COLIN & JONNY
INTERVIEW
[30-10-00]
Webzine/musicpaper
in Toronto called The Spill did an interview with Colin and Jonny
while they were in town...... you can find the article at: www.spillmagazine.com
WARRINGTON WEBCAST NEXT WEEK
[28-10-00]
Starting Monday October 30th for one week, Radiohead's show from
Warrington, UK will be webcast at Hollywood
& Vine and through the Radiohead iBlip.
MORE ON THOM Y. VS. TONY B.
[27-10-00] Thom Yorke has continued
his attack on Prime Minister Tony Blair, cheekily asking if he
"deserves a file at MI5" on the official website. Thom has posted
a secret message on his
page. The text, which reads: "I reckon I maybe deserve a file
at MI5 now Tony what do you think?" is written in black on a black
background, and is only visible by highlighting what appears to
be blank space at the top of the page. [Read the full story on
NME.com]
LAST GIG OF THE TOUR
[21-10-00] Radiohead performed at
the Los Angeles Greek Theater last night. It was the last gig
of the current tour. It was a 2 hour set with Thom dedicating
'Just' to "anyone whose thought of committing suicide." Just before
'Pyramid Song Thom said "this one is for the people in the woods,"
at which time a loud round of cheers rose from the hundreds of
fans that had sneaked up among the hills and hid out in the trees
behind the open air venue. Thom also noted that this song is about
"the Milky Way and the universe, and everything like that..."
[thanks David]
Full setlist in the gigography
KROQ TICKETS, INTERVIEWS
[20-10-00]
Check out the official KROQ website. Listen to KROQ
every hour today for your last chance to score tickets. Even if
you can't make the show, Listen on Sunday night at 8:30p.m. for
the live Radiohead replay on KROQ." - As far as in its entirety.
You can reach KROQ by calling: (818) 566-ROCK for information.
The XFM interview with Ed and Phil can be downloaded here.
And finally Launch.com has an exclusive interview with Radiohead
as well. Click here.
THOM INTERVIEW
[19-10-00]
What's it like having a writer's
block? Thom: "it's like losing someone you love". These
were the first two sentences of the interview broadcast on Loladamusica.
The interview was done in September by Gijsbert Kamer.
Thom said it was unwise do a lengthy tour like the OK Computer
tour "because we played very badly, because we weren't listening
to eachother by the end." Other
topics: ok computer, rock music, the ability to progress, electronic
music, talking heads' 'remain in light', changing relationships
in the band....etc. Download the interview in 9 parts in the
multimedia section.
RADIOHEAD IS SPINNING
[19-10-00]
As mentioned last week, Spin.com has a big Radiohead feature
on their website. But today a cool flash section is added. Go
here
for the feature, then click on Radiohead Exclusives. You'll find
pictures from their photoshoot with Radiohead plus an exclusive
iBlip.
WXRT RADIOHEAD BROADCAST
[19-10-00]
Radio station WXRT in Chicago
will broadcast an old Radiohead concert this Saturday. So, everyone
in chicago listen to WXRT at 11pm.
KID A's 2ND WEEK IN US CHART
[19-10-00]
RADIOHEAD's reign as undisputed kings of America has ended after
only one week, with 'KID A' dropping to Number Ten on the new
Billboard chart.
read the full nme story here.
GREENWOODS INTERVIEWED THIS FRIDAY
[19-10-00]
On Friday, October 20 at 11 am Pacific (2 pm Eastern time), KCRW
(89.9 FM and KCRW.com) presents a Morning Becomes Eclectic exclusive
an hour with Radiohead. The interview with Jonny & Colin Greenwood
will be archived on KCRWmusic.com and will later be heard on Harcourt’s
weekly national program, “Sounds Eclectic,” distributed by Public
Radio International.
THOM YORKE ON SALE AGAIN
[18-10-00]
...You could spend a fortune on getting those tickets for the
Los Angeles show at Ebay. But, if you've got lots of money to
spend anyway: why not get Thom in one piece. Place your bids here.
