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Radiohead offshoot band The Smile's lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has reportedly caught a serious infection that has led to his hospitalization. This has forced the band to cancel its European Tour that was scheduled in August.
In a statement released by the band on X, they revealed the news of Jonny Greenwood's illness and announced the cancelation of the European Tour. They announced that Jonny Greenwood underwent emergency medical treatment in the Intensive Care Unit this week because of an infection.
The band also announced that he is currently out of danger and will return home soon.
"A few days ago, Jonny became seriously ill from an infection that needed emergency hospital treatment, some of it in intensive care. Mercifully he is now out of danger and will soon return home," announced the band in their official statement via X.
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The statement further informed fans that Greenwood's medical team has advised him to stay away from all professional endeavors until he makes a complete recovery. Although a timestamp for the said recovery wasn't mentioned, the band made it clear that its European Tour scheduled in August will be canceled.
“We have been instructed by the medical team in charge of Jonny’s care to cancel all engagements until he has had time to make a full recovery,” the statement continued.
“To that end, the Smile tour of Europe in August is canceled,” continued the statement.
The statement ended with the promise that all the tickets that had been purchased would be refunded via the ticket provider and the band prayed for Greenwood's quick recovery.
Here is a list of all the shows from the European Tour that have been canceled by the band.
Greenwood pairs up with vocalist Thom Yorke and drummer Tom Skinner to make up The Smile. Among the three, Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke are also integral members of Radiohead.
The Smile has been catching pace quickly after their debut performance at the 2021 Glastonbury Music Festival and has performed almost two dozen shows to date.
The band has released two albums so far, A Light For Attracting Attention (April 2022), and Wall of Eyes (January 2024), and has toured extensively to promote their newly formed band and albums.
Jonny Greenwood will reunite with Paul Thomas Anderson to compose the musical score for his next film
Radiohead's lead guitarist and keyboard player Jonny Greenwood has been involved with director Paul Thomas Anderson since 2007's There Will Be Blood. After composing the score for Anderson's last five films, it is reported that he will be at the helm of the director's sixth as well.
The Guardian confirmed that The Smile guitarist will be in charge of the music for Anderson's Licorice Pizza follow-up film. The cast of the film will be led by bigshots like Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Wood Harris, and Regina Hall, but the title and plot of the film haven't been released by Anderson.
In the article in The Guardian that was published on May 10, Jonny Greenwood commented on working with Anderson for a record sixth time.
“I’m incredibly lucky that Paul indulges me and gives me so much time to experiment and compose. That’s not usually the case in Hollywood, where the soundtrack writers are often very far down the food chain, and are sometimes given only a couple of days to bash out a complete score,” commented Greenwood.
Thereafter, he provided an update on Radiohead and that the band hasn't released an album since 2016's A Moon Shaped Pool.
Jonny Greenwood commented that the members are busy flourishing their solo careers and have been incessantly making music and performing in hit events, just not as a part of Radiohead. According to Jonny, they need to figure out a plan and start making chart-busting hits as a band once again.
