Proceeds will go to the Extinction Rebellion climate-action movement. The band’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood confirmed the hack, and said: “Instead of complaining – much – or ignoring it, we’re releasing all 18 hours on Bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion. Never intended for public consumption (though some clips did reach the cassette in the OK Computer reissue) it’s only tangentially interesting. Not a phone download.”Thom Yorke wrote of the 1.8GB collection: “It’s not v interesting. Radiohead authorised the use of their song Idioteque for a new Extinction Rebellion promotional video.

Source: The Irish Times June 11, 2019 14:03 UTC