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Radiohead Planning 2009 Tour

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That one band Radiohead has been trickling out 2009 dates for a minute now, at roughly the rate of one new confirmation per week. Today the number of official gigs rose to three, which seems a magic enough quantity to warrant a news story and a few lame jokes on the matter, no?

So there you have it: Radiohead, rather good band, will make their way to Mexico and South America in March of 2009. The three confirmed dates right now include two in Mexico City and one in Santiago, Chile (their first performance in the country), with engagements in Argentina and Brazil planned but not yet finalized. At Ease points us to another fansite report that suggests a third Mexico City date (March 17) may arise as well.

In other news, Radiohead members Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway are due to turn up on Neil Finn's new record, while Thom Yorke can be heard on Björk's good cause-boosting "Náttúra" single, out now.

Oh right, lame joke. Uh, here's a good one.

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  1. This is an email directed at Radiohead band members in regards to their upcoming gig in São Paulo, Brasil.

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    Dear All,

    Radiohead for me is the most important band of my lifetime.

    I admire and respect their art and the way they respond to the world around us. It is a sign of our times that will be marked for years and decades to come. I believe in what the band expresses because it is in tune with the reality of this desperate, chaotic world we are all part of. We need more voices like this.

    Having said that I need to protest here.

    The tickets for their gig in Brasil have sold out and they have charged them R$200 each. Brasil is a social unbalanced land. The minimum wage here is R$124 and if you make more than £400 you are part of a rich elite of 5% of country’s 160 million population.

    When you charge this much for a ticket, you exclude the majority of the city population. And in my humble opinion, this is the one mistake that the IMF, world bank, corporations and so on do all the time: The advantage is on the minorities side. You culturally and socially segragate based on finantial status. (Let us remember that the majority of the world is poor and the minorities are the rich elite)

    I think there might be a million reasons why this is so expensive and how all the band members might not even know how the numbers add up to. But then again, you are all human beings and I believe I should try to reach out and ask you to create an alternative. Charging this much and excluding all the poor people here once again sends out the same message that’s been playing for years and decades. Not at all what Radiohead would do. Everyone deserves to watch you lot play. Give them choice please.

    With much respect from sunny and polluted São Paulo,

    Pedro

    By Pedro Inoue at 11/12/08 01:39 PM

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