Matt Smithson's Fitter Happier Manual

Matt Smithson made this cool video for Radiohead's 'Fitter Happier'. Check the 'Fitter Happier Manual'. Make sure to check the rest of his site at manvsmagnet.com for some more amazing animations.

Extra tickets on sale for Meadowbank Stadium

Extra tickets have been made available for Radiohead's gig at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. Due to phenomenal demand the capacity has been been increased to 20,000 after the first on sale sold out in under one hour at the weekend!

This will be your last chance to get tickets for this Radiohead show, with support from Beck at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh on Tuesday 22nd August. Click here to buy from 9am tomorrow! [thanks James]

Radiohead to play Rock en Seine

Radiohead have been confirmed to play the Rock en Seine Festival in Paris. The festival will be held on August 25th and 26th. The festival website claims that this will be the only date in France. Tickets will go on sale April 10th.

Stanley Donwood Audiobooks available now

We had to wait a while, but Stanley Donwood has made his Audiobook avaialable at his shop. Two stories by Stanley Donwood ('My Giro' & 'Wage Packet') are read by Ric Jerrom on CD in a letterpress-printed card wallet. Running time is approximately 45 minutes. One piece of advise though: 'Do not listen to the second story whilst eating'.

You may be mildly diverted to know that my promises, though often forgotten and neglected for some time are usually adhered to. More prints have been added to the Manufactory's stock, and, at last, so has a spoken-word CD, which you will find in the 'Books &c.' department. And the 'weird thing' I mentioned here several long months ago is almost in manufacture. I can further promise that an entire range of visual impedimenta will be available here with the launch of 'LONDON VIEWS', towards the end of May 2006, when there will be an exhibition in a gallery that used to be a shop supplying sado-masochistic paraphenalia in Soho in London in England in Europe

Thom & Stanley: Question for the minister

A new posted on Dead Air Space, entitled: question for the minister:

what use is economic growth when the seas are rising to engulf you?

our economy needs endless growth apparently... like a virus...except this virus is killing its host

thm & stan

Rent Radiohead's OK Computer studio

In the February/March 2006 issue of MoneySense magazine (Page 65-66), an article entitled "Manors, Please" detailed how you can now rent out Jane Seymour's 700-year-old manor house, the same place Radiohead recorded OK Computer. Just e-mail the British actress Jane Seymour at www.stcath.com. Rather than let the 700-year-old, 11-bedroom manor house near Bath, England, sit empty for several weeks a year, the former Bond girl and star of Wedding Crashers chooses to rent it out to strangers. The home comes complete with private chapel and croquet lawn, as well as a star-studded history. Radiohead recorded their groundbreaking album OK Computer here. Johnny Cash, Goldie Hawn, even Henry VIII and his mistress all stayed here. And now you can too. [thanks Lina]

Tickets for May '06 shows sold out in minutes

This morning tickets went on sale for Radiohead's May tour. Tickets for the UK, Amsterdam and Copenhagen shows have sold out in a matter of minutes. Tickets for Rock Oz'Arenes (August 15th) were gone in an hour too.

For those who were not lucky enough to get tickets for Amsterdam, Copenhagen, London, Blackpool, Wolverhampton, Endinburgh or Rock Oz'Arenes, please check the ticket trade section of the at ease mb. Please keep in mind that offering tickets for more than face value is not allowed.

Radiohead to play two dates in Montreal

It looks like Radiohead are set to play two dates in Montreal, Canada. La Presse reports that the two dates are planned in June. It's not certain which venue the Radiohead shows will be, but it will not be The Bell Center or Parc Jean Drapeau. [thanks Maxime]

Radiodread nearing completion

As reported earlier Radiohead's OK Computer will have a reggae revision. Currently work continues on one of the most anticipated releases of the year: Radiodread.

In February, producer Michael G. flew down to Florida to Inner Circle's recording studio to record reggae legend—strike that—music legend Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals. Toots lent his distinctive vocal style to a revved up version of "Let Down," which has promptly gone into constant rotation on his tour bus's sound system.

This was preceded by a session at the legendary Electric Lady Studios on 8th Street in Manhattan, where Citizen Cope captured his take on "Karma Police." Taking a break from recording his upcoming album, Cope welcomed Michael G and Easy Star founder Eric Smith to record the track. Being a huge Radiohead fan, he is excited to be involved with the project.

Earlier in the month, longtime Easy Star cohort Sugar Minott voiced "Exit Music (For A Film)." The pairing of Sugar Minott's powerful, melancholic voice with the haunting "Exit Music" works beautifully; Minott has also signed on to record a new album for Easy Star in 2007.

