Radiohead will make its first U.S. TV appearance since 2000 in two weeks, when the band performs as part of this year’s Grammy ceremony. The band’s 2007 album In Rainbows is up for Album Of The Year against Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Etc., Ne-Yo’s Year Of The Gentleman, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III, and the Robert Plant/Alison Kraus collaboration Raising Sand. T.I. is also expected to perform twice on the evening of Feb. 8—once with Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West on “Swagger Like Us,” and again with Justin Timberlake on an unidentified song. (I’m pretty sure that Robyn Troup won’t be around to get ogled by the two this year, although who knows—the nostalgia cycle is pretty short these days.) A list of all the announced performers after the jump.
T.I. and Justin Timberlake
T.I., Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne
Radiohead
Lil Wayne
Coldplay
Carrie Underwood
The Jonas Brothers
Jennifer Hudson
Paul McCartney feat. Dave Grohl
Katy Perry feat. some poor YouTube-sourced sap who “won” the still-kicking, still-patronizing “My Grammy Moment” contest
Oh, and look, there’s another version of those ads that craft pictures from the names of songs! This one, as you might expect from the image, honors past winners.
The text is teeny, but this eye isn’t seeing nearly enough Toto shoutouts. “Rosanna” was Record Of The Year in ’83, after all!
TheGRAMMYs [Twitter]
T.I., Justin Timberlake added to Grammy lineup [MTV]
Toto – Rosanna [YouTube]
McCartney and Grohl? Fucking sweet.
First appearance since 2000…. on tv?
@sXenester: yes! haha, whoops, errant backspacing.
“Rosanna” was Record Of The Year in ’83, after all!
I didn’t know smooth music could rock so hard!
@Chris Molanphy: That video made my morning, sir.
Whilst we’re yacht-rocking . . . Cut. Foot. Loose.
@tigerpop: “Mellow…not smooth…kinda shitty…”
“Jimmy Buffett!”
How are we defining “on tv”? Does the Conan “appearance” not count? Was that live, or pre-recorded?
Uh… This will not be their first appearance on US TV since 2000. It might be their first since
“>this one, if you refuse to count the pre-recorded Conan appearance.
is what I was trying to link.
Anyway. They did Letterman for Hail To The Thief and Thom looked like he didn’t want to be there and they tore the shit out of the song.
The end.