Radiohead at New York Madison Square Garden?

A set of shows at Madison Square Garden is rumoured for quite some time. However, ticketsnow.com just posted the two New York dates on their site. According to the site, Radiohead are to play the Madison Square Garden Theatre on June 13th and 14th. On a side note. They're offering tickets for the rediculous amount of $365.00. Please do not purchase these tickets, because these dates are not earlier on sale than May 6th and the shows are not even confirmed yet. [thanks Cheryl]

Stanley Donwood to exhibit new work

Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood is to debut his first solo exhibition next month, NME reports. Launching at Lazarides Galley on May 19 in London's Greek Street, the show will run for one month and feature his 'London Views' collection.

Donwood gained recognition for his work on the album and poster art for Radiohead. He has collaborated with the band since 1994, when he designed the artwork for their second album 'The Bends'.

In 2001, his album cover for the special edition of 'Amnesiac' secured Radiohead a Grammy for 'Best Recording Package'.

'London Views' features 13 original prints, carved by the artist into linoleum by one small cutting tool.

Each panel depicts an apocalyptic vision of modern day London, viewed in panorama from the Thames and showing iconic structures including Big Ben, Canary Wharf and the dome of St Paul's.

The ultimate Radiohead Top 20 2006

Last year we had our first Radiohead Top 20. The ultimate Radiohead poll in association with Phoenix FM.

It's been almost a year, so time for another round. You can vote for your 10 favourite Radiohead songs, which will result in a top 20. The full top 20 will be broadcast on Phoenix FM. Cast your vote here.

Jonny on banjo, Thom on drums

Radiohead are still in rehearsals for their tour. Colin posted some more photos on Dead Air Space, with Thom on drums and Jonny on banjo. Looks promising...

Tour rehearsal pictures

Colin posted another batch of pictures on Dead Air Space. Radiohead are rehearsing for their tour and what we can tell from the 9 pictures posted on the blog, everything looks pretty confident and cheerful. Go and have a look.

Speaking of the reheasal diaries. Radiohead's tour engineer, Graham Lees, is keeping a blog on the band's rehearsals on MySpace.

Radiohead to play Pukkelpop Festival?

Radiohead are rumoured for another festival. According to Belgian radio station Studio Brussel, Radiohead are more or less confirmed to play the Pukkelpop Festival. The Festival in Hasselt (Belgium) takes place from August 17-19. Radiohead will not play on the Saturday because of their appearance at V Festival.

Three albums in Hot Press greatest albums ever

Radiohead's OK Computer (#2), The Bends (#6), and Kid A (#47) are all in Hot Press's (Ireland) Top 100 albums of all time, as chosen by Irish artists. The list was in their last print issue. The full results of the top 100 Greatest Albums Ever can be found on hotpress.com. [thanks Alex]

More european tickets on sale at w.a.s.t.e.

W.a.s.t.e. have made a small amount of extra Radiohead tickets available on their site. The tickets for those shows have nearly sold out though. So be fast if you're still in need of a ticket.

Radiohead to play Boston's Bank of America Pavilion

Here's another set of dates of for Radiohead's North American tour. The band will be playing the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston on June 4th & 5th. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday May 6th at 10am EST. [thanks Robert]

Pitchfork trashes 'Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads'

Pitchfork posted a review of the new Radiohead cover album 'Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads'. Here's the most positive part of the review:

"This album title is going places: These are people who are "heads" because they make beats, but they also purportedly like a group named Radiohead, you see? So, I mean, someone probably should do something with that. Maybe they should go on iTunes and get the Radiohead Essentials (nothing off that crappy first album, though!) and give whatever songs to some artists who are in the studio right now." [thanks Doug]

Coachella documentary released on DVD

The Coachella DVD is now released. The Documentary directed by Drew Thomas and produced by Goldenvoice, includes Radiohead's 'Planet Telex' from their 2004 performance on The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

Check a trailer of the film on the Coachella website. Order the dvd at amazon.com.

Radiohead's 'Creep' in top 10 best song lyrics

Radiohead are in a British poll of favourite song lyrics. The lines "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here." from Creep made the top 10 of music channel VH1. Top favourite in the survey was U2's "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers" from the 1992 song One topped the poll.

More than 13,000 people participated in the poll, choosing from a list of 100 lyrics selected by music industry figures.

