Radiohead album web page is hoax
A web page claiming to be a countdown to the new Radiohead album has exposed itself as a hoax.
A clock on the page, at http://radioheadlp7.com/007788/lp7.cfm, had been counting down to 8am (BST) this morning. Information on the page claimed it had been taking readers to Radiohead's seventh album.
The band told NME.COM yesterday (September 28) it was a hoax, but fans were keen to see what would happen when the countdown ran out.
Well from 8am, anyone clicking on the page is taken to a new space which reads "The most gigantic lying hoax of all time", before diverting users to YouTube and the video for fallen 80s ginger popster Rick Astley with his track 'Never Gonna Give You Up'.
There have been days of coded messages on the band's official website and admissions that they have finished the album, which added plausability to the website and this morning's announcement.
Hopes have now been dashed by Rick Astley. |
Mark Ronson plays debut US live show
Producer du jour Mark Ronson played his debut US show to a packed crowd at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan last night (July 11). Although a renowned local DJ for the past ten years, the New York native admitted he was "shitting himself" at the prospect of playing his home town with a full band.
Playing guitar for most of the set, Ronson also utilised the talents of a seven-piece backing group to reproduce the tracks on his album 'Version', released this week in the US.
A string of special guests reprised their roles on the album including Daniel Merriweather, Kenna, Tiggers and Santo Gold. Rappers Saigon and Wale also joined Ronson, the latter of whom provided vocals to 'Toxic' and an impressive interpretation of the hip-hop staple 'Apache'.
Alex Greenwald guested on the cover of Radiohead's 'Just' during which the Phantom Planet singer crowd-surfed across the front section of the audience. Ronson told the audience that Phantom Planet's 'California' is his favourite song about Los Angeles before the pair proceeded to duet on a slow-burning version of the 'The OC'-anthem. |
Spector Trial: Day 17
Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler today ruled that "diary-style" writings by Lana Clarkson intended to be used by the defense are not suitable for use as evidence in court.
The defense presented the material from Lana Clarkson's computer and alleged that the information within suggested that she had suicidal thoughts and visions.
Clarkson, 40, was shot in February 2003 at the home of music producer Phil Spector, who is accused of her murder.
The computer material was intended for use to question the coroner Dr. Louise Pena who concluded that Clarkson did not pull the trigger herself.
Having taken the computer material home at the weekend, the judge returned to court on Monday and said that the document was so far removed from what the defense had said it was, that he had to double check that he had the right document.
"I don't consider anything in this particular document to be significant," he said.
Fidler read an excerpt from the document about a dead actress, which was taken from a book about Hollywood, and the 'vision' turned out to be a description of shadows passing a window.
The document will not be allowed for use to cross-examine in the courtroom. |