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Radiohead side project The Smile have confirmed details of a ticket ballot for fans from around the world for their upcoming London shows at Magazine.The group – comprising Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner – announced the three live shows earlier this month (January 5), due to take place across January 29 and January 30.The trio said in a press release: “We have been overwhelmed with how quickly the three shows on 29th & 30th sold out. Thank you so much for the response.“We wanted to try to make this a global audience in the venue as well as online, so we’ve held back some venue tickets for sale – a pair for every country in the world across the three shows.

Thom Yorke playing The Smile’s song ‘Free In The Knowledge’ at the Royal Albert Hall – see it below.Back in October, the Radiohead frontman played his only post-COVID gig to date in London, as part of the Letters Live event.During the solo show, he performed ‘Free In The Knowledge’, a song previously only heard as part of a rehearsal from The Smile shared on Instagram earlier this month.Ahead of the performance, as captured in the video below, Yorke dedicated the song to his fellow UK musicians, and poked fun at Rishi Sunak’s notorious call for artists to retrain in other disciplines during the pandemic.He told the crowd: “I’m a British musician and I was told during the pandemic, along with all British musicians, that we should consider

Radiohead biopic, after forming a friendship with guitarist Jonny Greenwood.The actor’s next film is The Power Of The Dog, scored by Greenwood, where he plays cowboy Phil Burbank who runs a ranch in Montana with his brother George (Jesse Plemons).Speaking to NME, Cumberbatch recounts his “weird” first meeting with Greenwood and Thom Yorke after they watched his performance of Hamlet at The Barbican in 2015.“[Radiohead producer] Nigel Godrich and Edgar Wright came to see me in Hamlet,” Cumberbatch said.

Joy Division‘s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ has been turned into a climate mural to raise funds for Music Declares Emergency’s No Music On A Dead Planet.The sleeve was originally based on an image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919, but it now shows the waves as flat and lifeless to “symbolise the eternal silence of a dead planet”.The work in Withington, in Manchester is part of a wider campaign calling for “urgent action on climate” ahead of the COP26 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow.It is close to a mural of Saville himself and footballer Marcus Rashford.It comes after MDE launched a t-shirt campaign earlier this year with the logo.

The 1975 have teamed up with climate change organisation Music Declares Emergency for a new charity t-shirt – see the design below.The organisation’s No Music On A Dead Planet campaign has previously been backed by the likes of Billie Eilish and Foals, while shirts have been designed by Thom Yorke, Joy Division artist Peter Saville and others.The 1975’s design, which comes in black and white t-shirt variations as well as on a white hoodie, is based around their rectangle logo, bearing the ‘No Music On A Dead Planet’ slogan alongside the words: “The 1975 for MDE.”It comes after the band helped fans recycle their old t-shirts by screenprinting new 1975 logos on them at a pop-up shop at Reading Festival in 2019.Speaking of the collaboration,

Thom Yorke has opened up about working with artist Stanley Donwood on creating Radiohead’s album covers.In a new short film for Christies (which was made to coincide with the display of six of Donwood’s ‘Kid A’ era paintings at the auction house), Donwood and Yorke recall their first meeting together at art college and how Donwood later went on to create the cover artwork for ‘The Bends’.Yorke recalled: “He was the guy at art college who could actually paint.

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, has released a new song called ‘Trying Too Hard (Lullaby)’ – you can listen to it below.It’s the first single Noah’s released using his own name after previously releasing music under the moniker Alec Owen, including last year’s ‘L.E.T.H.A.L.’ album.With similar textures to Radiohead’s 2007 album ‘In Rainbows’, ‘Trying Too Hard (Lullaby)’ features a ghostly arrangement that has caught the attention of Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood.“Cor, what a glorious piece of music – today was the first time I heard it, and I’m so impressed,” Greenwood tweeted, sharing a link to the song. “Nice work, Noah.” You can see the tweet below.https://t.co/cyy8PueyM7 Cor, what a glorious piece of music – today was the first

Comedian Pete Davidson made his Met Gala debut on Monday night with one of the most talked-about outfits of the night: a black Thom Yorke dress.The 27-year-old Saturday Night Live star attended the annual bash as the guest of fashion designer Yorke.TheStaten Island native also spoke with GQ about his bold fashion choice, and what excites him the most about the outfit.

Jonny Greenwood has given a fresh update on the progress of The Smile‘s forthcoming debut album.The Radiohead guitarist’s side project with Thom Yorke, Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner and producer Nigel Godrich first debuted during Glastonbury’s livestream event in the summer.The Smile’s debut album is now nearing completion, with both Yorke and Godrich dropping cryptic hints about its progress last month.Speaking to NME in a new interview, Greenwood acknowledged that The Smile had been a “very stop-start” project but that work on their debut album was coming to a close.“Lots of it is just about finished.

Radiohead have shared a new TikTok video, which sees frontman Thom Yorke bemoaning their “embarrassing” analytics on the app.The band joined TikTok back in April and shared a short clip of mysterious Radiohead associate, Chieftain Mews, who was seen delivering a dystopian news broadcast at a desk which has the words ‘Mews’ displayed and Radiohead’s logo in the background.Chieftain Mews appears again in the new clip, and is the subject of Yorke’s ire regarding the band’s statistics on TikTok.“We love what you’re doing, you obviously have been trying very hard, and we appreciate the effort, but we have been looking over the numbers,” Yorke tells Cheftain Mews in the video.“Every time a new post goes up you get 30% less people viewing it.

