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This Sunday, January 24, Radiohead will be holding a “surprise” benefit show at the Music Box at the Fonda in L.A. to raise money for the Oxfam Haiti relief fund.
In order to make as much money as possible, the tickets will be [have been] sold through auction, some at about $100 each. The auction started Thursday 8:00PM PST and ended Saturday 11:00AM PST.
Drummer Phil Selway stated on Dead Air Space, ”We’re in the middle of recording at the moment, so you’ll be catching us on the fly…. but if you’re up for it, then we are too.”
Well, well, well worth it. And not to sound like a Stan, but I think that is really great of them.
UPDATE: They raised well over $500,000 in the 1300-seat venue. Tickets ranged from $100 to someone even paying $4,000 for a seat.
Thom Yorke and Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) were asked to remix and reinterperet songs for an expanded edition of Liars’ fifth studio album, Sisterworld (March 8).
Also collaborating are Blonde Redhead, Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound), Melvins, Chris & Cosey from Throbbing Gristle, and Alan Vega (Suicide).
After the release of the album March 8, Liars will follow-up with a tour:
April 10 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre April 14 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel April 15 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom April 16 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church April 17 - Boston, MA - Paradise April 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg April 27 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s April 29 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre April 30 - Vancouver, BC - TBA May 1 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
“How’s the song?” Friedberger asks. “Is it 48 notes to the octave? What does it have to do with Harry Patch? Oh, my wife says I am being very rude. She doesn’t like me insulting Radiohead. She’s afraid they will send their lackeys through the computer to sabotage us. But they needn’t worry — we are a band that sabotages ourselves.
In the latest issue of NME, guitarist Ed O’Brien confirmed that Thom Yorke was misquoted in his latest interview in The Believer, which led fans to believe that Radiohead would only be releasing singles from now on. Radiohead has scheduled recording sessions for this winter and will release a full-length album in 2010.
