Vote for the Radiohead Breezeblock mix

The Breezeblock at BBC Radio 1 is conducting an online poll where listeners can vote for which mix they want to hear again. Radiohead's mix is one of the options. Vote for that mix here. The winning mix will be played in April!

Rock Werchter date changed!

As previously announced Radiohead will play at the Rock Werchter Festival. According to the official Rock Werchter site an extra date has been added and Radiohead will move to Thursday June 26th. The evening starts at 21:30 and features Radiohead, Bjork and Underworld. [thanks Marc]

Glastonbury & release date confirmed!

Radiohead will be headlining on Saturday 28th June 2003 at the Glastonbury Festival. W.A.S.T.E will have 500 weekend tickets to sell from the w.a.s.t.e ticket shop. These tickets will be available from the 1st April 2003. All usual rules apply - no pushing with elbows please... You may also want to come and say hello to The House of W.A.S.T.E in our tent which we will be erecting 'special-like' at Glastonbury for all your merchandise needs. For all information and more please visit the Official Glastonbury website.

According to nme.com the rumoured released dat of June 9 has now been confirmed. Release date for the first single is still a rumour though. See story below.

Release dates revealed?

Radiohead new album will be released on June 9, according to reports. The record, the group's sixth, has been given working titles '2+2=5' and 'Are You Listening'. The group have recently been back in LA with producer Nigel Godrich, putting the final touches to the record. According to Teletext in the UK, the record will be released on June 9, with a single preceding it on May 16. The release would coincide with their previously announced summer festival dates, which will almost certainly include a headline slot at Glastonbury. [from nme.com]

Radiohead to play Rock Werchter

Radiohead are confirmed to play this year's Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium. The band will headline the first day of the festival, June 27th.

Thom Yorke's artwork for 99X compilation cd

The Atlanta "New Rock" station, 99X, puts out CDs called Live X CDs every couple of years or so, featuring artists performing acoustic versions of their recent hits. Live X 8 is going to be released soon, and the cover art is done by none other than Thom Yorke. More info is available at the 99x site. [thanks chris]

Thom Vs. Moby

Here's an entry from Moby's online journal at moby.com [thanks Scott]:
Interesting question...moby vs. thom yorke.
well looked at hypothetically (cos i love radiohead and i think that thom yorke is a genius) i would assess things as such:
1-singing ability-no question here. thom yorke has the voice of an angel and i have the voice of an in-bred pig farmer. so he wins.
2-hair. no question again. thom has hair. i don't. thom wins again.
3-resemblance to martin short. again. thom and martin short are doppelgangers.
i only resemble other bald guys (cos as we all know, every bald white guy kind of looks like every other bald white guy). winner: thom.
4-fighting ability. here i have no idea. i'm guessing that we'd both be pretty inept in a fight. so unless he has some martial arts training that i'm not aware of i would have to say that a fight between us would end in a stalemate.
5-debating skills. here i might have the edge, just because radiohead have been so universally loved during the course of their career. during my career lots of people have hated me, so i've had to develop some fairly proficient and defensive debating skills. so in debating i would have to say, winner: me.
6-survival skills in the woods. again, i'm guessing this would be a draw as we're both probably lacking in outdoors survival skills. but i do believe that thom lives in the country, and i live in the city. so he might have an edge there. winner: thom.
7-red carpet award shows skills. here it's no question, i'm a practiced media-whore, and thom likes to stay home. so i would win hands down. winner: me (with great shame).
8-hygiene. ooh, that's a hard one... i'll give us both the benefit of the doubt and say that it would be a tie due to our impeccable grooming and hygiene habits.
so the end result is that thom wins. which is probably for the best.
thank you.
moby

Phil's Chat

Radiohead's Phil Selway chatted live online yesterday as part of his work with the Samaritans. While remaining tight lipped about the new album, the drummer did comment on the band's music and its relationship with his charity work. When asked what he felt about people describing Radiohead's music as 'depressing' he replied:

"That's not a silly question considering how many people have said our music is depressing! Obviously I don't see it that way. Thom confronts uncomfortable issues in his lyrics but ultimately there's always a sense of moving through these and I feel the music is uplifting."

Selway also said that his work with Radiohead and Samaritans had enjoyed "a parallel existence in my life since 1986" and revealed that his fellow band mates were "very sympathetic to the work of Samaritans and support myself and the organisation whole heartedly."

Phil also said that he won't do any vocals on the new album: "My vocal talents have just been given a long period of gardening! Thom's backing vocal bumped mine off a track (you might be pleased to know)."

To read the full transcript and learn more about the Samaritans click here [from dotmusic]

Radiohead to play Glastonbury on June 28th?

