Radiohead to tour for first time in seven years

Radiohead have introduced their first tour in seven years, after teasing it with a sequence of mysterious flyers that appeared in cities throughout Europe.

The revered band will play 4 nights at London’s O2 Arena on 21, 22, 24 and 25 November 2025, with different dates in Berlin, Bologna, Copenhagen and Madrid.

Radiohead final performed reside in 2018, however drummer Philip Selway confirmed in an Instagram post on the band’s official account on Wednesday that they received again collectively “to rehearse, just for the hell of it” final 12 months.

“After a seven year pause, it felt really good to play the songs again and reconnect with a musical identity that has become lodged deep inside all five of us,” he continued.

“It also made us want to play some shows together, so we hope you can make it to one of the upcoming dates.”

The five-city European tour is all there may be for now, he wrote, however added: “Who knows where this will all lead.”

There was no point out of any new music, and the submit included variations of paintings from Radiohead’s 2005 observe I Want None of This.

The British band final carried out collectively once they introduced their Moon Shaped Pool tour to an in depth within the US in 2018, after having headlined Glastonbury Festival the previous year.

Since then, frontman Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood have recorded and carried out as aspect mission The Smile.

The Smile cancelled some concert events in July 2024 when Jonny, additionally an Oscar-nominated movie composer, became seriously ill from an an infection that wanted emergency hospital therapy, a few of it in intensive care.

Among the opposite band members, Ed O’Brien has been engaged on the follow-up to his debut solo album, launched in 2020 below the moniker EOB, whereas bassist Colin Greenwood – Jonny’s brother – has been taking part in with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds of late.

Last 12 months, Colin confirmed that Radiohead – who fashioned as schoolmates in 1985 and went on to launch 9 studio albums – had rehearsed collectively once more that summer season. “And it was really fun, had a really good time,” he mentioned in dialog with the Hay Festival Querétaro.

However, late final 12 months, Yorke instructed Australian radio station Triple J he was not conscious of any plans for a Radiohead reside return any time quickly, whatever the demand from followers.

“No offence to anyone and, er, thanks for caring,” he mentioned. “But I think we’ve earned the right to do what makes sense to us without having to explain ourselves or be answerable to anyone else’s historical idea of what we should be doing.”

In March this 12 months, although, keen-eyed Radiohead followers seen they registered a brand new restricted legal responsibility partnership (LLP) labelled RHEUK25, with all 5 members listed as officers.

They then gave 4 tickets to a “Radiohead concert of your choice” to a Los Angeles hearth reduction public sale run by Palisades High School, suggesting gigs had been on the horizon.

Their 2003 album Hail to the Thief was this 12 months remixed with William Shakespeare’s Hamlet for stage exhibits in Manchester and Stratford-upon-Avon.

And final week, their observe Let Down – taken from their acclaimed 1997 album OK Computer – entered the US Billboard chart 28 years after its launch, having gone viral on TikTok.

Registration for tickets for his or her new tour will open at Radiohead.com on Friday 5 September at 10:00 BST.