Thom Yorke Names Solo Band, Announces Spring Tour Dates
By Seraphina L.
Remember when we all saw the Coachella 2010 lineup and wondered why in the world Thom Yorke‘s name was followed by four question marks? We had assumed that was how his new solo band was going to be billed from now on. Well, it looks like the super group backing band for Yorke (with producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker, multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and bassist Flea), finally has an official and sensible name.
Yorke announced it himself on Radiohead’s blog, Dead Air Space, and revealed the following:
“ok so in April the other band.. that i got together to do the eraser and other stuff u know .. Mauro, Flea, Me, Joey and Nigel is going back out to do some shows in the US.. ending with playing with Coachella. we had too much fun to just leave it there…
it has been decided that we call ourselves Atoms For Peace. hope you like the name.. it seemed bleedin’ obvious.
If anyone has ventured out into Yorke’s solo material, one would immediately recognize the band name as one of his song titles off of his album, Eraser. Also, the name is fitting since Radiohead took time off as a band to play a benefit show for Haiti and according to Pitchfork, “Atoms for Peace was the name of a speech and program spearheaded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 50s that set to promote peaceful nuclear energy and aided countries including Iran in their development of atomic power.”
Flying Lotus will be Atoms for Peace’s opening band on the tour that start just under two weeks before they play Coachella. Will they be stopping in your city any time soon? Check the locations and dates out below!
- 4/05 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom *
- 4/06 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom *
- 4/08 Boston, MA – Citi Wang Theatre *
- 4/10 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom *
- 4/11 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom *
- 4/14 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
- 4/15 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre *
- 4/17 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
- 4/18 Indio, CA – Coachella
* w/ Flying Lotus
Will you be attending any Atoms For Peace shows?
Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:15PM
I was looking in the 1st graph when it tells of the joining together.