Radiohead to webcast show live from Santa Barbara tonight (updated)

Above, a short experimental video by Thom Yorke. More please.

A little bird tells us that Radiohead are planning some kind of webcast from tonight's show in Santa Barbara, the last date <snif> on their North American tour. I saw them at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug 22, and the show was absolutely phenomenal.

More on Radiohead.com, sort of. Update: confirmed, more here. (thanks, Rex!)

Incidentally -- some noodling around on the band's blog digs up an older pro-net neutrality item from Colin Greenwood: "We didn't put In Rainbows out on the internet so that the next time AT&T would be releasing our music." Word.

Related: Sean Carlson was distributing flyers with a pal for this weekend's F Yeah Fest at the Radiohead Hollywood Bowl show, which I also hear was kickass. Sean's friend Michael Reich of Videothing.com was filming Sean and his friend for a documentary. Carlson says he was beaten up by goons from security firm CSC, contracted by the Hollywood Bowl. Here are photos and an account of the incident.

[A]fter Sean was pushed to the ground by a security guard, they decided to get out of there. But before they could get too far, a foot chase ensued because the security guards allegedly said "that shit's going to be on YouTube. We gotta get that tape."

(Thanks, Zach Behrens)

Update 2, 9:17pm PT: The webcast is live at radiohead.tv, and working very well on this Mac, snapshots below.

[#1 posted by otterson , August 28, 2008 10:28 AM]

Hmmm. They mention VLC "might come in handy"... That says to me "not windows specific..."

[#2 posted by Xeni Jardin , August 28, 2008 10:32 AM]

Ah, I screwed up. I've removed the speculative reference from the blog post, I have no idea what codec or format they might be planning to use. Nice of them to give their fans a headsup, though.

[#3 posted by FoetusNail , August 28, 2008 10:49 AM]

Thanks for the tip! Can't wait!

[#4 posted by thievedrelic , August 28, 2008 11:30 AM]

saw radiohead at the white river amphitheater in washington, just days before they played outlands. it was decidedly epic, although thom forgot the lyrics to faust a few times...which somehow morphed into a radiohead bluegrass-jam for the audience. a rare treat~

[#5 posted by Melismata , August 28, 2008 12:09 PM]

Colin (Greenwood) told a friend last week that they're planning on webcasting the show tonight, which is one of the reasons why Nigel Godrich is travelling with them.

(Thievedrelic: At White River it was a half-assed but hilarious attempt at Neil Young's Tell Me Why, complete with Phil running out to deposit a busker's tip at Thom's feet; they played the full cover, beautifully, at the second LA show. Check YouTube for video.)

[#6 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2008 12:25 PM]

updated with definitive statement
http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/

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[#8 posted by Rodney , August 28, 2008 2:33 PM]

I don't think Linux users are to be included. Sure am getting tired of proprietary cock-blocking.

[#9 posted by psychotronik , August 28, 2008 7:15 PM]

Thanks for this. I saw them in Indy at the first of the month and the show was just amazing.

[#10 posted by kobrakai , August 29, 2008 5:09 AM]

#9 - I was at the Indy show as well and have to say it was the best concert I've seen in my 27 years of attending them. Radiohead is without a doubt the best touring band our there right now.