Thom: Happy Easter

A short post on Dead Air Space today from Thom Yorke:

happy easter

liars >drums not dead

berlin must be a good place to work

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Happy Birthday Ed!

Today, Ed O'Brien celebrates his 38th birthday. Let's hope Ed can find time between Radiohead recordings and rehearsals to throw a great birthday party. Have a nice one Ed!

For those who are looking for gifts, here's his wishlist.

OK Computer tops Longplay 101

Radiohead's OK Computer tops KinkFM's Longplay 101 again. The Dutch radio station's all time album list is broadcast today (also available via iTunes). The list will be rebroadcast on KinkFM this Monday.

All Radiohead entries on the list: 0 OK Computer, 9 The Bends, 32 Kid A, 87, Hail To The Thief.

Noel Gallagher: Radiohead more important than Oasis

This quote from Britain's Maxim magazine was a bit of a surprise. Turns out Noel Gallagher thinks Radiohead are now more important than Oasis.

The Oasis guitarist has conceded the albums released by Radiohead have surpassed anything his group have released. Noel also believes Coldplay could yet match the achievements of him and brother Liam.

Noel Gallagher said: "I think I could have said, without any argument, till the year 2000 Oasis were the most important British band since The Beatles. But I think Radiohead have been important and I think Coldplay may yet turn out to be important but not so much now."

The acclaimed songwriter, and self-confessed Beatles obsessive, insists the best band since the Fab Four are legendary punk group the Sex Pistols.

He added to Britain’s Maxim magazine: "The most important band since The Beatles, really, was the Sex Pistols. Oasis are the most important band since the Pistols!" [via Oa515]

Radiodread update: Mixing begins

Still keepin you updated on the Radiodread album, The Easy Star All-Star's reggae re-vision of Radiohead's OK Computer.

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;

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.

Final mixing is now in session 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."

Venues named for Radiohead's USA tour

As reported earlier, Radiohead were not able to play the Millennium Park in Chicago this summer because of a scheduled rehearsal by the Grant Park Orchestra. It looks like the band have found another venue in Chicago. According to sources in the industry Radiohead will play the Auditorium Theatre on June 19 and 20.

San Francisco radio station Live 105 said that Radiohead have been confirmed to play two shows at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. [thanks Stuart]

Three million mark for OK Computer in Europe

We are all waiting for album number seven, but in the meantime Radiohead's third album OK Computer has now sold more than three million copies in Europe, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The album won a Grammy for best alternative album after its 1997 release, and often tops best ever album opinion polls. [BBC, thanks Alex]

Multiple dates expected for North American shows

Radiohead is eyeing multiple-night stands in Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia and Chicago as part of its summer North American tour, which will get underway in June, Billboard.com has learned. Dates, venues and an opening act are still being finalized. [thanks David]

Radiohead warn fans over 'fake London show'

Radiohead are warning fans not to be duped into buying tickets to a gig that isn't happening.

The band have confirmed a UK tour for May, and will also play bigger festival shows in August. One thing the band won't be doing however, is a show in London at Somerset House.

A spokesperson for the band told NME.COM: "Radiohead's management have asked fans not to send money for a gig being advertised at Somerset House in London on July 8. The band are not playing this show."

Videotape lyrics?

Thom posted on Dead Air Space which might look like the lyrics of new track Videotape:

when im at the pearly gates thisll be on my videotape when Mephistopholis is just beneath and he's reaching up to grab me this is one for the good days and i have it all here in red blue green you are my centre when i spin away out of control on videotape

Colin and Thom's NME interview

The NME interview with Thom Yorke & Colin Greenwood is now available. Here are some bits and pieces from the interview. Thom & Colin explain the silence after the Coachella festival (May 2004).

Thom: "I personally wanted to get out of the whole thing for a while, but you discover fairly quickly that you get the horrors. Because you're sitting there going "OK, errr, well I could go and get a normal job or I could go back and do that." It's not a difficult choice. You realise very quickly that you're in a very privileged position. Sitting there on your hands is a foolish thing to do."

Did everyone feel that way?

Colin: "If you're doing anything that's important or confronting, you're going to get the fear. Ed was the same, he felt that Radiohead was just baggage that he didn't need."

Is it always like this when you've had a break?

