The boys from Radiohead are backing their words on climate change with positive action after announcing they will be giving a “green performance” on US talk show ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ on Wednesday night.

The band will perform their hit “House of Cards” from the current “In Rainbows” album, but will not fly to the US to directly in front of a studio audience. Instead, the band will record the performance from their London studio and pass the material to the broadcast network.

The special performance will form part of O’Briens contribution to “Green Week” on network NBC.

Radiohead has received a nomination for Best Album at this year’s Ivor Novello songwriting awards.

The Oxford rockers will battle Stephen Fretwell for his self-titled album, and Simon Aldred with Third For Romance for the gong.

Amy Winehouse leads the nominations for the prizes. The troubled singer has two tracks nominated in the “Best Song” category - “Love Is A Losing Game” and “You Know I’m No Good”. She is also nominated in the “Best Selling Song” category for her aptly titled track “Rehab”.

The full list of nominees are as follows:

Best Song Musically & Lyrically

Ben’s Brother / Let Me Out
Amy Winehouse / Love Is A Losing Game
Amy Winehouse / You Know I’m No Good

Best Contemporary Song

Kate Nash / Foundations
Klaxons / Golden Skans
Simon Aldred / Cherry Ghost

Best Original Film Score