Dead Air Space returns from the void Originally launched in 2005, Dead Air Space has long been a rare, band-controlled channel of communication with fans. After a long absence, it has returned with short photo roundups from each tour stop. Visit radiohead.com/deadairspace for Alex Lake’s photography, including behind-the-scenes moments and some extremely endearing pre-show band hugs. It is genuinely lovely to see the band broadcasting again. Industry article by TPI Magazine On January 13th, the
I am going home, but I'm not done yet. Reactions to last night are pouring in. I'm writing this the morning after the second Melbourne show, and there's a lot to process: an electric set, a dramatic heckle and possibly the best (and most biting) version of Karma Police I've heard. It's easily one of the best shows I've seen, and that's significant -- I've seen Radiohead quite a few times. We also met Thom after the show, so there's that. I am riding on a high, looking out my little window. I am
It's the morning after my first show. I wake up and consider that I've just seen one of the best performances of my life. I decide this needs some serious, overwrought reflection, and head out into a windy Auckland in an almost-warm-enough Radiohead hoodie. As I pass through the streets, I spot plenty of Thom Yorke shirts out in the wild. This feels good. Right now, in this liminal tour-space, I'm surrounded by people on the same page as me; the ones who want to get lost in these songs, to take
My plane taxis down the runway as How to Disappear Completely plays, and I think; this is a song to take off to. As we pull away from the ground, Thom's voice soars. This is the beginning of six unexpected shows I'm attending across Auckland, Melbourne, and my own home turf in Sydney. Wryly, I think this is the easiest travel I've ever done to see this musician. Another part of me is in awe that it's real, and I'm deeply suspicious I may be one of those coma patients asleep and inventing an idea