New
album expected in March
>> Wednesday
31-07-02
Radiohead
talk about the new album in the latest NME magazine. Colin
talks about their plans for the new album "We fly to
LA at the end of august. (Longtime producer) Nigel Godrich
rents a space there. We're going to spend two weeks working.
The plan is like with OK Computer' We'll have loads of songs
we know and it'll just be (mimes dumping a pile of books on
the table).. there!" He thinks about this: "It means
that we'll be in America for September 11. Which will be interesting"
Thom: "Well, the idea is not to use any computers on
this record. (Mirthless laugh) Ha!, we'll see how long that
lasts." They hope to release the new LP in March 2003.
In the NME Radiohead also talk about the current
tour through Portugal and Spain. "Now we get to play
nice shows in nice places in Europe. It's the Creative Gentleman's
Leisurely Tour", agrees Colin Greenwood. "You know,
Panama hat, diary and soak up the culture as you go along".
"Why Portugal?", snorts Thom. "Don't ask me,
it was Ed's idea".
The plan is to try out 16 new songs they've written, find
out which ones they like best, find out which ones the audiences
like best and then go and record them. Thom: "If song
works really well, we won't play it the next night. If people
respond well to it then we've tried it out. We don't want
to get bored. That's bad news for the audience, but (filthy
laughy) tough shit!"
After the show Radiohead are triumphant. "I love everybody,
you know", beams Colin over his Caipirinha. "Thom
just said, 'If you fuck off, don't worry. It's not Madison
Square Garden. We're here to enjoy ourselves". [Read
more in the latest NME, out today in the UK. Thom is on the
cover (live shot from first night in Lisbon). There are 3
full pages inside reviewing Lisbon shows and short exclusive
interview with Thom. More is promised for next week's issue.
And after this, there is 4 pages on why Radiohead is so cool
(highlight albums / best shows etc) and also a full color
glossy big pull-out poster of Thom on stage in Lisbon] thanks
to Warren for sending in the scans.
Radiohead in San Sebastian I
>> Wednesday
31-07-02
Radiohead played their 6th show of the year
and the first one of three gigs at Teatro Kursaal in San Sebastian,
Spain. 7 new songs tonight, which were already played on this
tour. The band played Hunting Bears again after The National
Anthem. Like Spinning Plates was as well in the encore. For
a full setlist and review, check the gigography.
News roundup
>> Monday 29-07-02
Phil made an appearance at official message
board saying that there are no touring plans beyond Spain.
He also said that the unreleased 'Reckoner' is 'dead and burried'.
'Nude' is 'just on a sabatical'.
There's a review on theStereoEffect
of the first night in Porto. [thanks Karen & Nick]
Mp3's of the first three Lisbon shows are added in the multimedia
section.
"Everything in its right place" plays during Dayne
Brummet's section in Blend: video magazine's Distorion.[thanks
erik]
For those who want to access the message board
mugshots; the mugshots will not be available for the next
three days.
Radiohead in Porto II
>> Sunday 28-07-02
Tonight was Radiohead's fifth gig in Portugal
and the second at the Porto Coliseum. with surprising highlight:
Colin, Jonny & Thom playing 'Like Spinning Plates'. Something
went wrong wit either Thom or Colin. So, they had to start
again. Thom's piano playing on this song wasn't perfect either:)
Creep was played as the third encore. The crowd went completely
mad and was probably the perfect ending of Radiohead's Portuguese
tour.
For a full setlist, check the gigography
Radiohead in Porto
>> Saturday
27-07-02
The fourth gig in Portugal and Radiohead's first in Porto
was at a beautiful coliseum. The band played a solid set,
again starting with the new songs. As Thom said it: "first
we are going to play some new songs, then we are going to
play some old songs and then..er.. we don't know yet".
For a full setlist, check the gigography
Festival Radio Broadcast
>> Friday 26-07-02
Radio 3 is broadcasting the festival this year as usual..
it's not confirmed if they will air the radiohead gig (sometimes
bands refuse to give permission) but they haven't said they
won't do it either yet so stay tuned.. go here
and click on FRECUENCIAS, if you live in spain click on COMUNIDADES
and select the area where you live for the dial and if you
live abroad and have a satellite dish click on SATÉLITES and
select the one you get your signal from for details.. remember
it's Radio 3 and radiohead will play on saturday august 3rd
at 12:50 am [thanks david]
For those who e-mailed the past few days, I'd like to let
you know that I do receive those, but I don't have the time
to reply as I am in Porto right now. If you are mailing news
or any gig info i will post it in the news section and the
gigography So, please continue sending those e-mails to adriaan@ateaseweb.com,
but expect a reply after the weekend. Thanks! Adriaan.
3rd Lisbon Show
>> Thursday
25-07-02
The third Radiohead show in Lisbon, Portugal was a little
bit shorter than the previous two, but the band seemed to
have played their best Portuguese gig yet.
Myxomatosis featured Thom wearing a little keyboard
guitar… and says before song “Don’t I look
cool”… someone shouted out ‘Rolf Harris’
and Thom said “I don’t look like Rolf Harris”
hehe. We suck young blood was introduced as “this next
song is a horror song, we suck young blood!!!” I will
was introduced by saying “this is not by the Beatles”.
