Mo’ Wax’s U.N.K.L.E. album has been pushed back to an autumn release. the first single, “Rabbit in Your Headlights”, which is a collaboration between thom and DJ SHADOW, will be released sometime in may.
still no official word on tour dates for the spring. one interesting rumor is that radiohead will be performing in Toronto on April 12. the opening act, bjork. let us pray.
ciao
radiohead has been nominated for three awards at this year’s Brit Awards. they are nominated for best album, best group, and best producers. but don’t expect them to be there.
there will be a radiohead videography on MTV EUROPE tonight at 20:00.
why don’t you swing on over to MTV to read their article on radiohead’s upcoming US tour and video. go on, it’s okay. please go!
the thom/ DJ shadow collaboration on the U.N.K.L.E. project should be released soon. the title is “rabbit in your headlights.”
radiohead has been nominated for awards in the NME brat awards this year for best band, best album, best single (paranoid android), best video (paranoid android), and radio 1 evening session of the year. the winners will be announced on january 27.
from NME:
RADIOHEAD are releasing a fly-on-the wall documentary later this year charting their ‘OK Computer’ world tour. The documentary is being made by ‘No Surprises’ video-maker Grant Gee and will be premiered on UK television before hitting the stores on longform video.
Radiohead bassist Ed O’Brien explained: “We didn’t want a ‘rockumentary’, a warts’n’all type thing that Spinal Tap sends up completely and is brilliant for. Grant’s been shooting us since we started promotion on the album in Barcelona. He’s got some really good stuff.”
Gee continued: “The real challenge is to try and make a rockumentary about a rock band that doesn’t feel like it’s a ‘rockumentary’. Radiohead deserve more than that. I wanted to make a documentary that fits the imagery of ‘OK Computer’.”
Meanwhile, the band have announced that they will not be playing any festival gigs in the UK this year. O’Brien told London alternative radio station XFM during an interview on January 6 that the band still had to play Japan, New Zealand, Australia and the US, but then they would spend the rest of the year recording. A new Radiohead album is promised for 1999.
radiohead has been nominated for two grammies this year.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
radiohead OK COMPUTER
bob dylan TIME OUT OF MIND
paul mccarteney FLAMING PIES
babyface THE DAY
paula cole THIS FIRE
BEST ALTERNATIVE ACT
radiohead OK COMPUTER
bjork HOMOGENIC
david bowie EARTHLING
chemical brothers DIG YOUR OWN HOLE
the prodigy FAT OF THE LAND
the 12″ no surprises single will not be available until january 19. the b-side will be palo alto.
the band will most likely not make any UK appearances this year. after the upcoming US tour, the band will concentrate on the next album.
speaking of US tours, there is a rumor that radiohead will be playing washington d.c.’s 9:30 Club on march 17. this is only a rumor. check back for more details.
according to MTV, massive attack has been given the green light to begin work on the OK COMPUTER remix album. it will probably be out this spring after massive’s new album is released in february.
i have been told that the january 28 gig in auckland, new zealand, has been changed to january 29. adjust your dayplanners accordingly.
well, the tour dates for the australian tour have finally been announced. doesn’t mean much to me for i live on the other side of the world. oh well, here they are anyway:
tuesday january 27, 1997- wellington, new zealand
wednesday january 28, 1997- auckland, new zealand
sunday february 1- melbourne, australia
wednesday february 4- sydney, australia
friday february 6- brisbane, australia
sunday february 8- adelaide, australia
tuesday february 10- perth, australia
tickets for these dates will go on sale december 15 through ticketmaster.
jonny greenwood has reportedly been recording some material with tori amos in england recently, probably for her new album coming out this spring. more info on this when it is made available.
the b-sides for the next UK single, No Surprises, are:
CD1 No Surprises, Palo Alto, How I Made My Millions
CD2 No Surprises, Airbag (live from huxley’s, berlin 11/03/97), Lucky (live)
7″ No Surprises, Palo Alto
No Surprises will be released in the UK on january 12, 1998
hey, puff daddy loves radiohead. is that good? will he be in the next video? read the new rolling stone magazine for puffy’s love for complaint rock and a nice feature with thom.
if you live in france, then you can get the new Lucky single with the b-sides Meeting in the Aisle and Climbing Up the Walls (fila brazilla mix)
the video for No Surprises has been shot and will hopefully get aired in the UK during christmas.
if prodigy can show full frontal nudity on MTV USA with their video Smack My Bitch Up, why did MTV blur radiohead’s animated breasts in the video for Paranoid Android? sheeesh
Spin Magazine has named our boys “Band of the Year.” they would of had “Artist of the Year” and a cover picture but Spin decided to choose an artist who only lived in 1997 for 2 months.
hey, this page was featured on MTV UK’s “Up For It” program.
don’t forget to watch radiohead perform this friday on MTV’s Live at the 10 Spot. they’ll get 90 minutes to play so get your vcrs ready, it looks like daddy’s gonna stay in on friday night.