Easy Star All-Stars vocalists Junior Jazz and Tamar-Kali have cut "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and "Climbing Up The Walls," respectively. This was just before the touring unit headed to France, Italy and Croatia for their first-ever European tour. Other artists who have already cut vocals for the album include Horace Andy, Morgan Heritage, Frankie Paul and Kirsty Rock.

This leaves only a few more tracks to be finished before final mixing commences in Brazil with Michael G and Victor Rice at the helm. The record is due to hit stores mid-August with an extensive Easy Star All-Stars tour to follow. Says Michael G: "We're at the stage where we can all sense what an incredible album this will be. We can't wait to get started with the mix of Radiodread as that is where the true soul of the album will emerge."

Thom apologises for today's ticket system meltdown

Thom has posted on the official message board for today's trouble at the w.a.s.t.e. ticket shop:

sorry about the system meltdown.

we were caught by surprise by the volume of traffic. even though we should technically be able to handle it... the numbers were far beyond what we expected. so sorry about all the confusion.

if you are still waiting to get on theres this nice guy and his blog to while away the time.. a relative of chieftan mews.. him off biggest lying mouth
love
over and out

thm

go and crash his website instead

http://www.myvideoblog.co.uk/
:)

Thom Yorke turns Tony Blair down

Thom Yorke says he turned down the chance to discuss climate change with Tony Blair because the British prime minister has "no environmental credentials."

The charity Friends of the Earth, for which the singer is an ambassador, asked him to meet Blair.

But Yorke said Blair had no record of championing the environment and added that dealing with the governing Labour Party's "spin doctors" made him feel ill.

"I got so stressed out and so freaked out about it. Initially when it came up I tried to be pragmatic," Yorke told New Music Express magazine in an issue out Tuesday. "But Blair has no environmental credentials as far as I'm concerned."

"It was like talking to Blair's spin doctors. It was all getting weird. It was just obvious there was no point in meeting him anyway, and I didn't want to," he said.

Yorke says the experience has soured him on political activism.

"I came out of that whole period just thinking, I don't want to get involved directly, it's poison. I'll just shout my mouth off from the sidelines."

Yorke is backing Friends of the Earth's Big Ask campaign, which is calling for international cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. [CNN]

Most pre-sale tickets sold out

Today the pre-sale started for W.a.s.t.e.-members. W.a.s.t.e.'s ticket shop has had a lot of trouble today. A lot of people were trying to get their hands on those tickets, which resulted in an offline shop for most of the afternoon and evening. Right now, tickets for all UK shows (except the one in Edinburgh) have sold out. Tickets for Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Dublin are still available. Please note that there are still tickets available for all UK shows through gigsandtours.com. Those tickets will go on sale 25th March (9am local time).

Single track downloads instead of full album?

NME reports on a statement from the band, commenting on the upcoming tour and possible track downloads instead of a full album:

"We're excited to be touring again, especially to play new songs to an audience. For the first time, we have no contract or release deadline to fulfil - it's both liberating and terrifying.

"To keep things more fun and spontaneous, we will be playing new songs that are work in progress. We will also be releasing music to download when we are excited about it, rather than wait twelve months for a full blown album release. Music's not just about all-time greats - it's also a document of its time, and we want to be able to put out a song when it feels right."

Guest appearance by Beck on Edinburg gig

Radiohead's show at Edinburgh's Meadow Bank Stadium on Tuesday August 22 2006 will have a guest appearance by Beck.

Tune into Xfm Scotland to win tickets for Radiohead in their first Scottish show since 2003. You can win (or buy if you'd rather) tickets with Xfm Scotland 105.7 - 106.1. Every morning this week listen out for ticket giveaways on the Breakfast Show with Dominik Diamond 6am until 10am or go to xfmscotland.co.uk. Support on the May dates comes from Willy Mason.

Radiohead to play Rock Oz'Arenes in Switzerland

Just another festival dates has been added. Radiohead will play an exclusive show at Rock Oz'Arenes on Tuesday, August 15th. This adds a 5th day to the Festival in Avenches, Switzerland. The Tickets for this show will go on sale on Saturday, March 25th at 10 am at Starticket and Fnac. [thanks Bjorn]

Radiohead announce European tour

Radiohead will be touring the UK/EU in May, playing a short series of theatre shows before heading off on an American and Canadian tour in June (dates TBC). They'll then play some European festival dates before headlining the V Festival in Chelmsford and Stafford in August.

The tour will be the first opportunity to hear a selection of brand new material that the band has been working on in the studio.

Other than for the festivals listed, w.a.s.t.e. will be selling a limited pre-sale allocation of tickets to w.a.s.t.e. members.

