Lily Allen: Radiohead are arrogant

Posted on November 14th, 2007.

Lily Allen has branded Radiohead “arrogant” for giving fans the chance to download their new album, ‘In Rainbows’, for free.
The singer reportedly said that she thinks it is unfair for the millionaires to devalue recorded music and survive on touring money when new artists can’t.
“It’s arrogant for them to give their music away for free [...]

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‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place’ set for single release

Posted on November 8th, 2007.

Radiohead’s first single from new album ‘In Rainbows’ will be ‘Jigsaw Falling Into Place‘ on January 14. The album however will actually get a physical release on CD and vinyl just before the end of the year.
The album will now be released through XL Recordings on December 31. Meanwhile, the band have distanced themselves from [...]

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Two out of Five downloaders paid for ‘In Rainbows’

Posted on November 6th, 2007.

ComScore released a study of online sales today on Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’. The results of the study, based on data obtained from ComScore’s worldwide database of 2 million people, showed that 2 out of 5 downloaders were willing to pay an average of $6 for “In Rainbows.
During the first 29 days of October, 1.2 million [...]

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‘In Rainbows’ cover ditched at last minute

Posted on October 24th, 2007.

Stanley Donwood decided to ditch the artwork for ‘In Rainbows’ just before the album’s download-only release on October 10, he said on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme
Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood, the band’s regular visual collaborator and university friend of Thom Yorke, confirmed he had designed artwork for the new album but the group had [...]

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Indie labels close to win ‘In Rainbows’ bidding war

Posted on October 23rd, 2007.

Radiohead is close to signing a series of deals to release its next album, ‘In Rainbows’ independently and leave the major record companies behind.According to The New York Times, the band is close to a deal to release the CD version of the album in North America through a pact with the music complex headed [...]

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‘Free’ album still stolen on P2P-networks

Posted on October 19th, 2007.

Despite the fact that the new Radiohead album ‘In Rainbows’ was practically free for those who wouldn’t want to pay for it, the 10 new tracks were still downloaded illegally on peer-to-peer networks.
According to reports from Forbes and ARS, once the album became available at inrainbows.com, it spilled immediately onto P2P networks, primarily BitTorrent. [...]

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‘In Rainbows’ tops virtual charts

Posted on October 17th, 2007.

Radiohead’s new album ‘In Rainbows’ was not eligible for the charts to record the sales of the album, since Radiohead offered the download on their own site with the unique pricing system.
Besides the estimated 1.2 millions copies sold for about another estimated average of £2.50 to £4 ($5-$8)… we do have some interesting numbers [...]

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