THOM'S PAGE UPDATED
[31-07-00] The 50th anniversary of this headline... but it's updated again: who are these people?

BAND TO PLAY U.S IN OCTOBER?
[28-07-00] In the radiohead newsgroup alt.music.radiohead Zach Proulx revealed that radiohead will be doing two gigs in America late October. Zach visited the Radiohead office a while ago and this is what he heard: "One will be in New York City and the other in Los Angeles. Then they will probably do a more lengthy tour in the states a few months later."

Note: let's say this is a rumour... we'll just see what happens


COLIN ON NAPSTER
[28-07-00] Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood was interviewed on the BBC news programme Newsnight last night (July 27) about the implications for the music industry of a California Court ruling in favour of the Recording Industry Association Of America - effectively forcing Napster to remove all copyrighted MP3 files by midnight tonight.

"We have just finished a tour, we played in Barcelona, the next day the entire performance was up on Napster and three weeks later when we got to play in Israel the audience knew the words to all the new songs and it was wonderful.

"Digital music is just one of many things that contribute to an artist getting their message across and of course it is going to change record companies are going to have to embrace it and change with it and find different ways of getting revenue, maybe using Napster as a business model for their own on-line thing." [from NME.com, read the full article here]

WWW.DROPTHEDEBT.ORG
[24-07-00] You can't eat the fucking web. This is free market killing. You have no-one to blame but yourselves and you know it.What kind of future are you expecting? You expecting to walk away, hands clean, white gloves? You expecting the trouble to cease? How will you sleep? When things turn nasty how will you explain yourself? What will you say to your children?

go now: www.dropthedebt.org

BBC EVENING SESSIONS
[23-07-00] BBC Radio 1 in the UK will be playing session tracks from Radiohead's  Evening Session (probably 1997) all next week (23-27 July).

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 to listen in real audio.

[thanks Andy]

BJORK AND YORKE DUET ONLINE
[22-06-00]'I've Seen It All' from the album 'Selmasongs' from the motion picture soundtrack 'Dancer in The Dark'. 'I've Seen It All' features indeed Thom Yorke duetting with Bjork.

The album Selmasongs will have a world wide release on the 15th of September, so here is the chance to get into the right phase. For the download of 'I've Seen It All', go to www.bjork.com/websense

TREEFINGERS = INSTRUMENTAL
[21-06-00] Radiohead gave the general public the first chance to hear their eagerly-awaited new album, 'KID A' last night, which received its first playbacks to selected members of the press in Los Angeles and New York.

One member of the press who was present and heard the album told nme.com: "Not surprisingly, the album shows the band taking even more experimental risks, but they make the trip worthwhile, ranging from layered washes on the instrumental 'Treefingers' to harder-edged, percussive electronica on 'Idioteque'."

The final tracklisting also contains a short, secret track at the end. Go to nme.com for the full story.
All details on 'kid a' can be found here.

CAESARIA BACKSTAGE PICS
[18-07-00] Thanks to Konstantin who e-mailed some great pictures of Radiohead backstage before the security found out that the band was already at the venue. You can check them out in the gigography.

sorry, the pictures page is down.

STREET SPIRIT REMIXED
[18-07-00] One of dance music's legends, Englishman Paul Oakenfold, and one of its rising stars, Los Angeles' Sandra Collins, ripped though high-voltage sets on the turntables for several thousand thrill-seeking dancers at Manhattan's Roseland Ballroom Thursday night.

The highest — and most telling — point in Oakenfold's set came as the diminutive but dapper Brit dropped an intense, pounding remix of Radiohead's "Street Spirit" into the mix, which in its original form is one of the band's softest and sparsest songs. The move worked the crowd into a wild frenzy. So much for Thom Yorke's introspection; they were in the hands of a DJ tonight. [from SonicNet]

PICTURES  UPDATED
[17-07-00] The pictures page on the official is updated and reorganised. No more dead links. Just Jonny sleeping. Have a look. Quite nice..

THOM'S UPDATE
[16-07-00] Thom has updated his page with following: "tell all your friends/ websites etcetera to visit dropthedebt this friday 21st of july until then please carry on passing the word about the e-mail petition to the G7. visit http://www.dropthedebt.org thankyou thom".

And while you're at it give nothing-to-fear a visit.

TRUE LOVE WAITS ON MP3
[16-07-00] Well, finally an MP3 of 'True Love Waits', performed live on the acoustic guitar by Thom Yorke. Recorded in Tel Aviv on 8-7-00. This song has not been played since 1995. Check the multimedia section for this incredible song... Thanks a million to Yaron.

PJ HARVEY'S NEW ALBUM TITLE
[15-07-00] PJ Harvey's new album is to be called 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea' and is to be released in October as revealed on www.music 365.com.

The album is to feature 12 tracks, including a duet with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke called 'This Mess We're In'. No other track titles have been announced as yet.

FULL BERLIN CONCERT ONLINE
[14-07-00] The entire berlin concert of 03-07-00 is now available in the multimedia section.

MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE
[12-07-00] As for the last tour, w.a.s.t.e has an allocation of tickets - european and london dates on sale.....other uk dates will follow. please go to www.waste.uk.com and click the tent tickets link. happy shopping.

ALICE COLTRANE'S BLUE NILE
[12-07-00] Thanks to Max K. for pointing out that It was Alice Coltrane's 'Blue Nile' that was used as Radiohead's intro at the live shows of their European Tour. The track 'blue nile' is available on the Coltrane's album 'Priceless Jazz' Here's an audio clip. You can purchase your own copy here.

