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Abingdon School, where Radiohead formed. The members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, a private school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. [2] The guitarist and singer Thom Yorke and the bassist Colin Greenwood were in the same year; the guitarist Ed O'Brien was one year above, and the drummer Philip Selway was in the year above O'Brien. [3]
In July, R.E.M. chose Radiohead as the opening act for the European leg of its Monster tour, a decision made because the members of R.E.M. were fans of The Bends but had never heard Radiohead live. R.E.M. was an early and lasting influence on Radiohead, and during the tour the two bands shared admiration. [44]
Hail to the Thief was released in June 2003, ending Radiohead's contract with EMI. It was Radiohead's fourth consecutive UK number-one album and was certified platinum. [1] [3] Radiohead released their seventh album, In Rainbows, in October 2007 as a download for which customers could set their own price; a conventional retail release followed ...
The song was included on the special edition of the greatest hits album Radiohead: The Best Of (2008) and the Kid A Mnesia reissue. [95] [96] An audio live version, recorded on 15 November 2000 for broadcast on BBC Radio 1's Evening Session, [97] was included on the Kid A "Special Collectors Edition" reissue in 2009. [98]
Radiohead have written numerous songs that have not been officially released. Live performances of many of the songs circulate as bootlegs . Asked in 2013 about the status of the unreleased songs, Radiohead's producer Nigel Godrich said he believed it would all "surface one day". [ 77 ]
Radiohead embarked on an aggressive promotional tour in the US supporting Belly and PJ Harvey, followed by a European tour supporting James. In May 1995, a live video, Live at the Astoria (1995), was released on VHS. Pablo Honey reached number 22 on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified gold in the UK in 1994 and double platinum in 2013. In the ...
I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings is a live album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 12 November 2001 in the UK by Parlophone and a day later in the US by Capitol Records. I Might Be Wrong comprises performances of songs from Radiohead's albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), recorded during their 2001 tour.
Radiohead released no singles from The King of Limbs, but released a music video for "Lotus Flower" featuring Yorke's dancing that inspired an internet meme. In 2012, they began an international tour, with several festival appearances. To perform the complex rhythms live, they enlisted a second drummer, Clive Deamer.