In September, Radiohead finally came back to the States, playing two rather intimate shows at New York City's Roseland Ballroom (with a brief rumor that they'd also be Occupying Wall Street). Despite their best efforts, tickets still sold out in seconds, and scalpers still got their hands on a bulk of them (prompting City Councilman Dan Garodnick to propose what we're calling "The Radiohead Law"). Fans consoled themselves with rumors that the band would be back as soon as next year, however... and so they are. Today they announced the first half of their U.S. tour, which will begin in February of 2012. more ›

There is a perception that those who support the Occupy Wall Street protests are of a particular persuasion: patchouli-crusted recent Wesleyan grads who tap on Macbooks while groaning about "corporations." While waiting for yesterday's galvanizing appearance that never came, we stopped 13 people to try to understand why they were in Zuccotti Park amongst the protestors. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, thousands of people participated in the exhilarating existential exercise, "Waiting For Radiohead"/Hipster Great Pumpkin at Zuccotti Park, the site of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Some Occupy Wall Street supporters held signs that said, "If U R Here Only For The Band Go Home", but one protester, Jimmy Holovat, took a more optimistic stance: "If people only come here to see Radiohead at least they get to come here and see what's going on." more ›

Radiohead may or may not definitely possibly be playing for protesters at Occupy Wall Street this afternoon. Just in case they do, you can watch a live stream from Zuccotti Park below! [Updates Below!] more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] The press conference about today's surprise free Radiohead show at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan is happening now, and there are conflicting reports about what the hell is going on here. A spokesperson for the Occupy Wall Street protesters is telling reporters that the show is confirmed for 4 p.m., but the band's publicist tells us it is "officially not true." We'll update and liveblog as we know more. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] Gawker is peddling a juicy rumor that is so far unsubstantiated, but nevertheless: Radiohead is playing downtown for the Occupy Wall Street protest this afternoon, a source tells Adrien Chen. It looks like the band has been following Gothamist staffer Christopher Robbins's Twitter feed! more ›

It's been more than three years since Radiohead gigged in the NYC area, and considering the long absence (not to mention their status as greatest living rock band, man), they could have easily sold out multiple nights at Madison Square Garden in minutes. But the Garden is under construction (and the Barclays Center isn't done!), so the band instantly sold out the laughably small Roseland Ballroom instead. Demand was high, with scumbags scalping tickets for as high as $600, and the line to get in last night wrapped all the way around the block and back to the entrance, because—in a partially successful attempt to limit scalping—all tickets were will-call, with the ticket buyer escorted into the venue immediately. more ›

And now: The Radiohead Report. more ›

Not everyone here at Gothamist HQ got lucky with tickets this morning—leaving the rest of us to troll Craigslist for a reasonably priced way in to one of their Roseland shows. HA. Let's all check our dignity at the door and delve into this dark corner of The Internet, which is best traveled to while in the "bargaining" stage. more ›

Tickets to catch up-and-coming indie outfit Radiohead's two night stand at the Roseland went on sale at 10:00 a.m., and it went great/horrible! Don't worry, if you didn't get tickets, you can always learn about the shows the day after they happened from the people who saw them! more ›

Last night was the much anticipated 37th season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Future mayor Alec Baldwin hosted for a record 16th time, breaking a tie with Steve Martin—Martin made a guest appearance during the monologue to make sure Baldwin wasn't using any performing-enhancing drugs (Seth Rogen was also there...for no particular reason). Baldwin, who addressed the Schweddy Balls controversy at one point as well, unloaded some fantastic impressions throughout the night, including his versions of Al Pacino, Tony Bennett, and Rick Perry. more ›

[Update Below] Radiohead. Roseland Ballroom. Two nights. Tickets? GOOD LUCK. It's been three long years since the fantastic five played in the NYC area (just across the river at All Points West). With the announcement that they'd be in town for television appearances this month, rumors ran wild that the band would inevitably play a show outside a TV studio. Earlier this morning, we guessed they'd rock Roseland, and lo and behold it is thus. From the band's management: more ›

When Radiohead announced they would appear on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 24th, speculation instantly began that the band would add a show somewhere in NYC that weekend, since it would be a shame to come all the way across the pond and not play a full concert for the fans (or at least a secret show for Gothamist). But nothing's been announced yet—just another tee-vee appearance. On Monday the band will play four songs during a very special hour-long episode of The Colbert Report. Up next, a guest appearance on The View? more ›

Much to our Radiohead-loving surprise, the scene at the Union Square distribution of their newspaper, The Universal Sigh, wasn't exactly swarming with fans today. Though there was a line that stretched around the block at 1 p.m. from where the paperboy (a little shortsightedly standing in front of Beth Israel) began giving out newspapers, by 1:05 p.m. everyone who had been waiting for a copy had one. By our calculations, the paperboy (later joined by a papergirl) had about 1600 papers to distribute. When we left the scene at 1:15 p.m. there was still an unopened box of newspapers, and it was doubtful whether the passersby now taking them had any idea who Radiohead are. more ›

[UPDATED BELOW] It's been about three and a half years since Radiohead released their last album, In Rainbows, which is why they announced their new one via an unexpected email to their fans earlier this week, simply stating: Thank You For Waiting. The album, The King of Limbs, was given a release date of tomorrow, but the band delivered a day ahead of schedule—you can now download the whole thing here (revisit our interview with Jonny Greenwood while you wait). There's nothing quite like waking up to a 60-something-degree day in February and watching this man dance: more ›