Radiohead finally got themselves nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 – which was their first year they were eligible. They got nominated again in 2018 and it was a done deal when they got inducted in March of 2019 . Although Thom,Yorke and Jonny Greenwood…
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Radioheaddrove out their 9th studio album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ in May 2016 as a digital drop , and then a few weeks later in june it hit the bricks & mortar stores through XL Recordings. To coin some attention , they put out 2 music vids for single releases…
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Later in 2016, Radiohead’s old back catalogue ended up in the hands of XL Recordings. The label had already released shop editions of In Rainbows and The King of Limbs, and quite a lot of Thom Yorke’s solo material as well. In the spring of 2016 XL reissued Radiohead’s back…
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Over the three following years – 2016, 2017 and 2018 – Radiohead toured round Europe, Japan plus North and South America, with performances at the Coachella and Glastonbury festivals. In 2017 they found themselves playing in Tel Aviv in July, going against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign for a…
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Radiohead began work on their ninth album in September 2014. The following year found them back in the La Fabrique studio just outside Saint Rémy de Provence, France, to work on it. However the time in the studio was marked by the death of Godrich’s dad and Thom Yorke’s split…
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Next year, in 2014, Radiohead released an app called PolyFauna , developed in collaboration with the British digital arts studio Universal Everything: it featured a mix of music and imagery from The King of Limbs . In the spring, Yorke worked on a soundtrack for an installation of Radiohead artwork…
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Later in 2013, Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich’s band Atoms for Peace, released an album called Amok . Around the same time, the pair were in the headlines, being critical of Spotify. Yorke took particular aim at Spotify, arguing that it mainly benefits major labels with big back catalogues. In…
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On June 16 2012, just an hour before gates were due to open at Downsview Park in Toronto for Radiohead’s final North American tour concert, disaster struck – the roof of the venue’s temporary stage collapsed, killing Radiohead’s drum tech ,Scott Johnson and injuring three other crew members. The whole…
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In order to perform the intricate rhythms of The King of Limbs live Radiohead called in another drummer – Clive Deamer – who had previously worked with the likes of Portishead and Get the Blessing . In June , Radiohead snuck in a surprise show on the Park Stage at…
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Radiohead dropped their 8th album ‘The King of Limbs’ on 18th Feb 2011 as a download straight from their website. After getting bogged down with In Rainbows’ extended recording process & far more of a rock sound , the band decided to mix things up with The King of Limbs…
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