Thom Yorke has shared a new remix of the late MF DOOM‘s ‘Gazzillion Ear’ – you can hear the track below.Yorke previously remixed the 2009 song, which was originally produced by J Dilla, as a bonus track for DOOM’s album ‘Born Like This’.The Radiohead frontman has now taken on ‘Gazzillion Ear’ once again for ‘Lex.XX’, Lex Records’ new remix series which is celebrating the London label’s 20th anniversary.Yorke’s ‘Man On Fire Remix’ was previously teased back in 2016 when he co-hosted a three-hour BBC Radio 1 show with Benji B, and you can now hear the full version of Yorke’s new ‘Gazzillion Ear’ remix below.In a statement about the remix, Lex Records said: “Daniel Dumile (RIP) was one of the most prolific artists on Lex, releasing three

Nigel Godrich‘s From The Basement series is set to be made available to watch on a TV streaming service for the first time.The live music-focused web TV series originally aired between 2006 and 2009, and saw The White Stripes and Thom Yorke perform during its pilot episode.Live footage of Radiohead and The White Stripes performing on From The Basement has already been made available to watch online this year, and Godrich has now partnered with the Coda Collection to make the full series available to watch on a paid streaming platform for the first time.From The Basement will be available to watch on the Coda Collection in the US through Amazon Prime, though a UK release date has yet to be announced.Archival sets from the likes of Fleet

Radiohead side project The Smile – comprising Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – have completed an album.In a recent interview with The Coda Collection, longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich revealed he has been working with the supergroup on a body of work. He didn’t give away any details about a release date or album title, but dropped hints as to how it will sound, saying “it’s not a rock record”.“It’s an interesting juxtaposition of things, but it does make sense.

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, gave their debut live performance tonight (May 22).The new group played as part of Glastonbury’s Live At Worthy Farm livestream event, which was filmed at various spots across the iconic festival site.The Smile’s involvement was only announced hours before the livestream began, while the set offered fans the first chance to hear music by the new project, which Yorke dubbed “a collaboration with Nigel Godrich”.Yorke said little during the performance but did offer an explanation of the band’s name, which was inspired by a Ted Hughes poem.

backed by the likes of Billie Eilish and Foals as well as having shirts designed by Thom Yorke, Joy Division artist Peter Saville and others.Now, a number of artists have spoken out to amplify the conversation.“We support Music Declares Emergency over here at the Squid camp because global warming is the biggest threat to humanity the world has ever seen,” Squid bassist Laurie Nankivell told NME. “As musicians we hope to be one of the leading forces for change, as we all need to change right now to make this work.”Declan McKenna meanwhile, said: “I’m backing Music Declares for a greener music industry, and a greener world.

Radiohead have announced a live-streamed series of rarely-seen shows from the archive.The seven-week run of broadcasts will begin this coming Friday (April 9) with a stream of Thom Yorke and co’s impromptu performance at London’s 93 Feet East, which took place back in 2008.Fans will be able to catch a recording of the intimate show via Radiohead’s official YouTube channel at 8pm BST – you can see the premiere video below.Details on the remaining editions of the live-streamed series have not yet been revealed.Announcing the project, Colin Greenwood wrote: “We rummaged in the Radiohead Public Library and found a few more concerts from a life we all yearn to return to.

Björk has shared her playlist for the latest Sonos Radio Hour mix, featuring 21 years’ worth of songs from her personal collection in one stream.The singer is the latest in a line of guest curators for the online station with D’Angelo’s Feverish Fantazmagoria programme – dubbed as “a collection of musical expressions” – and has previously featured Thom Yorke and more recently FKA Twigs.Bjork’s mix, officially titled 21 Years Worth Of Wave Files Liquidated Into A Stream, features tracks by Alim qasimov, Jeremiah, Oui, LFO, Aby Ngana Diop, ML Buch, and more.

Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke has paid tribute to rapper and producer MF DOOM, who recently passed away at the age of 49.News of DOOM’s death was confirmed on Thursday night (December 31) by his wife Jasmine, who posted a tribute on the hip-hop legend’s Instagram account.She revealed DOOM (real name Daniel Dumile) died on October 31, 2020. His cause of death has not yet been confirmed.Tributes have since been pouring in, and among those offering their condolences is Yorke, who collaborated with DOOM on a couple of occasions throughout his career.“Am so sad to hear MF Doom’s passing,” he tweeted.

Kendrick Lamar has been announced as a new headliner for Roskilde Festival 2021.The Danish event, which will run from June 26-July 3 next year, has already confirmed the likes of Tyler, the Creator and Thom Yorke‘s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, The Strokes, FKA Twigs, Girl In Red, Kelly Lee Owens and more.The announcement of a new headliner is giving fans hope that the festival – and 2021’s festival season as a whole – could potentially still go ahead despite ongoing coronavirus fears.“We are on the threshold of a new year, and we think there is a need and reason to be hopeful,” Roskilde’s head of programming Anders Wahrén said in a statement.

Madlib shared a new collaboration with Four Tet, "Road of the Lonely Ones," ahead of the release of their upcoming album Sound Ancestors. The bass-heavy track is built around soulful harmonies, bringing together a soft guitar lick with a dusty drum loop.

Jon Hopkins has shared a haunting piano cover of ‘Dawn Chorus’ – taken from Thom Yorke‘s recent solo album, ‘Anima’.Recorded in one take on the piano he has owned since childhood, the new offering sees Hopkins providing a melancholic transformation of the Radiohead frontman’s original.“I felt such bliss the first time I heard this piece – it seemed so mysterious and hypnotic, oblique but warm,” Hopkins explained.“I thought there was so much beauty in that chord sequence that there was room to explore it on the piano and see what grew from it.