Radiohead to live stream another series of archive shows

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“We rummaged in the Radiohead Public Library and found a few more concerts from a life we all yearn to return to.”

Radiohead have dusted off another selection of archival live films for an upcoming live stream series. The forthcoming run of concert films follows an inaugural At Home With Radiohead series that took place last year amidst the first wave of Covid-19 restrictions.  

The new seven-part series commences on Friday (9 April) at 8pm (BST). All shows will be premiering exclusively via the band’s official YouTube channel. The first show to be plucked from the band’s extensive archive is an intimate gig at London’s 93 Feet East. The January 2008 event was originally intended to be an in-store performance at Rough Trade East to mark the full release of Radiohead’s 2007 In Rainbows LP. However, when fans swarmed the venue and media coverage became overwhelming, authorities caught onto the event and a new venue needed to be found at short notice. The show wound up taking place around the corner at 93 Feet East, where the band performed to just a few hundred fans.

Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood announced the new project yesterday (6 April). He wrote: “We rummaged in the Radiohead Public Library and found a few more concerts from a life we all yearn to return to. Thanks to science and the vaccines, we are a step closer to that.”

Revisit eight essential artefacts from the Radiohead Public Library here.