This pre-sale will commence at midday on the 22nd March 2006 at tickets.waste.uk.com/

To repeat American and Canadian tour dates are yet to be confirmed

All upcoming Radiohead dates:

May 6: KB Hall Copenhagen
May 7: KB Hall Copenhagen
May 9: Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam
May 10: Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam
May 12: Empress Ballroom Blackpool
May 13: Empress Ballroom Blackpool
May 15: Civic Wolverhampton
May 16: Civic Wolverhampton
May 18: Hammersmith Apollo London
May 19: Hammersmith Apollo London

June 17: Bonnaroo festival

August 12: Sziget Festival
August 19: V festival Hylands Park
August 20: V festival Weston Park
August 22: Meadowbank Edinburgh
August 24: Marlay Park Dublin

Check the tour section for ticket information.

Thom updates from the studio in la la land

Thom's latest entry on Dead Air Space:

might i suggest that those selling their koko tickets on e bay for stupid money gives a contribution...
say 30 percent of their proceeds,
back to friends of the earth, for whose benefit we are all doing this show.
seems only fair, unless you're a shallow____, dont you think?

by the way listening back to things we are doing and looking through the lyrics today
and stuff it feels like we are finally getting somewhere. there are lots of songs. too many
to get together straight away. so we will be furiously rehearsing and writing as we go.

... i think we ve always worked best when we arent bothered
about making mistakes.
theres a lot of baggage about the old way of doing things that is hard to get over...
all the 'album' crap..just this level of pressure that is ridiculous..
we're just going to do what feels right at the time
quite intothe idea of singles at the moment(that dont get on the radio)
..
no grand design... wherever we are at. some of the random stuff we have at the moment
could be the most exciting... trying to figure out how on earth we will be able to play some of it.
anyway it is not important. there is more to life than freaking out about petty bullshit like this. there are
more important things to think about.

Thom

Help: A Day In The Life songbook available now

Faber Music released the 'Help: A Day In The Life' songbook. The book features words and music for every track featured on the album, including Radioheads 'I want none of this'. The songbook costs £14.95 and all profits go to War Child. You get 136 pages of musical fun, War Child gets some cash. A good deal, yes?

Buy your copy directly from Faber Music here.

No Scanner Darkly Score, but new Thom solo work

A day after telling EW that Radiohead would be scoring A Scanner Darkly, director Richard Linklater's film adaptation of the Philip K. Dick sci-fi novel, Warner Independent Pictures is singing a slightly different tune. Instead of a full-blown original score, the film will feature music by Radiohead, including a brand-new track from lead singer Thom Yorke's upcoming solo release. Warner Independent is still working out what music will make the cut, and couldn't say if the tracks would be all new or a mix of old and new. [thanks Jeremy]

Warner confirms: Radiohead scores 'A Scanner Darkly'

In earlier reports, Radiohead were rumoured to do the score for the film 'A Scanner Darkly'. Later on these rumours were denied again. But now film distributor Warner Independent Pictures confirms that Radiohead is doing the score for Richard Linklater's upcoming film version of the Philip K. Dick novel. Keanu Reeves stars in the futuristic story of government espionage, which will be rendered in the rotoscope-animated style of Linklater's Waking Life. Originally slated for a fall 2005 release, the film is now due out in limited release July 7. [source: Entertainment Weekly]

Ticket holders cash in on The Big Ask Live show

Tickets for Friends Of The Earth's The Big Ask Live concert featuring Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood have started trading for inflated sums of money online reports.

The show which is being held at London's KOKO venue on May 1 as part of the charity's The Big Ask campaign completely sold out after going on sale at 12pm on March 11.

However within minutes, the £55 tickets began appearing on internet auction sites, with sellers demanding in excess of £300 for tickets.

This level of opportunism has left Friends Of The Earth disappointed.

"We have done everything within our power to ensure that fans had access to the tickets at the price fixed by Friends Of The Earth - for example by limiting purchases to two tickets per person," a spokesperson for the charity told NME.COM.

Adding: "It is extremely disappointing to find that some people are selling on tickets for personal gain - particularly as this is a charity event which has been organised to raise money and support for Friends Of The Earths' climate campaign, The Big Ask."

Thom struggling with the deadline

Thom has posted on Dead Air Space on the recording sessions:

all i need

s'all wrong

s'all right

s'all wrong

s'all right.

today, myself, i was struggling, feels like we been trapped for a long time.
in la la land. very frustrating. and under pressure now
its so slow.
enough to drive anyone loopy. im supposed to be positive>>
smiling faces for the outside. well im fucking tearing my hair out.
too much at once.
furiously writing, working out parts. cracking up.
not much time left. unshure about everything.
im not supposed to put any of this here. so thats why i am.

