Radiohead on Rock Express

Live footage is cut in with the talk. France, they say, feels actively welcoming for the first time instead of indifferent, and they are dryly amused that a French magazine had given one of their albums possibly the worst review in the world.

On America they are pragmatic. The bands who break there are the ones who tour it relentlessly, and a gold record had arrived that Saturday, which pleases them. They accept, without much complaint, that the British press has largely overlooked them and probably will go on doing so.

They had gone out on tour with another band expecting reluctant professionals, and found people writing new songs constantly, talking about music all the time and watching the support act every night, apologising if one of them missed a show. Being told by a band like that that they were admired, they say, was validating.

Asked where they fit, they put themselves closer to Bristol than London, admiring how those records arrived with no hype attached.