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Thom Yorke's Ex-partner Rachel Owen Loses Her Battle With Cancer
Thom Yorke's former partner Dr Rachel Owen has died at the age of 48 after a long battle with cancer. Her health had been slowly declining over the last year, but she continued to teach...
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 20 December 2016
Thom Yorke Plays Surprise Gig At Oxford Garden Party
Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke surprised guests at a small Oxford garden party this weekend by performing a short set of songs.A Reddit user posted the news on Sunday afternoon (June 12th), after apparently receiving...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 13 June 2016
Radiohead Release Video For New Track 'Burn The Witch'
Hours after teasing fans with two mysterious, animated short clips via Instagram, Radiohead have delighted their legions of followers by releasing the music video for a new single ‘Burn the Witch’, the first from their...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 03 May 2016
Radiohead Fans Angry And Disappointed As Roundhouse Tickets Sell Out Rapidly
Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke has said that he’s “f***ed off” that thousands of fans have struggled to get hold of tickets for the band’s London shows later this year, with second-hand tickets already changing...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 18 March 2016
Radiohead Announce World Tour. Is A New Album On The Way?
Radiohead have announced a world tour which will see the band visit 11 countries and play at least 22 shows. News of the tour has caused fans to speculate that the band’s ninth studio album...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 15 March 2016
Radiohead Drop Hint At New Album With Company Formation
Radiohead fans searching the stars, scanning the horoscopes and reading tea leaves in the hope of discovering when the band might finally release its next album might have some heartening news. The five band members...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 08 January 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch Leads List Of Celebrity Letters To Santa
‘Sherlock Holmes’ star Benedict Cumberbatch is among the celebrities sharing their letters to Santa this year, as part of the Letters Live series, marking national letter writing day. In his letter Cumberbatch states that Christmas...
By Stephanie Chase in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 07 December 2015
Thom Yorke Compares Youtube And Google To "Nazis" For Stealing Art
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has blasted YouTube and Google for having “seized control” of art like Nazi Germany did during the Second World War, in a new interview with an Italian magazine.Yorke, who once described...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 01 December 2015
Thom Yorke Claims That Tony Blair's Advisers Tried To "Blackmail" Him Into Photo Op
Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has claimed that advisers for former British prime minister Tony Blair tried to force him to have his photograph taken with the politician, but that he had refused on the grounds...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 25 November 2015
Thom Yorke Splits From Wife
Radiohead's Thom Yorke has separated from his wife.The musician announced his split from Rachel Owen after 23 years together.In a statement to NME, Thom said: ''Rachel and I have separated. After 23 highly creative and...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15 August 2015
Thom Yorke Separates From Partner After 23 Years
Yorke and printmaker Rachel Owen, who met while they were students at the University of Exeter in England, have two children - Noah, born in 2001, and daughter Agnes, born in 2004....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 August 2015
Thom Yorke Onboard To Score Broadway Revival Of Old Times
Sin City's Clive Owen and True Detective actress Kelly Reilly will make their Broadway debuts in the Roundabout Theatre Company production, and now the British rocker has agreed to write songs for the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 August 2015
Radiohead's Thom Yorke Composes Score For Pinter Play On Broadway
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has written what’s been described as an ‘epic and heartbreaking’ score for an new Broadway production of Harold Pinter’s Old Times, starring Clive Owen and Eve Best at New York’s Roundabout...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 August 2015
Thom Yorke Plays Surprise Set At Latitude
Prior to his own secret performance at the event, Yorke joined Portishead during their headline gig for a rendition of The Rip. Yorke then performed an unannounced solo set in the early...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 July 2015
Radiohead Taking 'A Lot Of Time' On Album
Radiohead ''took a lot of time'' to make progress on their new album.The 'Karma Police' hitmakers are currently in the studio ''in periods'' working on their ninth album - the follow-up to 2011's 'King of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 June 2015
Thom Yorke Writes 18-Day Long Song
The British rocker put together the innovative music piece, which stretches over 432 hours, for an art exhibition by Stanley Donwood, who has created all the band's album covers since 1994. The...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 May 2015
Thom Yorke On Cover Of Iranian Sex Manual (Nobody Knows Why)
Thom Yorke, the lead singer of Radiohead, has found himself on the front cover of an Iranian sex manual titled Marital and Sexual Problems in Men. The book was spotted at an Iranian bookstore by...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 May 2015
Jonny Greenwood Talks New Radiohead Album: "We've Changed Our Method"
There’s always a tingle of anticipation when it comes to a new Radiohead album, and it seems that fans are going to be in for something a bit unexpected next time. Jonny Greenwood, the band’s...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 28 February 2015
Keira Knightley Admits She's A Spelling Error, But Who Else Has A Weirdly Spelt Name?
