Tuesday, May 3rd 2011

News:  Radiohead

Radiohead Returns To The Basement With Full-Album Performance

By Fernando Scoczynski Filho

Having released their latest LP, The King of Limbs, earlier this year, Radiohead have just announced what is likely to be their first performance of the album in its entirety – and we’ll all get to see it.

As twentyfourbit reports, the band will play the whole record in an intimate, in-studio setting for BBC, to be broadcast internationally on July 1st. The show will come as a part of the From The Basement series, which was created by Nigel Godrich (the producer on every Radiohead record since The Bends). As the official release states, “the band are excited at the prospect of having their first live performance of ‘The King of Limbs’ broadcast around the world . The band will be filmed and recorded by the From The Basement team, which includes Nigel Godrich, their long time producer; Dilly Gent, who commissioned many of the memorable Radiohead videos; and Grant Gee, who filmed the Radiohead documentary ‘Meeting People is Easy’”

Given the lukewarm reception to the album, we’re curious to see whether or not the songs will flourish properly in a live setting. Also, since the running time for the show is supposed to be 55 minutes, and the record is barely half an hour long, a few extra songs (or some behind-the-scenes footage) can be expected.

In the meantime, we remind you of a few other times when Radiohead played all (or most) of the songs from a record. Sorry if you had planned to get any work done this afternoon:

OK Computer

Kid A / Amnesiac

In Rainbows