The crowd did some flamenco hand clapping at
the start of Morning bell, Thom was impressed and said “we
should have had that when we recorded it. Thom sat down at
organ to start Everything in its right place, started singing
few lines, by himself before stating EIIRP, the Manics “if
you tolerate this, your children will be next”, which
was used for sampling in the rest of the song. After everything
in it's right place, Thom walked along the front row and shaked
each persons hand – really shakin' hands/looking at
each person in eye…
The band played another new song: 'where I end
and you begin' [Jonny was on a moog, didn’t play guitar,
Thom played black electric guitar.. cool new tune, little
bit experimental, not very fast] The crowd got wicked before
the second encore, singing Ole Ole Ole before they came on
stage. The band mimed kicking a football around stage to every
member.
Full setlist is available in the gigography.
[thanks roars, clare & cathy]
2nd Lisbon Show
>> Wednesday
24-07-02
Radiohead
played their second show of the tour last night, again in
Lisbon, Portugal. As reported earlier there was no interval
in between the two sets, the band went straight into lucky
after the new stuff.
The show started off again with There There
(Jonny uses 4 sticks when drumming and stops half way through
to play the guitar, Ed plays drums all theway through). We
suck young blood, Myxomatosis, Sail to the Moon, Scatterbrains
& Punch up at a wedding (which sounds a bit like early
Beatles) were played again as well.
Another new song played was 'Keep the wolf from the door',
which was an interesting song, because Thom was more rapping
rather than singing.
‘Sit down, Stand Up’ was on the first night's
setlist but wasn’t played that night. Thom played on
piano repeating ‘sit down sit down’ then end did
a ‘mad idioteque-isk ending going mad shouting ‘The
rain drops’ over and over… the crowd went mad
(kinda idiotequie beat in background/compressed beats) and
went a bit trashy at the end with guitars. This song *really*
brought the house down tonight (!!) Thom lost some sample
before playing it/was pissed off… but said “ohh
well we’ll have to play it anyway” … got
biggest cheer of the night. The first encore also featured
another new song, 'Go to sleep'.
For a full setlist, check the gigography
[thanks nuno, yaron, paulo, dan, roars, clare & cathy]
No interval in between sets tonight, but more new songs!
>> Tuesday 23-07-02
Jonny was on the official message board today
and commented on the quality of the mp3's of last night's
gig: "I hear they're a bit rough-sounding. A good thing
possibly (smudges the songs which are still a little out of
focus)". Jonny also said that the first show was fun.
On tonight's show he said: "We're ditching the interval
tonight tho' and playing some of the other new ones."
Jonny suddenly left and said: "pre-gig satanic ritial
awaits. Love to all, Jonny"
First gig of the year in Lisbon
>> Tuesday 23-07-02
Radiohead played their first gig of this year
in Lisbon, Portugal last night. The evening, with Four Tet
supporting was devided into two sets. The band played new
songs in their first set and old songs in their second set.
They opened the first half with 'There, there' with Ed and
Jonny playing drums and seven other new songs. 'There, there'
was the only song that was played once before in a webcast
by the band. After 10 minutes the band played old songs only
with the encore including, lift. Although Thom said, "we're
not allowed to tell you the name of the songs", a full
list is available in the gigography.
Mp3's of 'Lift', 'There, there', 'Up on the ladder' &
'Scatterbrain' are available in the multimedia section. [thanks
mary, david, nemisis, roars, clare & cathy]
Two part set tonight in Lisbon
>> Monday 22-07-02
Radiohead will be playing their first gig this
year in Lisbon, Portugal. According to various Portugese media,
Radiohead will devide their set in two with a 20 minute break.
Apparently the band will perform new material in their first,
and old songs in the second set. Check (& reload) this
spot for the latest news on the band's performance in Lisbon
and the rest of the tour.
Building the 2002 Gigography
>> Tuesday 16-07-02
Yes, it's that time of year again. Radiohead's
summer tour is almost there. As you all know Radiohead are
only playing Portugal and Spain.
If you're attending one of the gigs i'd really
love to hear from you at reviews@ateaseweb.com.
You can send your setlists, reviews, news, pictures, audio,
video, ticket scans, etc. (if possible: as soon you can after
the gig, so visitors of at ease will be the first to know)...
For those who are not going.. reviews in (online) papers/magazines
are welcome too.
One more thing, if you're willing to send me
any of the above, you can send me a quick e-mail (reviews@ateaseweb.com)
with the date(s) of the gig(s) and what you are probably gonna
supply. This would make it easier for me to get an idea on
what to expect from who..
Thanks in advance!
Radiohead: Friends of the Earth
>> Monday 15-07-02
Radiohead are backing a Friends of the Earth
campaign to raise environmental awareness in the run-up the
forthcoming Earth Summit. Friends of The Earth have set up
an audio website at www.radioearthsummit.org,
where they are asking people to submit messages prior to next
month's Earth Summit in South Africa.
