Updating a story first posted yesterday (Sept. 2), Radiohead will play four-night runs in five European cities this winter, their first since 2018. The group will visit Madrid, Bologna, Copenhagen, Berlin and London as part of the itinerary, tickets for which can be obtained here.
“Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it,” says drummer Philip Selway. “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. It also made us want to play some shows together, so we hope you can make it to one of the upcoming dates. For now, it will just be these ones, but who knows where this will all lead.”
Yesterday, enterprising fans in cities along the tour discovered flyers touting the shows. Radiohead has not performed live since the tour in support of the 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool, with frontman Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood having spent most of the past several years touring and recording with their other band, the Smile. Meanwhile, Selway and guitarist Ed O’Brien both released solo projects, while bassist Colin Greenwood toured as part of Nick Cave’s live band.
“I think there’s a particular dynamic between the five of us [in Radiohead], which I think we’re all so proud of,” Selway told SPIN in 2023. “It’s developed from us basically learning our instruments together. But it’s such a healthy process when we step outside of Radiohead and reach beyond that, [when we] see what these other musical voices can do with your ideas.”
Radiohead recently turned back the clock for a look at material from its 2003 album Hail to the Thief, in-concert versions of which were assembled for the digital collection Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009. The project will also be available in a one-off vinyl pressing on Oct. 31 from the band’s online store.
Here are Radiohead’s tour dates:
Nov. 4-5, 7-8: Madrid (Movistar Arena)
Nov. 14-15, 17-18: Bologna, Italy (Unipol Arena)
Nov. 21-22, 24-25: London (O2 Arena)
Dec. 1-2, 4-5: Copenhagen (Royal Arena)
Dec. 8-9, 11-12: Berlin (Uber Arena)
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