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Radiohead to Webcast Show on New Year's Eve

(Newser Summary) – Radiohead will celebrate the CD release of its buzz-generating new album In Rainbows by streaming a pre-recorded concert on its website at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The band broke new ground by first releasing the album online under a pay-what-you-want formula. The New Year's Eve show will include "songs and other bits,” as described by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Guardian reports.

The performance, "a wee celebration of the release of the physical manifestation" of the album, will be shown on radiohead.tv, current.com, and on the satellite and cable channel Current TV, which is available in the US and UK.
Source: Guardian (UK)

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The British alternative rock band Radiohead performs...
The British alternative rock band Radiohead performs at the first of two sold out shows at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, Sunday, June 4, 2006. Radiohead released their seventh studio album,...   (Associated Press)
Thom Yorke, lead singer of the British band Radiohead,...
Thom Yorke, lead singer of the British band Radiohead, performs on stage at the 15th Rock Oz'Arenes music festival, in Avenches, Switzerland, in this Aug. 15, 2006, file photo. After the digital release...   (Associated Press)
Thom Yorke, right, and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead perform...
Thom Yorke, right, and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn in this June 17, 2006 file photo.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,file)   (Associated Press)
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