The aim is to raise awareness of the pressing
need to act on the issue of the environment.
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has contributed
a message, while the band have donated a rare video for 'Motion
Picture Sountrack', as well as an audio stream of the song.
In his message, Yorke said: "The Earth
Summit is the only opportunity we have left to address the
hijacked free trade agenda of the WTO, to make the environment
inextricably linked to poverty and the global divide of 1st
and 3rd world, to make corporations accountable for the environmental
effects of their business, wherever they choose to hide, and
to make wealthy countries take responsibility for the impact
their over-consumption has on the rest of the world.
"It is not good enough to preach about
the trickle down effect of economic growth if your house is
being washed away, your child has skin cancer, you can't get
clean water and the weather is changing beyond recognition,
forever." [from nme.com,
thanks adam]
Radiohead's statement regarding MP3's
>> Friday 12-07-02
Organizers of the Benicassim festival have
announced the official schedule of the festival with complete
listings of bands, times and stages.. At the moment it's only
available on the Spanish version of the site for now though,
so go to www.fiberfib.com
and click on "cartel" then click on "fib 2002
horarios"....
Radiohead are playing the green stage (the main
one) on Saturday August 3rd at 12:50am sandwiched between
Paul Weller and Primal scream.. Radiohead will play one hour
only. [thanks David]
Here's what Mel from w.a.s.t.e. had to say on the Mp3/EMI
Germany lawsuit: "Although Radiohead do not object to
MP3's of their live music on the internet, unfortunately they
do not own it. All recorded music (whether live or not) is
the property of EMI, and EMI's world-wide piracy policy is
very different to ours." [thanks Brian]
Radiohead are featured in a new skateboarding video called
One Step Beyond. there are snippets of Like Spinning Plates,
Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors and a near-full version of The National
Anthem. Tony Hawk's mindblowing 24ft. gap is featured with
National Anthem - it looks nice. [thanks Ian]
Radiohead's 'Everything in it's right place' featured in a
TV Show regarding the Police Service of Northern Ireland in
Belfast, it played while the police were cruising the streets
[thanks Scott]
Stanley Donwood and 'the making of..'
>> Thursday
11-07-02
Here's a part of the interview Stanley Donwood
did with Idea Magazine: My attitude when I work with Radiohead
is to try to hear the pictures in the music. That sounds stupid
but its the only way I can explain it. The best thing I can
think of is how I felt when Kid a was finished. Iit was as
is I hadn't done anything at all. My hands were guided by
the music. Maybe I didn't think at all. it sounds so crazy
but I hope you understand. Listen to music and close your
eyes while you have a pen in your hand and a piece of paper
on the table. Let your hand be moved by the music. When the
song is finished open your eyes and see what you have done.
I like to think that the pictures I draw for each record are
a reasonable interpretation of the music I hear. Thom and
me work next to each other telling each other what we like
and don't like. When we finally agree on a picture thats pretty
much how it ends up. We make a lot more pictures than we need
then choose the best ones.
You can read more of the interview here
[thanks John]
German Radiohead site MPIE has been contacted
by the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic
Industry) to take action in the name of Radioheads German
Record company EMI. to delete all MP3s they had on the web
site. Unfortunately they did not receive this letter or e-mail.
As a reaction EMI contacted a lawyer who sent MPIE.de a letter,
which was actually received and all files and directories
were deleted immediately. Still the lawyer now asks for 550,42
Euros (equal amount in US-Dollars) of expenses.
Well, this is just insane. Because 'mpie.de' is just as non-profit
as 'at ease'.. solely making web sites for the Radiohead fans,
we cannot let this happen. So, I suggest to sign a petition
here.
Or check out this
page to help them in another way.
Stanley Donwood artwork & interview in Magma
>> Wednesday
10-07-02
As
reported earlier Stanley Donwood published new artwork in
the Japanese magazine 'Idea'. This issue now available for
30 UK Pounds at this
site. [thanks Warren]
Special feature1: Stanley Donwood "Vacances"; original
design works + poems and interview over 52(!!) pages.
Some of the artwork is displayed on the right
Golfing with Thom
>> Tuesday 09-07-02
Radiohead's 'No Surprises' are featured in Hispano-French
movie "L'Auberge Espagnole" from Cedric Klapisch.
The song is also available on the movie's soundtrack. [thanks
aurelien]
In an interview at Chart Attack, Beta Band's Steve was asked:
What was it like touring with Radiohead? They make themselves
out to be such staunch, serious fellows. I'm sure they have
their fun. Steve: Yeah. Thom likes to get out on the
golf course. That's where he kind of relaxes. We played a
few rounds with him. He plays for money, too. [thanks Carlos]
Neil Finn and Friends in concert is airing this
month on DirecTV, free to all subscribers. "And Friends"
includes Phil on drums and Ed on guitars. [thanks Scott]
Eddie Vedder covers Creep.
>> Monday 08-07-02
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder recently did a cover
version of Radiohead's Creep. It's available at the Pearl
Jam site, theskyiscrape.com.
Check the MP3 section. The song has different lyrics as well:
2003