Thom Yorke posted a message on Dead Air Space, reaching out to the Radiohead fans in Japan, after the recent earthquake and tsunami.
Thom posted the following:
for a while I have felt the need to write something for our fans, I am very fond of japan and feel awful seeing what has happened since the earthquake and tsunami…
my friends in Tokyo tell me there are now big powercuts and though the city is still functioning there is a lot of re-evaluating going on. Tokyo the temple to light and power is something different now.
that such a fast paced hyperkinetic place can be brought to it’s knees is shocking even before the worries over radiation from the reactors.
it is hard to imagine how it must feel
to have witnessed such devastation by mother nature and so many dead .. and. I think a lot about the rest of japan and how it will rebuild itself. how much of a struggle and a leap of faith the Japanese will have to make.I’m told that in the rest of japan life is carrying on almost normally but rebuilding what has been lost is going to be a massive job.
I hope that the Japanese people we have met over the years are not freaking out, and I like to think the way japan comes out of this will be an inspiration to us all.
Radiohead news on this day..
- Radiohead return to Mansfield Tweeter Center – 2008
- Eliza Lumley’s ‘She Talks in Maths’ out now – 2007
- Thom’s mental note – 2007
- Radiohead reveal ‘terrifying’ new album – 2006
- Observer reviews Ether Festival – 2005
- Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest w/ Chris O’Riley – 2004
- Madonna mentions Radiohead – 2003
- Leaked tracks discussion on BBC 3 – 2003
- Confirmed: Radiohead to play Summersonic Festival – 2003
- Time Out NY: Radiohead headline Long Island Festival on June 7th – 2003