The Glastonbury Festival will go ahead this year after local councillors agreed to grant organisers a licence after a marathon seven hour session. Radiohead look set to headline the Saturday night (June 28). [from nme.com]

Online chat with Phil Selway

Radiohead are backing a new Samaritans campaign that challenges people to reconsider their attitudes towards emotional health such as issues like depression and stress. As part of this campaign Phil Selway will chat at www.webchats.co.uk on Wednesday 19th February, from 4pm till 5pm to find out more about the campaign and Phil Selway’s involvement with the Samaritans. You can submit questions prior to the chat at questions@webchats.co.uk. [thanks Jocelyn]

Radiohead concert broadcast on The Box

Dutch TV music channel The Box will broadcast a Radiohead concert on February 23rd at 21:00 hrs. At the moment it's not sure which concert will be be featured on the show BoxLive. [thanks Henk]

Parlophone: Radiohead mixing LP6 in LA

At an exclusive record company showcase on Friday (January 7) Parlophone records MD Keith Rosencroft told guests that the new as-yet-untitled Radiohead album was at the mixing stage at a studio in Los Angeles, and there was a tentative June release. Rosencroft went on to say how fans would be pleased with the record, saying that singer Thom Yorke gives a particularly “emotional” performance. [from xfm]

Radiohead to play Belfort Festival

Radiohead will play Les Eurockennes de Belfort Festival in France on the 4th July 2003. The Belfort Festival, France runs from the 4th until the 6th July 2003. Ticket Information is available in the live section.

David Gray on Radiohead

In an interview with the Chicago Sun Times, David Gray talks about his approach on making music: "We wanted to go in a kind of Phillip Glass direction and see what happens, or be a bit more Jim O'Rourke about it. To allow the music to take over and see where the song fits in in a different way. I guess what I'm saying is experimentation. For that I think I need to break and rewrite the way that I make songs and consider music, to challenge it in the same way that Radiohead did with "Kid A." [full story]

Roskilde '03 with Radiohead?

Radiohead are rumoured to play the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. The band have already confirmed 3 European festival appearances. The Roskilde Festival takes place from 26 to 29th of June. Radiohead are also rumoured to headline the Glastonbury Festival in the UK (27th to 30th of June).

Ed & Colin at NME Show

Colin Greenwood and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead were among the sold-out audience at the NME show at the London Astoria last night, who flocked to see 22-20's, Hope Of The States and Nada Surf. [from NME.com]

Radiohead in Q Magazine

Thom appears on the front cover of this month's (march 2003) Q music magazine. The special all star issue celebrates the 200th issue of Q. The magazine refers to Radiohead's feature as 'And, Radiohead have a laugh" [thanks Ryan]

Radiohead headlines Swedish festival

Radiohead will be headlining the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden on the 13th June 2003. The festival runs from the 12th June to the 14th June 2003. Three day-tickets prices are 1,220 SEK (approx. £85) (on sale now). On-line tickets - www.ticnet.se. Ticket Hotline +46 77 170 70 70. All info about the festival can be found at www.rockparty.se.

Radiohead in SPIN

Radiohead is mentioned in the current edition of SPIN magazine, in an article entitled "Essential Britpop":

RADIOHEAD, THE BENDS:
In Cobain-worthy metaphors, Thom Yorke makes his alienation skin-crawlingly physical-IV Drips and iron lungs, blood and ash, bones and teeth-while Jonny Greenwood builds a labyrinth of beguiling art-rock guitar. It's the last Radiohead record that remotely counts as Britpop; from here on, it got complicated. CLASSIC SONG: "Just," for Greenwood's crazy Sonic Youth-funk solo, a reminder of how much this band sacrificed when they decided guitars were evil. [thanks Matt]

Radiohead at Everyday Apocaliptic

Have a look at everydayapocalyptic.org, where Radiohead is the subject of one chapter.

Radiohead headlines two festivals in Germany

Radiohead will be headlining two festivals in Germany this June at the Southside Festival (Fri 20th June 2003) and the Hurricane Festival (Sun 22nd June 2003).

Ticket prices are Euro 79,00 plus Euro 5,00 - Euro deposit for garbage bag (will be refunded on bag return)
Telephone Ticket Service is +49-40 853 88 853, Websites are www.hurricane.de and www.southside.de. General announcement of the festival will be on the 2nd February 2003 and tickets will go on sale on this date.

Asian Dub Foundation album featuring Ed O'Brien released

Asian Dub Foundation released their new album today. As previously announced the album features Ed O'Brien on guitar. Ed collaborated with the band on three tracks: '1000 Mirrors' (as well as Sinead O'Conner), 'Blowback' and 'Enemy of the enemy'.