We’re all invited to watch Thom Yorke’s supergroup kick off their tour in London in a few days’ time.

For those of us who didn’t manage to secure a ticket for Atoms For Peace’s trio of shows at The Roundhouse (or didn’t fancy stumping up £50 for the pleasure), a new service is offering the chance to watch the gig without leaving the house.

Soundhalo is billed as a platform for broadcasting high quality video and audio footage of gigs – in MP4 or high res formats – to your computer, phone or tablet. The gig is recorded with a multi-camera set-up and broadcast to Soundhalo’s studio, where it’s mastered and made ready for download within minutes. The Atoms For Peace shows on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 July will be available from Soundhalo for £9.99 (or 99p for one track).

AFP’s Nigel Godrich said: “Part of the reason Soundhalo was interesting to me was that I found myself wondering why, whenever you go to a gig, the next day there are a million shaky, horrible sounding YouTube videos already online. But you go and look because you want to see something of your experience. Soundhalo provides something really functional – an experience that you want to remember in front of you as soon as the concert has happened. To be able to relive that is a really great thing.”

We’re not so sure it’ll put off the shaky cameraphone users – people at the gig are probably less likely to want to Soundhalo download, seeing as they were actually there and all. On the other hand, those gig-goers might find it makes for a neat keepsake of the performance.

Godrich and Yorke have been making headlines this week after calling Spotify “bad for new music”, criticising the ultra-low royalties offered by the streaming service. Presumably at £9.99 a pop, artists can expect a better pay-off through Soundhalo.

If you want a sneak peek at the AFP live show without going to the Roundhouse or spending a tenner, though, check out the brilliant rehearsal clips the band have been posting.

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