Colin Greenwood can’t wait to start Radiohead’s 2008 tour, which kicks off in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 5th, but he has a soft spot for Canada.
“We’re going to reconvene and try to remember how things go,” Greenwood told Canoe.ca. “It’s tricky. It’s like if it took so long to make the record, it’s going to take awhile to learn how to put it across live.” The Radiohead bassist is looking forward to the tour: “I love it,” he said. “I’m a road dog.”
The married father of two young boys wasn’t sure how many kids might be going on the tour bus this time but suspected it would be a lot given that all of the Radiohead members are now fathers.
“We might be doing more of that this time and I think that’s really cool,” he said. “Because I think it’s part of who were are as a band and what we do and that should be seen and shared by the people that we love and live with.”
Greenwood said while his boys don’t totally understand what dad does for a living, they seem to have a good time at live performances.
“I think they’re proud of it but they don’t know what it is, really, until they’re standing by the side of the stage with their ear defenders on watching their parents make tits of themselves,” he said.
The lone Canadian date announced so far on Radiohead’s world tour is Aug. 15 at the Molson Amphitheatre, although the band has confirmed it will also play gigs in Montreal and Vancouver.
After launching with a small number of U.S. dates in May, Radiohead will play the U.K. and Europe in June and July before returning to North America.
“I’m anxious to play in Canada,” bassist Colin Greenwood said.
“I have a soft, warm spot for Canada. I love playing everywhere but I do enjoy (Canada) very much. It’s diverse. Toronto, Montreal, we’ve played Edmonton, London, Ont. We’ve played lots of places over the years.”
Turns out that one of Greenwood’s favourite bookstores (he’s a university literature major and amateur photographer) is also in Canada, specifically, Toronto’s This Ain’t The Rosedale Library.
“Oh, yeah. I bought Pennie Smith’s book there,” said Greenwood, referring to the British photographer’s collection, The Clash: Before And After.
“I love that book, it’s brilliant. The other book I got was terrible though. It was like ‘photographs I had to take’ by this choreographer whose name I forget.”
Radiohead news on this day..
- Mark Linkous RIP – 2010
- Paranoid Android with Mario Paint Composer – 2009
- ‘Do The Hippogriff’ in full on ‘Goblet of Fire’ dvd – 2006
- New blackboard: ‘Tour’ – 2006
- New Donwood book – 2005
- Michael Cunningham mentions Radiohead – 2004
- Meltdown ticket information – 2000
