Here’s how Amnesiac has been doing in some of the charts across the globe:
#1 in the UK
#1 in Ireland
#1 in Finland
#2 in Australia
Thom is interviewed at CDNOW. {thanks to Juice and timbot}
The Washington Post has listed the Thievery Corporation as another opening act along-side the Beta Band for the two shows in Virginia on August 11 and 12. {thanks to Grace}
Somone has made an unofficial video for “Polyethylene (part 2)” at Newsgrounds.com. {thanks to timbot and kervin}
Radiohead are doing a secret webcast on June 9 at 10:30pm GMT. It will be a live stream from their recording of Later With Jools Holland. It wouldn’t be Radiohead if it wasn’t tricky: In order for you to listen to all tracks you will need to find four different links on the Web. Clues to their whereabouts are apparently hidden around the Net. We will bring you more information about this asap. {thanks to gibbs}
Jam! has done an interview with Jonny. You can read it here.
Radiohead will be playing a show at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on September 18, 2001. Tickets will go on sale this Monday at www.globen.se. {thanks to Johan}
The new Radiohead.com is up. Go and enjoy!
More news soon. We’re busy revamping some of the site, including a total redesign of some sections.
MTV will be doing a presale for the second leg North American tour on June 14th at 10:00am (local time of the venue). Click here for more info.
There will be an Internet presale for the August 3rd show in Barrie, Ontario (Toronto) on June 11 at 10:00am ET. Here’s the info. {thanks to Matthew}
Check the tour dates for the latest info.
Here’s some ticket information from the good people at w.a.s.t.e.:
Tickets for North American Tour
W.A.S.T.E LOTTERY – w.a.s.t.e have once again begged for some tickets to sell direct to fans. Please go to http://www.waste.uk.com and click on NORTH AMERICAN TICKETS. You will have the opportunity to request tickets for the August USA shows using our lottery system which will start from 12.01 am on June 7th, 2001 until noon on June 10th, 2001. Your request will be entered into a lottery to see who gets to buy what and where….. whether you are successful or not, you will be e-mailed within 72 hours of the close on the 10th.
GENERAL ON-SALE DATE – June16th, 2001
The easiest way to request tickets will be on-line through w.a.s.t.e. starting one minute after midnight, June 7th, but for those of you non-internet savvy types out there, you can also purchase tickets or get information about your request by calling 1-804-951-0327 beginning June 9th at 9:00 am. Our phone lines will be open June 9th from 9:00 am until 9 pm and on June 10th from 9:00 am until noon. THERE IS NO PREFERENCE GIVEN TO TIME OR METHOD OF ORDER; everyone gets a fair chance.
Please do not scramble to get there – relax, sit back and take your time. There is no hurry and no first come first served rush to contend with………anytime over those three and a half days will do.
(All times noted above are in Eastern Standard Time for US and Canada)
Amnesiac will be released today in the United States and Canada. Go forth and buy!
Radioheadpreorder.com has some pictures up from the three recent Amnesiac listening parties in Chicago.
You can listen to an interview with Colin from yesterday’s Pinkpop Festival. The interview runs for about 7:46 minutes in RealAudio. {thanks to Rik}
You can see the setlist for last night’s show here.
From Launch: U2’s “Bad,” Radiohead’s “No Surprises,” and the Cure’s “In Between Days” are among the tracks featured on Keeper Of The Flame, a new album of covers by Irish contemporary folk veteran Luka Bloom, due June 26 from Bar None Records.
Win Radiohead ‘…Later’ tickets and loads of goodies at NME.com! {thanks to Steve and Aurora}
There is an effort forming to get Radiohead to play “Nude” (aka “Big Ideas”) at the June 30th Santa Barbara show in California. Spread the word!
MTV.co.uk is currently running a contest in which a selected winner will win an all expenses paid trip to Seattle to see Radiohead! For more details, click here.
PRESS:
– Article about Radiohead in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. {thanks to Dave}
– W Magazine has a small article about Radiohead in their current issue. It can be found on page 92. {thanks to Carol}
Radiohead’s fifth album, Amnesiac, will be released today in pretty much all of the world. The United States and Canada will get it tomorrow, while New Zealand will have to wait until June 11. Enjoy!!
In video news…
In the latest newsletter from shots.net (the UK promo/ad industry mag), they indicated that Michel Gondry is set to direct a promo for Radiohead in June. Gondry has done videos for Bjork, Chemical Brothers, Rolling Stones, and Cibo Matto. For more info about him, check out this site and this site. {thanks to Kevin}
Radiohead has been nominated for the Band of the Year award at this year’s GQ Awards. You can vote for them at www.gq.com. {thanks to Christina}
You can now view scans of the Q & A special Thom did with Blender Magazine. {thanks to Sid}
Amnesiac is being featured as Record of the Month at the Portuguese site www.alternativeyouth.com/. Coincidentally, Green Plastic is featured as the Site of the Month! 🙂 {thanks to JM}
w.a.s.t.e. is now selling tickets to the shows in Japan.
Air-Radiohead.com has some photos of the Rock am Ring show and some mp3s of the Rock im Park show.
Speaking of the Rock im Park concert, you can see the setlist here.
There is a midnight showing of “Meeting People is Easy” at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, IL on June 8 & 9, 15 & 16 (Friday and Saturday nights). Here is the web site for more information. {thanks to Julia}
Here’s the latest press roundup:
– The Dallas Morning News gave Amnesiac a C+. {thanks to Jerry}
– Review of Amnesiac by Chicago Tribune. {thanks to Jason}
– People Magazine’s review of the new album. {thanks to Aurora}
– Nightshift’s review. Amnesiac is also mentioned on this page. {thanks to Karine}