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Radiohead side-project The Smile have shared a mysterious new clip.The short video shows a slab of the band’s name being pressed on a Heidelberg Platen Press which was first introduced in the early 1900s for the printing press.It is unclear whether the clip, which you can watch below, is referring to the pressing of a forthcoming album by the band.The equipment in the clip could also be a reference to Peaky Blinders, which is also set in the 1900s.

Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne has revealed that Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have contributed some new and original music to the upcoming sixth and final season of the show.The Birmingham period crime-noir drama will premiere its final season this weekend (Sunday February 27), and, as usual, fans are eager to hear what music will feature in the show.Alongside Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds‘ theme tune of ‘Red Right Hand’, the show has famously featured music by the likes of Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop, Royal Blood, Laura Marling, IDLES, Savages and Foals – as well as an original score by Anna Calvi on the last season.With Radiohead’s music having previously featured in key scenes, it has now been revealed that bandmates Yorke and Greenwood have penned new pieces for the upcoming series.“Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood contributed some original stuff,” director Anthony Bryne told NME. “I’m over the moon about all of that.

Jonny Greenwood has revealed in an interview that when he first joined Radiohead he would turn his keyboards off during rehearsal.During the conversation with NPR’s Fresh Air Greenwood discussed his rise from legendary guitarist and keyboardist, to award-winning composer. Earlier today (February 8) he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for Jane Campion’s film The Power of the Dog.

Radiohead side-project The Smile have announced a UK and European tour for 2022 – see all the details below.The trio – comprising Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner – released their debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’ and its follow-up ‘The Smoke’ earlier this month.The Smile then took to the stage for three gigs at the Magazine venue in London over the weekend (January 29/30), with each performance being live-streamed online.Today (February 1) it’s been confirmed that the band will hit the road this spring for a run of European headline shows. Kicking off in Zagreb on May 16, the tour also includes appearances in Vienna (May 17), Prague (19), Berlin (20), Stockholm (23), Oslo (24) and Amsterdam (27).Yorke and co.

Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Eagles and more have donated items to a new online charity auction.The ‘Igniting The Change’ auction is being operated through eBay and is raising money for the LA-based Watts Community Core non-profit, which supports youth and families living in the Nickerson Gardens Housing Project and its surrounding neighbourhood.Radiohead have donated a vinyl and CD box set of their 2007 album ‘In Rainbows’ which has been signed by the whole band, while Red Hot Chili Peppers have given a signed Fender Stratocaster guitar. Bassist Flea has also contributed a customised Fender Jazz bass with his own hand-drawn illustrations.An acoustic guitar signed by The Eagles and used at the 1999 Millennium Concert at Staples Concert is also up for grabs, alongside items from Tony Hawk, Steve Vai, Quincy Jones, George Clinton, Cypress Hill and more.

Radiohead spin-off The Smile have performed their first trio of gigs and fans have been reacting to the performance.The group, made up of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, performed three gigs at Magazine, London at 8pm last night (January 29) and 1am and 8am this morning (January30).Each of the shows were live streamed to audiences around the world so fans across different time zones could enjoy the performance.Highlights of the gigs according to fans on social media included Greenwood playing both a harp and piano simultaneously, a new version of ‘Skating On The Surface’ and a rendition of new single ‘The Smoke’. Fans also reacted to Peaky Blinders star Cilian Murphy reading a pre-recorded rendition of William Blake’s ‘The Smile’ at the start of the show.The group also played several new songs in addition to ones they premiered at the Glastonbury live-stream last year.

Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner have returned with their second track as The Smile. The Radiohead singer and guitarist joined forces with the drummer of English jazz quartet Sons of Kemet in May 2021 for a surprise performance at Glastonbury, and shared their debut single, "You Will Never Work In Television Again" at the start of the year.