890 tickets for Big Ask Live sold out in 15 seconds

Tickets for Big Ask Live went on sale today for Thom & Jonny's gig at London's Koko. 890 of those tickets sold out in 15 seconds with Ticketmaster. [thanks Craig]

Radiohead confirmed for Hungarian Sziget Festival

Radiohead are confirmed for Hungarian festival Sziget. The festival in Budapest and its green island in Obuda will be held from August 9-16. The Sziget festival is third festival that has been confirmed for this Summer after the annoucements of Bonnaroo (USA) and V (UK). Currently, there is no ticket information available. We will let you know when it arrives. [thanks Oliver, Melanie & Bjorn]

What does the guy say at the end of THIS Just video?

Anticipating the upcoming release of the new tribute album 'Exit Music Songs for Radio Heads', 'Just' by Mark Ronson and Alex Greenwald has been released and acompanied by a cool video. Check it here. [thanks David]

'All we are saying' documentary airs on Showtime

The earlier reported documentary 'All we are saying' will be aired on ShowTime in the upcoming week. Please check the ShowTime website for local times in the USA. Or check a tralier of the documentary. In the documentary Rosanna Arquette talks with musicians, including Thom Yorke, on the current state of the biz or how to balance life and art. [thanks Alex]

'Do The Hippogriff' in full on 'Goblet of Fire' dvd

There wasn't much to be seen of Jonny and Phil in the Goblet of Fire movie. But on the Harry Potter dvd release you can see the full scene of the Weird Sisters performing 'Do The Hippogriff'. Here's a screenshot from the dvd. [via WizardBlog, thanks jd]

New blackboard: 'Tour'

Colin has posted a truckload of pictures on Dead Air Space. The new series includes another picture of the blackboard. After the word 'TOUR' a list of track titles is written down. The current list is shorter than the previous one we've seen: 5ths; Bodysnatchers; Videotape; Open pick; Bodies laughing; Trills; Nude; 15 step; Down is the new up; Bombers/4 minute warning; Burn the witch; House of cards; Reckoner; Mornin' M'Lord; Go slowly; Arpeggi.

Small Dead Air Space update

Thom has updated Dead Air Space by posting a short quicktime movie of er... well, excuse me i think theres somthing wrong with this...

Tickets for V: all gone...

There was feverish buying of tickets for Britain's V Festival Friday, with tickets being offered on eBay for up to £615 ($1,075) a pair -- nearly three times their face value -- within hours of them going on sale. All tickets were sold out after just three hours, the organizers said. Radiohead headlines to the festival in August on two dates.

CNN reported that more than 65,000 music fans are set to flock to Weston Park in Staffordshire, central England, and Hylands Park in Chelmsford, eastern England, on August 19 and 20.

Tickets went on sale Friday at 9 a.m. with a top price of £120 ($210) for a weekend pass including camping. Single day passes cost £58.50 ($102).

In London's West End, by the time the tickets went on sale at an outlet in Argyll Street a queue stretched hundred of yards round the block into nearby Oxford Street.

Two hours later there were 539 sets of tickets on offer on eBay, with a top asking price of £550 ($965) for two. Later in the day the figure rose to 1,434 sets with a top price of £615 ($1,075) a pair.

In fact the actual tickets are not being sent out until 10 days before the event -- those buying them Friday receiving vouchers.

V Festival director Bob Angus said the frenzied response was no surprise.

"As delighted as we are that the festival has sold out, we are not shocked that it has happened so quickly -- it really is testament to the line-up we've managed to secure this year," he told the UK's Press Association.

"We already have some outstanding acts signed up and we're continuing to search for the finest artists around to give music fans yet another great V weekend." [thanks Brady]

Only 1,000 tickets for Friends of the Earth gig

Only 1,000 tickets for Jonny & Thom's Friends of the Earth gig will be made available, NME reports. The tickets are due to go on sale from midday on March 11. 'The Big Ask Live', at London's KOKO on May 1 is part of a campaign calling on the UK government to take action against climate change. Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys and Kate Rusby are also both due to play. Tickets will cost £55 and all proceeds go the Friends of the Earth 'The Big Ask' campaign.

Jonny Greenwood's 'Smear' released on cd

Jonny Greenwood's 'Smear' as performed by the London Sinfonietta is now out on CD. The release features three tracks in total, including 'Smear' and is available through the London Sinfonietta label. You can order the cd at the London Sinfonietta website. [thanks Caroline]

Jonny posts on message board again

It's been a while, but Jonny has posted on the official message board again. Jonny said: "We're just finishing (Famous Last W's) Bodysnatchers. ather good so far....better not turn my guitar down."

Jonny couldn't say which other shows Radiohead are playing besides Bonnaroo. Jonny: "Bonaroo, and after/before that we are/aren't playing at.... I'm contractually forbibben. All over, though.

Currently reading: It's called 'Jesus - magican or miracle' or something and it's very odd INDEED. Talks about how water into wine etc. we standard street magic of the time, according to contemporary roman writers...