Keira Knightley has always baffled the world with her first name's unique spelling, but as it turns out, rather than it being creative license on the part of her parents, it was a simple spelling...
By Charlotte Court in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 January 2015
And Now For Something Completely Different - Thom Yorke Releases New Album Via Bittorrent
Ever the groundbreaking artiste, Radiohead’s frontman Thom Yorke put his own spin on the Beyonce classic and released a surprise album on Friday. Unlike Queen B, he did it through file sharing, testing out a...
By Victoria Pavlova in Music / Festivals on 27 September 2014
Thom Yorke To Release New Album ‘Tomorrow’S Modern Boxes’ Using Bittorrent Client
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has revealed his new album will be named Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes and will be released using an experimental method. In a statement signed by Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich, the pair...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 26 September 2014
Singles Chart To Include Streaming Services
After a veritable explosion in the usage of online music streaming services over the past few years it has recently been announced that the UK singles chart will incorporate streaming sites into its accumulation of...
By George Percival in Music / Festivals on 08 July 2014
Spotify Explains Its Business Model In A Bid To Prove Its Worth To Artists
Streaming service Spotify have decided to go transparent with their business plan in the face of mounting criticism over the way it conducts business with the artists available on the site. The company have launched...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 04 December 2013
Natasha Khan Called Thom Yorke For Advice Amid Meltdown Fears
Bat For Lashes star Natasha Khan called Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke when her hectic work schedule and mounting personal problems left her on the verge of a meltdown.The singer was seriously fatigued and suffering from...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 August 2013
Peter Gabriel Fears Radiohead Hated His Cover Version
Veteran rocker Peter Gabriel fears he will never get to work with Radiohead as frontman Thom Yorke was insulted by his version of their hit track Street Spirit (Fade Out).The former Genesis star recorded orchestral...
By World Entertainment News Network in Music / Festivals on 01 August 2013
David Cameron Gives Romantic Mixtape To G8 Leaders, Who's On It?
Prime Minister David Cameron has promoted young British musicians by giving all the G8 leaders a 10-track USB stick containing songs from Alt-J, Conor Maynard, Laura Mvula and Gabrielle Aplin with a very prominent theme...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 31 July 2013
A Week In Music, Manic Street Preachers Get Nostalgic, Dj Muggs Returns Solo And Thom Yorke Throws A Spotify Strop
A week in music videos... Manic Street Preachers teamed up with Richard Hawley for the nostalgic title track from their upcoming new album 'Rewind The Film'. It has that classic Preachers mix of anthemic melodies...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 16 July 2013
Thom Yorke Pleads "Don't Make Us The Target" After Spotify Backlash
Thom Yorke appears to have responded to producer Stephen Street's criticism over his yanking of tracks from Spotify, claiming he gave away Radiohead's album In Rainbows as a "statement of trust."Earlier this week, Yorke and...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 16 July 2013
Daniel Craig Interviews Thom Yorke
James Bond star Daniel Craig has turned journalist to interview Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke for a new magazine article.Craig, a self-confessed Radiohead fan, chatted to Yorke over the phone for America's Interview magazine and he...
By WENN on 16 July 2013
Hold Up, Is Thom Yorke Right To Be So High And Mighty?
Thom Yorke’s statement will have hit Spotify’s PR team like a knife to the chest. The well-respected musician pulled his music off the streaming service, condemning its practice, specifically the payment to artists, which Yorke...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15 July 2013
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