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2011 – Radiohead released their 8th album ‘The King of Limbs’ as a download today, This Day In Rock. Read more

2011 – Radiohead released their 8th album ‘The King of Limbs’ as a download today, This Day In Rock.

2011 – Radiohead released their 8th album ‘The King of Limbs‘ as a download today, This Day In Rock.

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2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated Read more

2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated

2009 – The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM. A few of the selections follow below. The entire list can be found at this location. Shawn […]

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2008 – Radiohead have signed up to play… Read more

2008 – Radiohead have signed up to play…

2008 – Radiohead have signed up to play a free concert for BBC Radio 2 and will also record a series of interviews ahead of their UK tour.Fans can apply for tickets over the phone but other BBC radio networks will also be giving them away on air. Recipients will be chosen randomly. Radio 2 […]

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2008 – Radiohead were forced to abandon an intimate gig at Rough Read more

2008 – Radiohead were forced to abandon an intimate gig at Rough

2008 – Radiohead were forced to abandon an intimate gig at Rough Trade East records in London after police raised safety fears. The band moved the gig to a nearby club after over 1,500 fans turned up after the event was announced in the morning promising tickets to the first 200 fans.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 9:05 am
2008 – Radiohead topped the US album charts with the physical release of ‘In Rainbows Read more

2008 – Radiohead topped the US album charts with the physical release of ‘In Rainbows

2008 – Radiohead topped the US album charts with the physical release of ‘In Rainbows’, originally sold via the internet for a price chosen by fans. The album sold 122,000 copies during its first week on release, giving the band a second US chart topper following 2000’s ‘Kid A’, which sold an initial 207,000 copies.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 10:29 am
2007 – Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke admitted he was among the thousands Read more

2007 – Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke admitted he was among the thousands

2007 – Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke admitted he was among the thousands of people who paid nothing to download the band’s latest album In Rainbows. Speaking to BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq, Yorke said: “There wasn’t any point. I just move some money from one pocket to the other.” According to one survey, three in […]

Stu Sweatman No Comments 1:28 am
2006 – Thom Yorke has more reasons to be unhappy. The Radiohead… Read more

2006 – Thom Yorke has more reasons to be unhappy. The Radiohead…

2006 – Thom Yorke has more reasons to be unhappy. The Radiohead frontman’s solo disc The Eraser debuts at No. 2 in the U.S. album charts, right below hits compilation Now That’s What I Call Music.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 10:33 pm
2005 – OK Computer by Radiohead was voted the best album of all time in a poll by Read more

2005 – OK Computer by Radiohead was voted the best album of all time in a poll by

2005 – OK Computer by Radiohead was voted the best album of all time in a poll by UK TV station Channel 4. U2 were in second place with The Joshua Tree and Nirvana in third with Nevermind.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 10:17 pm
2004 – Radiohead’s Thom Yorke speaks at the ‘No to Star Wars’ CND Read more

2004 – Radiohead’s Thom Yorke speaks at the ‘No to Star Wars’ CND

2004 – Radiohead’s Thom Yorke speaks at the ‘No to Star Wars’ CND rally outside an air force base in Yorkshire, England.

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2004 – The BBC name Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood their composer… Read more

2004 – The BBC name Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood their composer…

2004 – The BBC name Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood their composer in residence. Greenwood will have access to the BBC archives and use of the BBC Concert Orchestra for a piece he will compose over the next three years.

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2004 – A record 50,000 fans turn out for the fifth… Read more

2004 – A record 50,000 fans turn out for the fifth…

2004 – A record 50,000 fans turn out for the fifth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., headlined by Radiohead and the Cure.

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2004 – Radiohead is forced to cancel its show in M… Read more

2004 – Radiohead is forced to cancel its show in M…

2004 – Radiohead is forced to cancel its show in Melbourne after lead singer Thom Yorke develops severe problems with his voice. A local specialist diagnoses Yorke with hoarseness of voice, a significant upper airway infection and associated heavy inflammation of his vocal chords.

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