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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, together with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner have been seen rehearsing for their new musical project, The Smile.The group, who were first unveiled at this year’s Glastonbury live-stream event in May, surprised fans with a practice session on social media on their Instagram Live yesterday (December 2).The footage showed all three members of the group rehearsing.

Gorillaz, AJ Tracey and Girl In Red are among a host of new names added to next year’s Øya Festival in Norway.They join First Aid Kit, Nubya Garcia, Margo Price, Sons Of Kemet, Kamaal Williams, Arif, Signe Marie Rusad, Myra, Karama, and Skarbø Skulekorps in the freshest set of additions.The festival, which runs between August 9 and 13, is so far set to be headlined by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on the Thursday (11) and Aurora on the Saturday (13).Michael Kiwanuka, Pa Salieu, Bikini Kill and

Sons Of Kemet have announced that they’ll be heading out on the road for a UK tour next year.The experimental jazz quartet, led by Shabaka Hutchings, will kick off the run of dates on February 19 at Gorilla in Manchester, followed by shows in Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol, and ending the tour with their biggest headline show to date at London’s Roundhouse on February 26.“UK/EU tickets on sale now!!!! We cannot wait to be back playing live for you after such a long pause,” the group wrote on

Nigel Godrich and Thom Yorke have given a cryptic update about new project The Smile.Last month, the Radiohead side project – comprising Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – had reportedly completed an album.In a recent interview with The Coda Collection, longtime Radiohead producer Godrich revealed he has been working with the supergroup on a body of work.

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.

Sons Of Kemet, TV Priest, Claud and more – see the full schedule below.READ MORE: European festivals on returning in 2021: “We are only more optimistic for the summer”The announcement comes alongside the news of a first ever London-based Pitchfork Festival, set to take place the previous week in November.Pitchfork Paris will run from November 15-21 across multiple venues across the city, and also feature a show on Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth’s joint European tour.See the full Pitchfork Paris

Latitude Festival has announced a host of new acts to its 2021 lineup, after confirming that it will go ahead next month.Earlier this week, festivals boss Melvin Benn has said he’s “very confident” that the festival will go ahead this year, making it the first major UK festival to take place following the removal of all lockdown restrictions.The four-day event, which is set to be headlined by Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wolf Alice and The Chemical Brothers, is scheduled to take place at

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