Thom: "Sometimes I just get shit-scared, which is stupid really, because the whole point of starting up again like this is to get away from that. Normally by this point in recording we should have stopped. But we chose not to stop because the point about us is the hanging out together and sharing ideas."

"Personally, one of the things I find hardest is being part of the whole Radiohead thing" admits Thom, "and I'm not really interested in that anymore. I'm trying to work out what exactly it is that keeps me wanting to do it. None of us really want to be part of that band, like that anymore, just because it's a particular monster. And you don't want to be in this situation where you're just feeding the monster. It should be the other way around, whatever that means!"

They do plan to sign a record deal eventually, but on their own terms, and not until the album is finished and they've got something to show for their efforts.

Thom: "I think it's a nutty situation to be in to have no definite release system. It's really liberating not to feel part of the record company structure. It should be an extremely positive place to be in but it's also an extremely strange situation to be in. One of the things you discover really quickly when you discover you're not committed to anything is that you need some level of commitment because otherwise you just start fucking about, which is what we did for ages."

Thom Yorke responds to NME interview

Today, Thom Yorke responds to the NME interview, which was published today. Thom said the following on Dead Air Space:

like anybody gives a rats arse:)

is it a quiet week for the NME by any chance?

SHOCK HORROR not much to say UMM SHOCK horror.

i remember now, tape recorders record what yu say .. which may be taken down and used as evidence against you at a later date.

who is thi s jerk shooting his mouth off?
misdirected. missquoted...distorted...out of context...

oh
it s me. i think. but im not sure.

HA ha ha ha oh :)

Thom

Thom Yorke blasts music 'retards'

Thom Yorke has launched a scathing attack on record companies and radio stations as he believes they are only just now looking at the internet for new talent.

Speaking about Arctic Monkeys' rise to fame, Yorke said: "A good thing for new music would be more of the mainstream loosening up a bit and letting stuff through. Radio 1 won't play anything fucking decent. You need to sort the radio out."

He added: "The fact that poor Arctic Monkeys are getting so much attention is purely based on the fact that the mainstream music business is such a bunch of fucking retards as far as I'm concerned."

His latest comments come in an interview with NME as Radiohead record their seventh album.

Yorke says the music will not be a political 'war cry' but a 'terrifying' vision of urban and suburban life. He added: 'It's about that anonymous fear thing, sitting in traffic thinking, "I'm sure I'm supposed to be doing something else."'

Radiohead reveal 'terrifying' new album

Thom Yorke has compared writing for Radiohead's new album to that on 'OK Computer' - but has declared the lyrics will be even more terrifying!

The group are recording with new producer Mark 'Spike' Stent (who has worked with Keane, Madonna and Oasis in the past) and in a world exclusive interview, Yorke said that despite rumours that the follow-up to 'Hail To The Thief' will have a political feel, in fact the opposite is true.

He said: "It's about that anonymous fear thing, sitting in traffic, thinking, 'I'm sure I'm supposed to be doing something else'.
Interestingly enough it's similar to 'OK Computer' in a way. It's much more terrifying. But 'OK Computer' was terrifying too -some of the lyrics were."

Up to 16 tracks are being considered for the band's next album, with current favourites including 'Nude', '15 Step', 'Arpeggi' and 'House Of Cards'. [from NME]

Wired: Kid A is Sci-Fi Concept Album

In the April issue of Wired, Radiohead's Kid A is included in their top 5 Sci-Fi Concept Albums. Wired: "Allegedly about the first human clone. Future technologies may help us decipher the lyrics." [thanks George & TA, INC]

Ateaseweb.com t-shirts order trouble solved

There were some problems with the orders for the ateaseweb.com t-shirts. E-mail filters, mailbox trouble or whatever it was... important thing is that it works properly now. Most of you have just a reply with the details on how to complete the order. For those who haven't received an e-mail, please place your again here. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Radiohead to play Sao Paulo Festival?

Brazil's biggest newspaper, Folha, reports that Radiohead are likely to be on the bill for this year's Tim Festival in Sao Paulo. The annual festival is set to take place late October/early November, but the exact dates will be defined around confirmation of Radiohead's availability. Three Brazilian festivals were after Radiohead, but it looks like the Tim Festival is the only one negotiating with the band. [thanks Villar]