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YOU WONT BELIEVE: 3 - What They Never Told You

"Someone spat at our saxophone player, so Tim kicked this guy in the mouth – absolutely perfectly in time to the music": A brief history of Cardiacs, the UK's most adored detested band

Cardiacs defied classification for decades, but new album LSD – finished five years after the death of creative lynchpin Tim Smith – was widely hailed as one of the best albums of 2025

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Radiohead, Pulp, Alice Cooper, Johnny Cash and Lana Del Rey: the surprising list of artist who made James Bond themes only to have them rejected

A host of artists have had a crack at a 007 theme only for producers to knock them back.

Louder

Of all the test tracks I used in 2025, this is the one I played the most – and you should hear it too

My trusty companion throughout a turbulent year

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“I don’t want to talk about it anymore, if that’s all right. I feel like the dust hasn’t settled”: The devastating personal pain behind one of Radiohead’s most affecting songs

The melancholy masterpiece was a highlight of the group’s last album to date, and was accompanied by a surreal Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video

MusicRadar

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club live: 'Chaos, sickness and pure rock n roll'

4/5 Black Rebel Motorcycle fight illness and berate the crowd as they manage to pull greatness out of disaster

Evening Standard

Nick Cave had a 'spiritual' experience at Radiohead's concert

Nick Cave has compared seeing Radiohead live to a "spiritual activity".

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Trump’s tariffs are choking small US manufacturers – even those making music magic

EarthQuaker Devices has served Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey and Radiohead but says tariffs add costs up to 30%

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“Within an hour, he got back to me going, ‘This is amazing. I’d love to come and play it.’ A week later he was in my house”: How Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien got hooked on one of the world’s most unconventional guitars

The Circle Guitar is an electro-mechanical guitar that’s been praised by the likes of the Radiohead guitarist, Phish’s Mike Gordon, and Muse’s Matt Bellamy

Guitar World

London’s O2 Arena announces funding for UK grassroots gig venues

The 20,000-capacity venue will feed revenue back into smaller venues to ‘nurture the next generation of breakthrough artists’

The Guardian - UK

“You wouldn’t know it’s slowed down unless I told you. But it is. Because of what I’m singing you have to have something that’s not right about it”: The elegant simplicity of Radiohead’s second biggest song

What happens if you cross the inspiration of Pet Sounds with lyrics that convey a sense of resignation, and frame it within one of the most soothing arrangements of all time?

MusicRadar

“We are devastated - Thom’s infection has made it impossible for him to sing”: Radiohead postpone two of their four Copenhagen dates

Singer has an "extreme throat infection"

MusicRadar

Radiohead issue statement to fans as Thom Yorke undergoes treatment

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The Independent UK

Radiohead ‘feel terrible’ after cancelling gigs as Thom Yorke suffers ‘extreme infection’

Band say that they have been ‘blown away by the audience reactions’ as they issue an apology to fans

The Independent UK

Radiohead ‘devastated’ to postpone two gigs due to ‘extreme throat infection’

A band member is receiving treatment for the problem.

Evening Standard

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Radiohead achieve record attendance at The O2 with 22,355 fans on final night

The Oxfordshire-formed band, led by Thom Yorke, broke the previous record set by metal veterans Metallica in 2017.

MusicRadar

“I don’t want to talk about it anymore, if that’s all right. I feel like the dust hasn’t settled”: The devastating personal pain behind one of Radiohead’s most affecting songs

The melancholy masterpiece was a highlight of the group’s last album to date, and was accompanied by a surreal Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video

International Business Times UK

Radiohead Light Up London as Yorke Calls the Reunion an Act of 'Healing'

Radiohead return to London's O2 Arena with a hit-filled show as Thom Yorke calls the long-awaited reunion tour an act of 'healing' after years away.

The Independent UK

Radiohead’s music about alienation makes feeling alienated feel less alienating

IN FOCUS: Standing in the crowd at the sold-out reunion tour, long-time Radiohead fan Lucy Jones is reminded once again of what it is that makes this band so special

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Radiohead at the O2: 'Their most gleeful, hit-packed set in memory'

5/5 Radiohead played the first night of their London residency at the O2 with ecstatic results

The Independent UK

Crackdown on ticket resales for profit ‘puts fans first’

Coldplay, Dua Lipa and Radiohead were among artists urging the government to honour the pledge to cap resale prices

The Guardian - UK

Ticket touts’ worst nightmare has finally come true in the UK

Government has officially announced ban on reselling for profit, described by minister as ‘no-brainer’

Louder

“Whether I’ve denied the world a lot of great music, I don’t know. Maybe they’ve done that to me. Maybe they should have”: Steve Hogarth’s first 30 years with Marillion

He discusses embracing artistic tension, avoiding the well-trodden path, escaping his narcissism, what really went wrong with the record industry, the band’s decade in the wilderness and why it took him 28 years to get them to the Royal Albert Hall

Guitar World

“There are people who bought my signature Jaguar because of its reputation – they don't have to be a fan of my music”: Johnny Marr on reinventing the Fender Jaguar (again), the “biggest reunion of all time” and why Nile Rodgers deserves more credit

Marr is one of guitar's most prolific collaborators, having played with The Smiths, The Pretenders, Modest Mouse, The Cribs, The The, and even Hans Zimmer – now, he’s pushing the limits of the Fender Jaguar’s design, all while keeping both eyes firmly on the evolution of the guitar world and…

Guitar World

“At one stage it sounded like Guns N’ Roses’ November Rain. It was so pompous and bombastic – just the worst”: It was a “nightmare” to record and reduced Thom Yorke to tears – but this difficult Radiohead song went on to be a viral smash

Inspired by seeing Jeff Buckley in concert, Thom Yorke wrote this stunning power ballad of sorts while under pressure to produce a follow-up to the band's breakthrough hit, Creep. In the end, it was a huge mixing mistake that helped make it a classic, and a hit – 30 years…

Louder

From someone who’s already seen the show twice, here’s 10 songs Radiohead should try and get into the setlist on their triumphant comeback tour

The Oxford rock trailblazers hit Italy this weekend ahead of their first London shows in nine years next week

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