ANOTHER INTERVIEW
[18-10-00]
And another interview showed up. This time with Ed O'Brien at
HMV. Click here.
There are additional quotes from Ed that aren't in the regular
HMV.com interview.
This one's specifically about how he was slightly misconstrued
in an interview by a popular monthly UK mag. They can be found
here.
[thanks Mark]
KID A - THE SCREENSAVER
[18-10-00]
The new Radiohead Kid A screesaver is here. Download a PC version
and Macintosh version in the Multimedia section.
GERMAN CHARTS
[18-10-00] Radiohead entered the
German charts at Number 1, but dropped to nr. 6 in it's second
week.
SITE UPDATE
[18-10-00] Jonny's
& Thom's
page are both updated. Go and check out some great pictures.
RADIOHEAD IN TORONTO
[18-10-00]
Radiohead debuted 'Follow
me Around' last night at the Canada Air Centre in Toronto.Thom
was plucking Canadian and international corporate names from the
ACC's abundant signage (Labatts, Ford, Pizza Pizza) and cheekily
dedicating songs to those business titans. The full setlist is
available in the gigography.
A recording of 'follow me around' is available in the multimedia
section.
RADIOHEAD RELEASE LIVE FOOTAGE
[17-10-00]
Radiohead are planning to release live footage recorded on their
recent European tour to video channels as a way of avoiding making
promotional videos. Speaking in an interview on the US website
www.canoe.ca. Jammusic, guitarist Jonny Greenwood said the videos
will be comprised of material shot while on tour throughout the
year, and will feature the band playing material from their new
album 'Kid A'. [full story on nme.com]
Canada's music video channel, MuchMusic, confirmed late Monday
that they have received the band's collection of concert footage,
and at an upcoming meeting will consider whether they'll air the
results. [full story on jam
music]
KID B ALMOST FINISHED
[17-10-00] Jonny
Greenwood said that the band's next album, the follow-up to 'Kid
A', is almost complete. Speaking about the material which was
omitted from 'Kid A'. He said: "We've got about 13 or 14 songs
which we need to edit a little bit, maybe take a couple out, maybe
remix one or two, put them in the right order, and then it is
done." However, bassist Colin Greenwood was less forthcoming.
He said: "I'm not sure they are two records. We had that group
of songs to make one record, and the other ones are left over.
It's that we had, say, 23 songs and we wanted to have around 47
minutes of music, so we chose the best combination out of that
number (for 'Kid A'), and the rest are waiting on the bench, waiting
to be picked for the next team line-up. "We haven't decided what
it is going to be like. It is a combination of like, more conventional,
perhaps, but also more dissonant stuff. But it continues on from
'Kid A'. It was all done in the same recording period. It is all
a whole." [full story on nme.com]
ED'S BBC INTERVIEW
[16-10-00]
Speaking in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow evening on radio
station BBC London Live, guitarist Ed O'Brien was more forthcoming
about the band's success. Talking about 'Kid A' going to number
one in the UK he said: "It's brilliant, it's like winning the
FA Cup! It's everything. To think people went out and bought that
and we haven't had a record out for ages...now we can make another
couple of records, that's the bottom line." O'Brien said Radiohead
had always been jealous of the way Massive Attack worked with
a less defined band structure, as well as comparing 'Kid A' to
'Pablo Honey'. He said: "'Kid A' is like our 'Pablo Honey' (in
that) we're just getting to grips with the technology in the studio
and what we're capable of doing. We were bored of playing guitars
and it's rekindled the love of playing live again." read the full
NME story here.
TORONTO
WEBCAST
[16-10-00]
Tomorrow's gig at the Air Centre in Toronto, canada will be webcast
(audio only) over the internet.
The webcast will begin at 8.50pm Eastern Time (1.50am GMT on October
18).
