Radiohead are set to record new material when the tour ends in October. Ed O’Brien told the BBC: “It’s the life blood of what we do, it’s the thing that keeps you going”
The band ends their tour in Tokyo, Japan in October and will head back to the studio shortly after. Ed: “Because by the end of the tour, you’re bored of what you’re playing. You need more life and energy and the only way to do that is writing new songs.”
Sadly for fans, O’Brien won’t be pushed on when the new songs are likely to be unveiled. He said: “It could be five years, it could be the end of this year, it’s whether it’s any good, that’s the point. We’ve just got to do it and see if it’s any good.”
Radiohead start their tour in West Palm Beach, FL tonight. Playing live is the part Ed enjoys the most. Ed told BBC’s Newsbeat: ”It’s about music and direct communication. But it’s also a very unreal existence. I can’t get excited until we’re doing the soundcheck on the first day and it really dawns on me what we’re doing.”
O’Brien also revealed his passion for Prince, who covered Radiohead’s Creep at the Coachella music festival in California.
He said: “He is probably the greatest at the moment and I remember when he played the Brits two years ago. ”He made everybody, including us, look like amateurs. That’s very flattering, he’s the man. We’d love to do one of his songs but we’d probably murder it.”
Radiohead news on this day..
- Thom Yorke DJs at LA’s Low End Theory again with Flying Lotus – 2011
- Montreal & New York shows sold out in minutes. – 2006
- Scott Walker on Radiohead – 2006
- Nigel Godrich not producing Strokes album – 2003
- True Love Waits – 2003
- Radiohead on Sonic Temple – 2001
- Vancouver tickets on sale – 2001
- Pyramid Song pre-order – 2001
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