ALLIGATORS IN NEW YORK SEWERS
[10-07-00] The people in Israel are treated well. After Thom played 'True Love Waits' on Saturday in Tel Aviv, he debuted a new in song on Sunday in Caesaria. Thom played the song on the piano and introduced it with: "This a new song you've never heard before called "Alligators In New York Sewer" and it's kind of a silly song."

An MP3 file of the song is available in the multimedia section. lyrics can be found here
Full setlist in the gigography.

RADIOHEAD BOOTS UPDATE
[10-07-00] Radiohead just finished their European tour and most of the gigs are available for download. Find the Spanish & French (incl. Paris) gigs here: http://okcomputer.ctw.cc The Milan gig can be found here on AT EASE (multimedia section). The first Berlin show will be here in a few days as well.

TRUE LOVE WAITS IN TEL AVIV
[09-07-00] Radiohead played 'True Love Waits' again, last night on their second gig in Tel Aviv. It was just Thom on the acoustic guitar introducing as follows: "this is an old song. and we didn't really know what to do with it except mmm playing it..."

True Love Waits has not been played since 1995.

Full setlist available in the gigography.

FULL MILAN CONCERT ONLINE
[09-07-00] OK, you've had to wait a while, but the entire milan concert of 19-06-00 is now available in the multimedia section.

RADIOHEAD IN ISRAEL
[08-07-00] Here's the setlist of Radiohead's gig at the Cinerama, Tel Aviv, Israel: optimistic * morning bell * karma police * street spirit * everyone (the national anthem) * in limbo * fake plastic trees * no surprises * my iron lung *  dollars and cents * talk show host  * you and whose army * airbag * lucky * bones * just  * everything in it's right place * egyptian song * nice dream * exit music * paranoid android * the tourist 
check the gigography for a review

GRAND REX PICTURES
[07-07-00] Romain took some great shots of the band while playing the Grand Rex in Paris, France. Check out his page for some more pictures. Click here.

THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
[05-07-00] ok this is the drill. put hands on ears and close eyes tightly. curl up under desk.
Release Date: OCTOBER 2ND [this may differ in parts of the planet] Album Title: KID A. the tracks on it are these:
1 Everything In Its Right Place
2 Kid A
3 The National Anthem
4 How To Disappear Completely
5 Treefingers
6 Optimistic
7 In Limbo
8 Idioteque
9 Morning Bell
10 Motion Picture Soundtrack

as read on www.radiohead.com/newann.html

'KID A' RELEASE ON OCT. 2ND
[04-07-00] The fourth studio album from Radiohead will be titled 'Kid A' and will be released on October 2nd 2000 through EMI/Parlophone. The tracklisting will be :

01. Everything In Its Right Place
02. Kid A
03. The National Anthem
04. How to Disappear Completely
05. Treefingers
06. Optimistic
07. In Limbo
08. Idioteque
09. Morning Bell
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack

(expect this to be confirmed some time tomorrow on www.radiohead.com)

thanks Max K.


NEW ALBUM: "KID A"?
[04-07-00] Nme.com reported the following: Colin Greenwood revealed that the record will feature the tracks 'Optimistic', 'The National Anthem', 'Everything In Its Right Place', 'Kid A', 'How To Disappear ' and 'Motion Picture Soundtrack', as well as between four and six other new tracks, which are rumoured to include ‘In Limbo’, ‘Idioteque’, ‘Egyptian Song’ and ‘Morning Bell’.'Knives Out' and 'Dollars and Cents', which have been played throughout the band's current European tour, will not feature on the new album.

He added: "We've mastered the first record and it should be out at the end of September. We've done lots more recordings and we're trying to find the right way to release more of the songs...we want to find a way of releasing the other songs we've recorded, not just on EPs, and put it together as another piece of work...we've got lots of other songs that we want to release sooner rather than later.

When questioned about industry rumours that the album title is 'Kid A', he said: "That's a very good guess, yes! I think that's pretty good! I think so, yeah." but there's more. read the full article at www.nme.com

RADIOHEAD IN BERLIN
[04-07-00] Radiohead played at the SFB's Großer Sendesaal in Berlin, Germany with the following set:  optimistic * talk show host * karma police * morning bell * you and whose army * everyone (the national anthem) * my iron lung * in limbo * no surprises * kid a *  dollars and cents * exit music * street spirit * climbing up the walls * airbag * everything in it's right place * how to disappear completely * lucky * egyptian song * paranoid android

Some notes in the gigography. Audio and pictures coming soon. 

RADIOHEAD IN LONDON
[02-07-00] Radiohead played at the Royal Festival Hall Saturday night performing 10 new songs. 

Morning Bell was announced by Thom: "This is a song about amnesia." The frontman made way for guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who took centre-stage while Yorke played piano. The audience were mesmerised by the song, with its almost hypnotic repetition of the word "walking" over the three minute or so duration, with guitarist Ed O’Brien lending vocal harmonies.

‘You And Who’s Army’,was introduced with " This is dedicated to Tony Blair. I’m only disappointed I never got to shake his hand," before launching into the barbed lyrics "you and your cronies come out..."

Here's the full review from the NME

The full setlist: optimistic * bones * karma police * morning bell * street spirit * talk show host * everyone (national anthem) * my iron lung * in limbo * no surprises * you and whose army * dollars and cents * exit music * lucky * airbag * just * everything in its right place * egyptian song * knives out * fake plastic trees * paranoid android * how to disappear completely and never be found *