The show is hosted by virtuecast.com, fans interested in listening
to the Toronto concert can do so through links from muchmusic.com,
canoe.ca, and chartattack.com. The LA show on October 20th will
be webcast as well through hollywoodandvine.com
DOWNLOAD!
[15-10-00]
Anne
Helmond put 15 pictures online of Radiohead's Nijmegen gig. Click
here
for the thumbs. This
website has streaming and dowloadable clips of last night's SNL
songs.
To watch an interview with Thom Yorke on
MTV, click here.
Here's
a review of Radiohead's gig in New York. And here's
another one. Pictures of that same show are here.
And another review of KID A can be found by clicking here.
And finally, make sure to check the big Radiohead feature @ Spin
with great pictures.
[thanks
Anne, Kevin, Ryan, Katie, Andrew and Big Loaf]

NY TIMES REVIEW
[13-10-00]
Sweeping comparisons
can be useful in assessing pop obscured by media hoopla. When
the noise surrounding a band is big, think big. To wit: Radiohead
is the rock equivalent of the Internet. Read the full review
here.
[thanks Mikula]
RADIOHEAD
IN NEW YORK
[12-10-00]
Thanks to Ben Adams
for the setlist of last night's gig at New York's Roseland Ballroom:
the national anthem * morning bell * airbag * in limbo * optimistic
* lucky * my iron lung * permanent daylight * you and whose army
* no surprises * dollars and cents * talk show host * how to disappear
completely * paranoid android * idioteque * just * everything
in its right place * i might be wrong * karma police * the bends
* pyramid song * motion picture soundtrack.
Following the band's triumphant show at
the Roseland Ballroom, bassist Colin Greenwood said that their
success was "madness, it's fucking brilliant". Of the current
wave of support for Radiohead sweeping the US, Greenwood added:
"It will be interesting to see what happens in Europe now after
America and all the press here." Tickets for the band's show on
October 20 in Los Angeles Greek Theatre are being sold through
ebay online auction for over $5,000 a pair. [head over the nme.com
for some stories about the new york show: here
and here]
SPOOKY
TICKETMASTER
[11-10-00]
Today people managed
to buy tickets to tonight's show at Roseland in NYC--through Ticketmaster!!!
The system kept saying it couldn't fulfill the requests, but every
now and then it worked.The NYC Ticketmaster # is 212-307-7171.
I don't know if there any available, but those who are desperate
might try calling several times. That may be fruitless, but that's
how it worked online: it kept saying they were unavailable, but
every now and then it would work. [thanks Ben Adams]
'KID
A' DEBUTS AT NUMBER 1
[11-10-00]
Radiohead's 'Kid A' will debut at Number 1 on the
Billboard Top 200 with sales of over 200,000! This is four times
the first-week sales of OK COMPUTER. KID A will also debut at
Number 1 on the Internet sales and in England, France and Canada.
The record also debuted
at nr. 2 on the norwegian top40 chart. [thanks Esko]
NEW YORK TIX SOLD OUT
[10-10-00]
As expected the tickets for Wednesday's show in New
York sold out in only a couple
of minutes. The Ticketmaster website didn't work properly. Some
people got errors while tickets were rapidly sold to the people
who were already camping at the Roseland Ballroom since Monday.
And for the people who got tickets for
the show: your reviews, setlists, pictures and other stuff are
welcome here
Onsale begins
at 9am - call Ticketmaster at 212.307.7171 or order online
AUSSIE CHART
[10-10-00]
Kid A debuted at Number 2 in the Australian
charts behind the embarrassing Olympics Opening Ceremony CD [thanks
Stephen]
KID A vs. BLAIR
[10-10-00]
The first pressings
of 'KID A' contain a hidden booklet which seems to launch a personal
attack on Prime Minister TONY BLAIR. The booklet, which was placed
behind the CD casing in the first batch of 'Kid A' in the UK,
contains the dedication 'For Leo', presumably a reference to the
Blairs' new born son, as well as a pencil-drawn caricature of
Tony Blair within the booklet. Elsewhere in the booklet are a
series of Orwellian slogans, which include: 'He'll take the money
from under your nose. He'll tell you all you want to hear', 'He
says he wants to be our friend, he says he's always been on our
side' and 'He paints himself reflective white to reflect the blast
when it comes'. READ THE FULL NME STORY HERE.
