Radiohead were awarded the top Live Gig by an International Act for their performance at Belfast’s Odyssey at this year’s Hot Press Irish Music Awards. Both Ed and Colin were there and accepted the award from Bono. Colin commented what a privilege it was to get the award from Bono after seeing U2 in Milton Keynes back in 1985.
(thanks to Brian, Adam, Kevin, Ciaran, Miriam, & Laurent)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ED!!!!!
There is an interview that the BBC did with Ed and Colin at the recent NME Awards. You can listen to and read it here.
{thanks to kyeongi}
From www.worldpop.com:
Radiohead plan to go back into the studio in May to record a new album according to Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien. The guitarist told worldpop: ‘The band are planning a get-together in May in the studio. We’re putting all gigs on hold at the moment to concentrate on writing new material.’
Speaking at yesterday’s NME/Carling Awards where the band won the award for Best Video for Pyramid Song, O’Brien said the new album may be a return to a guitar based format, ditching the electronica the band experimented with on Kid A and Amnesiac. ‘We’re listening to a lot of guitar music at the moment,’ said O’Brien. ‘I like a lot of the new bands like Electric Soft Parade.’
‘It’s a bit embarrassing to pick up an award for Best Video,’ continued the guitarist, ‘because it wasn’t made by us.’
O’Brien also refuted the band’s critics who claim they make depressing records. ‘We don’t make unhappy records. We make uplifting ones,’ he said.
Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood has also contributed to a new Bryan Ferry solo album entitled Frantic. The album is released on 15 April and Greenwood played on the track, Hiroshima.
{thanks to Dale at Liquidcat.}
From the NME:
Radiohead are reportedly planning a low-key tour in summer 2002 to road test new material.
The group are currently taking a break following the conclusion of the world tour in support of this year’s ‘Amnesiac’ album.
In the time away, Radiohead have tentatively started working on new material, some of which featured in the later shows of the band’s world tour.Now, in an interview with The Face magazine, the band revealed that they were considering three weeks worth of shows next August to work through some of the material live, as part of a campaign to release their sixth album at the start of 2003.
When asked if the group were planning any massive summer shows like an appearance at next year’s Glastonbury festival, guitarist Ed O’Brien said: ‘I’m not allowed to say (anything about) that! The idea is that we don’t want to do anything big. The idea is to be pretty self-indulgent – that means we’ll play new material. And I don’t think playing Glastonbury, or any festival, is conducive to that.’
{thanks to Richard}
Radiohead won both the “International Album Award” and “International Band Award” at the Blitz Awards in Lisbon, Portugal last night. Both Colin and Ed were there to accept the awards. {thanks to Bruno, Mario, Daniel, & Banshee}