The Smile, the side project of Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner, have released their new single ‘The Smoke’ – you can hear the track below.The song is the follow-up to the trio’s debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’, which arrived earlier this month.A lyric video for ‘The Smoke’ has been released today (January 27) to accompany the new track, with the clip being created by the BAFTA-winning writer and director Mark Jenkin.You can listen to The Smile’s ‘The Smoke’ below.The Smile’s three sold-out live shows in London this weekend (January 29-30) will be livestreamed online to a global audience.The livestreams, which will be directed by the award-winning Paul Dugdale and produced by Driift, will be available to watch at home and in select independent venues and cinemas across the UK, US and Europe.The Smoke (more on that later) at production rehearsals for this weekend… pic.twitter.com/WXJNhkLbsq— The Smile (@thesmiletheband) January 27, 2022You can find further information about the livestreams and screenings by heading here, and see this weekend’s broadcast schedule below.BROADCAST #1: London – 8pm Sat. / New York – 3pm Sat. / Los Angeles – 12pm Sat. / Sydney – 7am Sun. / Tokyo – 5am Sun.BROADCAST #2: London – 1am Sun. / New York – 8pm Sat. / Los Angeles – 5pm Sat. / Sydney – 12pm Sun. / Tokyo – 10am Sun.BROADCAST #3: London – 11am Sun. / New York – 6am Sun. / Los Angeles – 3am Sun. / Sydney – 10pm Sun. / Tokyo – 8pm Sun. Yorke performed The Smile’s ‘Free In The Knowledge’ at the Royal Albert Hall back in October as part of the Letters Live event, footage of which was released last month.

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.

Chloe x Halle, has shared an intricate cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’.The singer-songwriter took to social media on Wednesday (December 22) to share the cover, which was originally uploaded onto her TikTok account.

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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,

Jonny Greenwood’s latest release, ‘New Currency’ – a song from the new Spencer soundtrack. You can watch it below.The film, starring Kristen Stewart, was released last month and features a full score from Greenwood.

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.

Radiohead have unveiled a special range of merchandise in celebration of ‘KID A MNESIA’, including a limited edition tea set.‘KID A MNESIA’ is a triple album reissue celebrating the 20th anniversary of two of the band’s seminal early 2000s albums, ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.

Radiohead, Paul McCartney, U2, Green Day, Dave Grohl, Noel Gallagher and many more acts are auctioning off guitars to help musicians impacted by the COVID pandemic.Assembled by U2 guitarist The Edge and producer Bob Ezrin, the collection will benefit benefit Music Rising, a charity they formed in 2005 to aid musicians devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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,”

Jonny Greenwood has contributed a new track called ‘Licorice Pizza’ to the forthcoming Paul Thomas Anderson film of the same name.The Radiohead guitarist – who’s scored several of Anderson’s movies, including There Will Be Blood, The Master and Inherent Vice – appears on the original soundtrack to the Alana Haim-starring coming-of-age drama, which is set in the 1970s.Reflecting that era, the newly announced Licorice Pizza soundtrack features ‘Life On Mars?’ by David Bowie, ‘Let Me Roll It’ by

Radiohead have announced that they’ve teamed up with Epic Games to deliver a new “virtual exhibition” called ‘KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION’.Described as “an upside-down digital/analogue universe”, it’s been created from original artwork by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood and sound design by Nigel Godrich to commemorate 21 years of Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ albums.It follows a teaser trailer for the exhibition that was shared by Playstation back in September, which featured ‘Kid A’ track

Radiohead have finally shared ‘Follow Me Around’, a track written during the ‘OK Computer’ era but never officially released – listen below.The track comes ahead of the release of Radiohead’s ‘Kid A Mnesia’ record, a triple album reissue of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’ alongside a bonus disc titled ‘Kid Amnesiae’, which will comprise of unearthed material culled from those album sessions.The official video for ‘Follow Me Around’ starring Guy Pearce and can be seen below:‘Follow Me Around’ has only

Kelly Clarkson has covered Radiohead on her own TV show – watch her passionate rendition of ‘Karma Police’ below.The cover came as part of the ‘Kellyoke’ section of Clarkson’s show The Kelly Clarkson Show, which has recently seen her take on versions of tracks by The Weeknd, Depeche Mode and more.Backed by a live band, Clarkson belted out an impassioned and emotional cover of the ‘OK Computer’ track that also stays largely true to its original recording.Watch the cover below:Last month, Clarkson

Jonny Greenwood has shared two new songs from his soundtrack to Jane Campion’s forthcoming western drama The Power of the Dog.‘West’ and ’25 Years’ are lifted from the Radiohead guitarist’s original score for the film, which is set to premiere with a limited theatre release on November 17 before coming to Netflix on December 1.Based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, the film is set in 1925 and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank, a rancher in Montana.

