Radiohead to contribute to a David Bowie tribute album? Lies.


Radiohead and David Bowie: innovators and legends both. And now, word around the campfire says that Radiohead might appear on a forthcoming Bowie tribute album. That would be awesome... but it's not true.

Mick Karn, former bassist for the British art-synth band Japan, recently wrote on his website that he's recorded a cover of Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" for a forthcoming Bowie tribute album, which will serve as a benefit for the charity War Child. (Via TwentyFourBit). According to Karn, the tribute will also include Radiohead, as well as Charlotte Gainsbourg and the ineffably cool French first lady Carla Bruni. He says it will be out in February 2010.

Today, NME and the Quietus picked up the story. However, we've received confirmation that Radiohead will not, in fact, appear on a David Bowie tribute album. (We don't even know if said album even exists, actually.)

This wouldn't be the first time Bowie has been covered for War Child, of course. TV on the Radio did "Heroes" for the last War Child benefit compilation, which was also called Heroes.

However, Thom Yorke has another tribute album appearance coming up. He'll cover "All for the Best" on Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, due September 29 from Shout! Factory. (Michael Stipe will also appear on the album.)

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It was too good to be true. Thom singing Bowie's lyrics? My god.
So, who else had their hopes and dreams crushed?
Also....
Moderators, can we have a Radiohead tag? Pretty please?