Radiohead Readies New Year's Eve Webcast

English rock band Radiohead will perform its new album, "In Rainbows," in its entirety during a pre-taped, hour-long set that will premiere New Year's Eve on TV and the Internet.

The event will air on Current TV and Current.com starting 12 a.m. EST on December 31, and will repeat three times throughout the next day.

Radiohead hosted one such Webcast in early November, during which the band played new material as well as such covers as the Smiths' "The Headmaster Ritual," Bjork's "Unravel" and New Order's "Ceremony."

The "In Rainbows" CD will go on sale in stores next week. It was first made available a few months ago, when fans could download it from the Web for a price of their own choosing.

Credits for the info to Yahoo! News

Comments

[tumples]

Awesome.

[AnimatedHand]

watching it for sure

[shwilly]

Damn, nearly 1st, and on a Radiohead post too...!

Anyway, I might watch this (if I manage to get out of bed during the course of January 1st that is): I didn't like the idea of watching live gigs on some website with advertisements popping up everywhere, but ever since I saw Pearl Jam's webcast on Letterman's site I was hooked to these things!

[Draken]

oooo nice, i might watch it, or i might be partying too hard by then.

[Nerdo-sez-bo]

The last one was amazing, watching for sure.

[gallagher2006]

Do we have that channel in the UK? If so, thank you Sky Plus!

Anyways, I was pretty much emptional when they covered "Ceremony" by Joy Division/New Order...It's my favorite song ever! Here's hoping they'll do another cover or two =]

[Auals]

This will be amazing... can't wait

[Megalomanic9345]

ill be taping it!

[Jk3y]

If anyone records it please stick it on youtube, because of time zones (and partying) i probably can't watch it =(
*depression

[Funkychicken313]

w00t0rz!
I can't wait to watch, the White Stripes webcast was great!

checked

[noughts&crosses]

I'll be out of my head but I'll catch a repeat or it'll be downloadable somewhere surely.

definitely wanna see it

[bountykilla]

I hope that that includes CD2, because Go Slowly is the most amazing thing I've heard for a while!!!!

[red157]

This is rather awesome news.

[Wonthefu]

Yes, I heard about this while watching current! It's an awesome station, hosting an awesome band. This should also help get current more into the mainstream, where it needs to be.

[Ricey]

the CD comes out next week?? I've already bought 2 copies at Chapters and they are selling it on HMV as well.

[Havenspear]

Excellent!!!

[jshizznit]

thom yorke is beautiful...and im not even gay =)

[RFer]

bountykilla wrote:

I hope that that includes CD2, because Go Slowly is the most amazing thing I've heard for a while!!!!

In rainbows is a 2 CD Album??, if so...I only have one part...
I don't have that channel, so I'm probably gonna miss it.

[pe_666]

and New Order's "Ceremony."

That's a joy division song...

[Nerdo-sez-bo]

pe_666 wrote:

and New Order's "Ceremony."


That's a joy division song...

Both bands did it, New Order's was recognised more, mainstream and all. Both great though.

[callum2903]

i lov radiohead anyone who doesnt is just one of those people everyone should hate, lol jaks

[ShazamLax25]

RFer wrote:

bountykilla wrote:

I hope that that includes CD2, because Go Slowly is the most amazing thing I've heard for a while!!!!


In rainbows is a 2 CD Album??, if so...I only have one part...
I don't have that channel, so I'm probably gonna miss it.

the second cd comes with the discbox version of in rainbows only. it definitely is worth the price of the discbox without a doubt. you can get it at waste.uk.com.

this webcast looks like it's going to be great. i'm watching it for sure.

in any case

[freshtunes]

I'm a creep.

[Oguchi Onyewu]

well that was f'ing brilliant

[burndttoast]

That was excellent. That's a pretty good way to ring in the new year.

[DarTHie]

That scene in the fields (Faust Arp...)

[allstar340]

that was really cool

[Punks|Not|Dead]

youtube.com/watch?v=ukythkK4EPQ

That's the link to it =]

52 minutes long =p

[guitartiger]

watched it and i rly wasnt impressed i dont c how they can go from stuff like Creep to wat ever that was that was shown on that webcast

[stradivari310]

Punks|Not|Dead wrote:

youtube.com/watch?v=ukythkK4EPQ

That's the link to it =]

52 minutes long =p

That was amazing. Just amazing.

[Capernicus]

well Joy division never recorded "Ceremony" cause Ian Curtis killed himself, they have a live version I think. "Ceremony" is one of the best songs I've ever heard though.

[darkslde91]

i love radiohead!

[ragepoppa]

I am a huge Radiohead fan and even though the music was vert creative and original I personally thought that alot of the tunes (aside from the field scene which was hauntingly brilliant) sounded kinda the same...Am I the only one that thinks this?

[ragepoppa]

oops....typo...I meant "very" creative not "vert"...what a dummy. I shouldn't say alot of the songs sounded the same but there were probably 4 or 5 tunes on there that could have blended right into each other.

[Paul Lambeth]

guitartiger wrote:

watched it and i rly wasnt impressed i dont c how they can go from stuff like Creep to wat ever that was that was shown on that webcast

Very few bands have ever changed style that much in the span of their career. It might not be your taste (that's understandable, nobody can like everything) but the degree of technical difficulty is huge on their later albums compared to that on Pablo Honey. Simply put, "Creep" is based around arpeggios of a few chords, whereas their later stuff is so much more.

[Paul Lambeth]

ragepoppa wrote:

I am a huge Radiohead fan and even though the music was vert creative and original I personally thought that alot of the tunes (aside from the field scene which was hauntingly brilliant) sounded kinda the same...Am I the only one that thinks this?

In the use of synth and strings on the later songs on the album, there are some similarities. That's kind of the beauty of it though, it all flows through. Then again listen to "15 Step", "Bodysnatchers", "Nude" and "Videotape" - all totally different, totally beautiful.

[ragepoppa]

Paul Lambeth wrote:

ragepoppa wrote:

I am a huge Radiohead fan and even though the music was vert creative and original I personally thought that alot of the tunes (aside from the field scene which was hauntingly brilliant) sounded kinda the same...Am I the only one that thinks this?


In the use of synth and strings on the later songs on the album, there are some similarities. That's kind of the beauty of it though, it all flows through. Then again listen to "15 Step", "Bodysnatchers", "Nude" and "Videotape" - all totally different, totally beautiful.

I agree.

[Whit_f-ing_ROX]

I'M COMPLETELY OBSESSED WITH THIS CD!! it is better than sex, food, booze, any stimulant or downer. nude is prob my fave but it's so hard to decide!! videotape, 15 step and jigsaw rock too tho!! loved the webcast. i got krunk off it

[Whit_f-ing_ROX]

wow almost forgot... reckoner is 2nd best maybe