Radiohead have added their full discography to Bandcamp.As announced by the platform today (October 21), all nine of the band’s studio albums are now available to purchase, alongside a host of live albums, compilations and rarities.The move comes a year after the band launched the Radiohead Public Library, an online archive of the band’s vast catalogue that gave fans the opportunity to stream rare EPs and more for the first time.Alongside rarities such as the ‘I Might Be Wrong’ live album and

Thom Yorke has discussed the debilitating writer’s block he experienced while working on Radiohead‘s classic 2000 album ‘Kid A’.The discussion came as part of a new interview ahead of the release of ‘KID A MNESIA’, a new triple album reissue celebrating 20 years of ‘Kid A’ and its 2001 follow-up ‘Amnesiac’, set to land next month.For the auction house Christie’s, Yorke spoke to writer and film producer Gareth Evans and Radiohead’s longtime collaborator and visual artist Stanley

Jonny Greenwood has shared the first song from his score of the upcoming Spencer film – listen to ‘Crucifix’ below.The Radiohead guitarist has scored the movie, which is released in cinemas on November 5.

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‘s ‘Kid A’ cover art has discussed his creative process and what influenced his work on the album.Stanley Donwood – along with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke – is co-curating a new artwork exhibition in London based around the band’s forthcoming reissues of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.Taking place October 5 to 19, the exhibition – dubbed ‘How To Completely Disappear’ – will be held at Christie’s headquarters.Speaking to Christie’s about his work with Radiohead, Donwood revealed some of the

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

Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke is co-curating a new artwork exhibition in London based around the band’s forthcoming reissues of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.The frontman along with Stanley Donwood, the artist behind the artwork of the band’s album covers, will host the exhibition from October 9-15 dubbed ‘How To Completely Disappear’ at Christie’s headquarters in the capital.Donwood is selling six large-scale paintings he created for ‘Kid A’ alongside drawings, lyrics, and digital art made around this era in

Radiohead are releasing a music video for their recently shared song ‘If You Say The Word’ this week – it lands on Thursday (September 23).‘If You Say The Word’, a previously unreleased track from the early 2000s, was shared earlier this month to announce ‘KID A MNESIA’, a new triple album reissue celebrating 20 years of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.Along with reissues of the two albums, Radiohead will also release ‘Kid Amnesiae’, an album of unreleased rarities from the era including ‘If You Say The

NME), ‘Hope’, ‘Help! A Day In The Life’ and ‘War Child Presents Heroes’.All are reissued via War Child Records, their independent label launched with Virgin Music earlier this year.The albums – featuring works by Radiohead, Muse, David Bowie, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, and more – were originally released from 2002 to 2009, in order to raise funds for the charity’s work towards children in war-torn countries.“We are delighted to make this fantastic collection of music available to a new generation

Radiohead and PlayStation have announced a new ‘virtual exhibition’ themed around the band’s forthcoming reissues of ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.The band announced a triple-album reissue compiling the two releases, plus an album of previously unheard material from their sessions, earlier this week.Now, a trailer has been revealed for an accompanying PlayStation experience.

Thom Yorke has praised Massive Attack for calling on the government to cut carbon emissions at concerts.It comes after the Bristol band commissioned a report on carbon emissions in the music industry and criticised the government for not doing enough to support the industry to reduce emissions.“Where’s the industrial plan for the scale of the transformation that’s required for the UK economy and society? It doesn’t seem to exist,” Rob Del Naja told the Guardian.“The live music industry,

Radiohead have shared a new teaser hinting at a joint 20th anniversary reissue of their early 2000s albums, ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’.The two albums, which were released seven months apart, have celebrated their 20th birthdays in the last year, and the band appear to now be working towards a new anniversary celebration incorporating both albums.In a 30-second teaser video, soundtracked by ‘Amnesiac”s opening track ‘Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box’, a pair of hands attempts to tape together

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

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has announced that he’s releasing a soundtrack album of his music for new Princess Diana biopic, Spencer.Spencer will be the latest from director Pablo Larraín, starring Kristen Stewart in the lead role as the late Princess Diana.