SOME MORE REVIEWS
[09-10-00]
Here are some more 'kid a' reviews. This
one is from the Straits Times, Singapore. One from Canada: the
Windsor
Star. And one in Spanish: This
is an interview published by Clarin. And one from Nude
As The News. Here's one from AV
Club. [Thanks to Kevin Lim, Nathan White, Dave Davis, Marvin
& Maximilliano Romero]
RADIOHEAD WEBCASTING AGAIN
[08-10-00]
Radiohead did another webcast last night. This time they
were live from the Punchestown Racecourse in Dublin. For those
who missed it, it is being rebroadcast on piratetv.net
very soon. Audio only. All this together with a minor official
website update.
KID A VIDEOS
[07-10-00]
On the friday 6th edition of the Australian music video
clip show "RAGE" Radiohead's Morning Bell was shown with footage
of some Iblip stuff. It was the little black animated animals
playing guitar and drums and keyboards to the music. Last week
'Rage' showed video clips of The National Anthem and Optimistic.
Both were live from some show earlier this year [thanks Kent]
The german music televison station called "viva 2" played a live
video of "the nationa anthem" yesterday. [thanks Ralf]
The Chilean channel Via X is promoting a live Optimistic video.
Playing it since last week at least 4 times a day. [thanks
Veronica]
NEW YORK GIG CONFIRMED!
[06-10-00]
Radiohead and the
Roseland Ballroom in New York City have confirmed one show, Wednesday
night [October 11th].Tickets go on sale at 9am on Tuesday, 10/10
at the Roseland Ballroom. Prices are $32.50 per ticket. Please
note that there's a two ticket limit. Listen to K-rock on Monday
at 5pm.
[thanks Chris, Peter R. Peter C. &
Todd]
THEY'RE HERE...AND GONE ALREADY
[06-10-00]
W.A.S.T.E. have sold the last Toronto &
Los Angeles Tickets in a flash last night. [thanks Takeshi Sumida]
Soundbreak.com is having a contest with Radiohead. You can win
an all expense trip to see them in Canada on October 17th. The
deadline to enter is October 12th so hurry. Here's
the link to register.
THE NEW YORK CONCERT AGAIN
[05-10-00]
As reported earlier today (scroll down a
bit) Radiohead will probably play New York (Roseland Ballroom)
this week. It has just been announced on NY radio station krock
92.3 NYC. The exact date is still not confirmed. For more info
on this gig... scroll down please.
[Thanks Orange]
RADIOHEAD @ TMF
[05-10-00]
On Sunday October 8th TMF (Dutch Music TV
Channel) will do a 'Radiohead - Kid A' special in the Top 2000
show. I'm guessing the broadcast will be a 'Kid A' replay, together
with an interview with Thom Yorke. There will also be a Radiohead
Top 10. You can vote for your favourite radiohead track by e-mailing:
Top2000@tmf.nl [thanks
Marc Gommans]
'KID A' TO NUMBER ONE
[05-10-00]
'KID A' looks set to go straight to Nr. 1 in the UK after selling
86,000 copies already this week, including around 55,000 copies
on the first day of its release.
A
spokesperson for HMV in London said: "Between Monday and Wednesday
it sold 86,000, and at this rate we expect it to shift 200,000
by Sunday. It's not the biggest selling album of the year, but
it is close. It's hard to see it slowing down."
Even
though the band are refusing to release any singles from 'Kid
A', the spokesperson added that, in the short term, that may not
be a disadvantage. He continued: "Everyone is talking about their
lack of marketing - which is doing their job for them!" [read
the full NME story here]
RADIOHEAD
TO PLAY NEW YORK?
