Radiohead this Fall during the tent tour. This is from the website www.sigur-ros.co.uk:

“as far as the radiohead tour rumours are concerned, there is a chance that the band will support on the uk dates. they haven’t had an official offer from radiohead yet but are aware of their interest. georg said that they probably can’t play on the european dates due to prior commitments.”

Regardless, definitely check out this band!

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News for June 5, 2000

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 June 2, 2000

This Monday, June 05, Ed and Phil will be appearing on the French TV channel, Canal+, at 6:20 p.m. (GMT +1). French viewers can call and assist in the show by calling 08 03 09 55 55. They will be appearing on Canal+’s show “NULLE PART AILLEURS”.

Also, Radio One in the UK will have a Radiohead exclusive in the evening on Monday 12th June, the day before they start their European tour. it will be something new – it’s not known quite what yet. maybe a session or a liveset or first play on a single, or just an interview…

Finally, we have reason to believe that RH will be giving a press conference in Paris on Tuesday. We’re still waiting confirmation on that.
(thanks to Benrio and Flavien)

Q article
Head on over to www.qonline.co.uk/news/default.asp?mode=link&ref=2160 for a recent article about Radiohead.
(thanks to Rushabh)

Radiohead #2 in poll
Radiohead was at #2 with OK Computer and #13 with The Bends during yesterday’s “Timeless Album Top 100” poll held by Belgian radio station, Studio Brussel. Best album of all time, according to the poll, went to Nirvana’s Nevermind. Last year, OK Computer was #1.

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News for May 30, 2000

Colin and Jonny were in Holland yesterday to be interviewed on 3FM radio. You can listen to the interview in RealAudio over at Planet Telex.

During the interview, words like “dark” were used to described the new album. They recorded close to 40 songs and will have to choose from those. Jonny then went on to say that “if you like things like ‘Exit Music (for a film)’, ‘Talk Show Host’ and ‘Airbag’ you will like the new album, because it’s got songs similar to that. And also some experimentation with electronic music as well that we’re sort of getting into.”

When asked why they were bringing their own tent, Jonny said, “We don’t want to play in those venues that are designed for sport and have Coca-Cola adverts everywhere. That’s not what we want to do, really.”

The band were also asked why they weren’t going to play the Pinkpop and other festivals to which Colin replied, “The important reason for not playing Pinkpop is that we’ve already played Glastonbury before the release of OK Computer and we just don’t repeat what we’ve done before and which is playing a big festival before the release of an album.”
Jonny mentioned that they had about 7 possible titles that they are considering for the new album.

During the interview, it was confirmed that Radiohead will be playing in Holland on September 15, 2000. They will be playing at the Goffertpark, in Nijmegen. Tickets are on sale now at www.theatre.nl.

Meanwhile, over in Spain…
While Jonny and Colin were in Holland, Ed and Phil were giving a press conference in Spain. Ed said that they were not going to reveal any information about the new album early, but could say that their decision to use a string orchestra for songs like “Dollars and Cents” and “How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found” and an 8-piece brass ensemble was because “we don’t want to repeat ourselves because we find it boring.”

For more information on this press conference, head on over to IndyRock.

New album to be released in October?

Music365 is reporting that they have received confirmation from a Radiohead spokesperson that the new album will be released this October. Go and read the article at http://www.music365.com/shownews.php3?SID=35359.