No New Radiohead Album Soon + More

Posted on Aug 10th 2009 5:00AM by Stephen Dowling
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke has said there won't be a new album by the band any time soon. "We've all said that we can't possibly dive into that again. It'll kill us," he told the Believer magazine.

Electronic duo Orbital headlined the UK's Big Chill Festival on Saturday night with a well-received set. It was one of the group's first shows in five years. Orbital reformed in the summer to play a string of live dates but have not confirmed they will be recording new material.

Michael Jackson's friend Mark Lester, a former child actor, has said he may be the father of the pop star's daughter Paris. Mr Lester told the News of the World he had donated sperm to Jackson and is willing to take a paternity test.

The music industry may have to offer "unlimited downloads" for a fixed-fee in order to tempt music fans from illegally downloading music, a new report by industry body UK Music says.