[05-10-00]
While nothing is confirmed at press time,
Radiohead is currently mulling over the possibility of playing
the Roseland Ballroom in New York City next week, according to
a source. The band, which will be in New York City to tape Saturday
Night Live next week, could play the venue on Tuesday (Oct. 10)
or Wednesday (Oct 11), or both. If the shows happen, they will
be added to the band's extremely brief North American itinerary,
which previously included Toronto on Oct. 17 and Los Angeles on
Oct. 20 (allstar, Sept. 22). A spokesperson for the band at Capitol
Records could not confirm the dates at press time, but did say
plans are in the works. A spokesperson for Roseland couldn't confirm
either, but did reveal the dates are currently open at the venue.
[from allstar.com, thanks Chris and Nelson]
RADIOHEAD WILL
RELEASE EP
[04-10-00]
Speaking to the Radio
1 website, following the band's performance at Warrington
Victoria Park last Monday (October 2), O'Brien alluded to the
fact that the next Radiohead release would definitely be an EP,
although he gave no more information as to which tracks would
feature on it. He also confirmed that some of the material the
band are currently playing live on their UK tour will feature
on Radiohead's future fifth album. He said: "If you record
24 songs, and some of the songs you play live are off the next
record, it's inevitable people are going to talk about the next
album. We've got that one over and done with, and it's on to the
next one. I think we're on a bit of a roll at the moment. Others
may disagree." [thanks to the NME]
VILLAGE VOICE REVIEWS KID A
[04-10-00]
If OK Computer was an "about" file for a
20-gigabyte suicide note, Kid A feels like a handwritten letter
from somebody who's spared his own life and wonders if he made
the right decision. Here's
the full 'kid a' review
[Thanks to Juan Luna.]
RADIOHEAD TO PLAY ISRAEL AGAIN?
[03-10-00]
U2 and Radiohead are targeted to headline a major three-day
rock festival in Israel next spring. The event, to celebrate the
Jewish Jubilee, is being organised by Perry Farrell, former frontman
of Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros and the man who co-founded
the legendary Lollapalooza travelling festivals in America. Farrell
is a keen student of Jewish history and mysticism and is taken
by the idea of the Jewish Jubilee, a celebration of liberty and
renewal which is held every 50 years and dates back to the Jews
entering the promised land after their exodus from Egypt. Farrell
knows Bono and Thom Yorke via their work together on the Jubilee
2000 campaign for the cancelling of Third World debt and hopes
to use this friendship to persuade the stars to join him for the
Israeli festival. The event, which will be held at Tel Arad, an
ancient ruined city in the Judean desert, is expected to attract
around 100,000 people. [thanks Tommy]
VOTE FOR 'AT EASE'...
[02-10-00] The Online Music Awards highlight the best music
sites on the internet and this year dotmusic
is hosting the voting for the People's Choice Award - the only
one voted for by the fans. Click
here if you want to vote for 'AT EASE'.
Thanks,
Adriaan.
THOM YORKE ON BBC RADIO 1
[02-10-00]
Thom Yorke was a guest on this afternoon's
Mark and Lard show with BBC's Mark Radcliffe. Thom answered questions
from fans. Thom answered Jason Andreas' question about the 5th
album, which will include 'Egyptian
Song', but it will probably be called "Pyramid Song'.
Other topics: Creep, Muse, Clinic, Sigur Ros, Future plans, fishing?,
Album artwork, favourite colors (?)....
Listen to some audio clips of the broadcast: clip
#1, clip#2,
clip#3,
clip#4.
WARRINGTON GIG LIVE
[02-10-00] On
Monday, October 2nd MTV.co.uk will be broadcasting Radiohead’s
Warrington gig LIVE!! The broadcast, coming from Cheshire Victoria
Park, will last for 90 minutes. The show will be aired by BBC
Radio 1. You can also click on the iBlip on the left of this page.
Or enter the MTV.co.uk competition which takes you MTV's radiohead
feature: banner on the right of this page.