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Radiohead sell Kid A guitar for charity
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 7 November 2011
Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has agreed to auction off a Fender Telecaster he played during recording sessions for the band’s fourth and fifth studio albums, ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’. All proceeds from the sale will go to The Billie Butterfly Fund, a campaign set up to raise funds for the ongoing treatment of four year old Billie Bainbridge, who suffers from an inoperable form of brain stem cancer.
An accompanying handwritten message from Ed reads: “To whoever ends up with this Tele… It was bought in the summer of 98, just prior to us going into record the albums which came out as ‘Kid A’ and ‘Amnesiac’. It was pretty much the only guitar I used at that time. It’s also been gigged a lot, up until and including the ‘In Rainbows’ tour. Hope you enjoy it”.
You can bid on the guitar, which has been signed by the whole band, here. Bidding closes on 13 Nov.
