Radiohead News

Misc.

-The Band finished of the North America tour in New York and will be taking the summer off. Radiohead will only make one live appreance this summer and that is at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, June 13-14. Keep your eyes open for a new song called "big boots" which might appear in "The Avengers" soundtrack.
-The band will start recoding the new album in September. According to Phil and Jonny you might even see the album in stores before the end of 1998.
-The North America tour is completely sold out, regardless of the fact bjork canceled her shows with the band.
-A home video will be out on April 27, which features music videos for PA,Street Spirit, No Surprises, Karma Police, Fake Plastic trees and High & Dry(US). The no surprises/running from demons Ep will probably be included as part of the package.
-An Ep called "Airbag, how's my driving" will be released for the N.A. tour. It will feature previously release OKC besides.
-Massive Attack will not be remixing OKC due to lack of time.
-Thier will be two home vidoes from radiohead released within 98. One is a behind the scanes look at radiohead (gigs, interviews ect.) and the other will features previously realsed music vidoes amongst other things.
-It has been confirmed that radiohead will play the Maple Leaf Gardons, April 12. The opening act will be bjork.
-The band is touring Japan in January, Australia and New Zealand in february and march. Then they will tour N.A. before they take a well earned brake and start work on the new album expected late 1998 or early 1999. As for the North American tour, rumers of a Radiohead show, in Maple Gardons, Toronto are starting to fly around the internet. The opening act is rumered to be the one and only Bjork.
-The offical site (radiohead.com) has been updated and looks better then ever.
-The band is taking their recording equipment and Nigel Goodrich [producers] on the road with them. They are recording songs for a new album which could be out by next summer, or the songs could end up in an EP. The songs that are being recorded include Motion Picture Soundtrack, Lift, Man-O-War, True Love Waits, I Promise and Nude.
-Their will be no video released for the "let down" single. The band shot the video only to find out they hated it and so they trashed it.

Awards
-Radiohead won a grammy for Best Alternative Music. But they lost out to Bob Dylen for the Best Record of the year. Oh well, it's better then lossing to the Spice Girls.
-Radiohead's OK Computer has been nominated for two Grammys: Album of the year (Babyface, Paula Cole, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Radiohead) and Alternative Music (Bjork, David Bowie, The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Radiohead)
-The Band is also nominated for five NME Brat awards (Best Band, Album, Single, Video, and something else). And dispite the fact Radiohead is Boycoting the Brit awards, they are nominated in three catagories.
-OKC won Best Album at this year's Q Awards, and has been certified gold by the Americans.


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