Radiohead play Later... with Jools Holland for the first time

Radiohead make their first appearance on Later... with Jools Holland on BBC Two tonight, playing “High and Dry” and “The Bends” on a bill listed as Elvis Costello, Chris Isaak, Boy George and Lucky Dube.

The programme was recorded at BBC Television Centre in London on 16 May, the day after “Fake Plastic Trees” was due in the shops as the second single from The Bends). “High and Dry” was half of February's double A-side with “Planet Telex”).

By the time it goes out the band are in America, playing Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, the second night of their US tour after the Paradise in Boston on Friday.