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Radiohead’s The Bends at 30: this fraught, compassionate, violently disturbed record remains one of their best

There was a time in the early to mid-2000s when naming The Bends as your favourite Radiohead album was like opting for chicken korma from the takeaway menu, while the gourmands decided between the bangla shatkora and jhinga bahar.

The Conversation

“Feat. Thom Yorke…”: the ten best songs featuring guest vocals from the Radiohead frontman

From PJ Harvey to Burial to Portishead to Sparklehorse, the singer has been a keen collaborator over the years. Here’s ten must-hear songs he's leant his voice to.

Louder

“I was sitting in the studio, thinking, ‘I don’t think we can pull this together, we’re just going to have to split up’”: how Radiohead pulled themselves out of the depths to make The Bends

The Oxford quintet’s era-defining second record turns 30 this month. Here’s the story of how it came together.

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Radiohead take on Shakespeare with Hamlet Hail To The Thief

A new live experience fusing theatre, music and movement is coming this spring, in which a new version of Hamlet will be set to Thom Yorke’s reworking of Radiohead’s famous album

Evening Standard

“Go down in a ball of flames, you deserve it!”: safe to say that Thom Yorke is not a huge Muse fan

The Radiohead man was being pretty chill when talking about acts who have been influenced by his band… and then he remembered the M word

Louder

Thom Yorke unveils new collaboration with electronic artist Mark Pritchard

Watch the trippy new video for Thom Yorke and electronic artist Mark Pritchard's Back In The Game here...

Louder

The rumours were true: Thom Yorke officially becomes a Warp Records artist via a new single with Mark Pritchard - and a nightmarish video

Back In The Game marks Yorke's first release on Warp Records and second major collaboration with Pritchard. But what does it all mean…

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“Our decision to use some electronic instruments is not some kind of lifestyle choice. You use the instrument to help you get across a certain thing”: How Radiohead’s most controversial shift proves that music-makers shouldn’t be restricted by genre

The success of one of Radiohead’s most celebrated albums illustrates how creators should never feel limited by the conventions - or the instruments - of their chosen genre

MusicRadar

“I become a Colossus of Maroussi, I can do anything!”: Michael Stipe on the period when R.E.M. became a stadium band and he embraced his inner showman

It’s 30 years since the Athens, Georgia legends began a huge tour to support Monster and frontman Stipe had no choice but to up the flamboyance in his frontman game

Louder

“It was too Rod Stewart”: the huge Radiohead song that the band have distanced themselves from… and no, it’s not Creep

Thom Yorke first performed the band’s much-loved 1995 single with his previous group Headless Chickens, and there’s video evidence

Louder

From Edvard Munch to Central Cee: Observer critics choose their cultural highlights for 2025

From Thom Yorke’s Shakespearean score to 25 years of Tate Modern, Bridget Jones to Leigh Bowery, our writers anticipate the most exciting shows, releases and events of the year

The Guardian - UK

“He's probably, for my money, one of the finest guitarists in the world”: Who might Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood be talking about?

Clue: It’s not his brother

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“He's probably, for my money, one of the finest guitarists in the world”: Radiohead's Colin Greenwood on who he considers the best rhythm guitarist he's ever played with

The Radiohead bassist also reflects on what makes Thom Yorke's guitar playing different from Jonny Greenwood's

Guitar World

"I managed to beat a tactful retreat": the fan request that shocked Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood

The Radiohead man also says he’d love the band to get back on the road in 2025, but there is a caveat...

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"The guy's a complete prick!... He's very damaged. He's obviously very, very deeply insecure": Roger Waters lashes out at Thom Yorke over Israel-Palestine stance

Former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters does not hold back

Louder

“The idea was to not make it shit”: the story of Band Aid 20, the only Radiohead and Rachel Stevens crossover you’ll ever need

Producer Nigel Godrich on the "clusterf**k" that was putting together the 2004 charity single

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Thom Yorke’s art to go on show for first time

In a major showcase, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and the band’s album cover artist’s creative work will be featured together for the first time in a public exhibition.

Evening Standard

Art of Thom Yorke and Radiohead album covers to be exhibited for first time

The exhibition will include paintings, drawings and digital art from the 1980s onwards.

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The Independent UK

Do They Know It’s Christmas? The pop stars involved in the 2024 version

Organiser Sir Bob Geldof said the song serves as a rebuke to the Eighties notion that ‘greed is good’

The Independent UK

19 hit songs hated by the musicians who wrote them

THE LIST: We all have those tunes that just get under our skin, but what happens when it’s one you came up with in the first place? Kevin E G Perry and Roisin O’Connor take a look at artists who’ve come to loathe their own creations

Louder

“A hideous mistake”: the 1993 song that Radiohead have tried to scrub from their history

If you thought they didn’t like Creep, wait til you hear what Thom Yorke & co. make of Pop Is Dead

MusicRadar

“Don’t stand there like a coward, come here and say it... See you later then”: Thom Yorke leaves stage after pro-Gaza protester interrupts show

Thom Yorke leaves stage when interrupted by protester in audience

Evening Standard

Radiohead's Thom Yorke walks off stage after being confronted by pro-Palestine protester in Australia

The British musician responded: ‘Come up here and say that. Right here, come on. Hop up on the fucking stage and say what you wanna say. ‘

The Independent UK

Thom Yorke walks offstage after being confronted by pro-Palestine protester

British musician told the protester to ‘hop up on stage’ to make his remarks before walking off

Louder

"Don't stand there like a coward, come here and say it!": Video shows Thom Yorke challenging pro-Palestine heckler before walking offstage

The incident happened as Thom Yorke approached the end of his Everything tour set in Melbourne, Australia

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