An acclaimed rock band is reuniting for its first tour dates in 7 years.
Radiohead fans have found fliers promoting concerts in London, Copenhagen, Berlin, and Madrid, apparently confirming a reunion tour teased earlier this year. Stereogum reports source code on the band’s WASTE site also confirmed dates for 20 shows in the UK and Europe starting Nov. 4 in Spain.
On Wednesday, Radiohead confirmed its tour dates.
“Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it,” drummer Philip Selway said. “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?”
The tour comes months after the five members of Radiohead established a new limited liability partnership in March under the name RHEUK25 LLP, according to the British Government’s Companies House agency. Selway and bandmates Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, and Ed O’Brien previously did similar LLPs before announcing new tour dates or releasing music.
LLPs are legal business entities that allow the band to work outside of a typical record label framework, as Radiohead did for its last album, “A Moon Shaped Pool,” in 2016, as well as “The King of Limbs,” “Kid A Mnesia” and 2007’s “In Rainbows.” Fans suggested that “RHEUK25″ stands for “Radiohead Europe and UK 2025″ tour dates.
Days later, Radiohead’s manager donated four tickets to a “Radiohead concert of your choice” to a Los Angeles wildfire relief auction at Palisades High School. The winning bidder would be able to choose their preferred city and date “based on the band’s tour schedule,” which was expected to begin “this autumn.”
Radiohead, which last toured in 2018, is a Grammy-winning art rock band known for is experimental, alternative sound on songs like “Creep,” “Fake Plastic Trees,” “Karma Police,” “Paranoid Android,” and “The National Anthem.” The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 and five of their albums have been named among Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
It’s unclear if the tour would come with any new music. Radiohead most recently released a live album version of “Hail to the Thief” in August, and celebrated the 30th anniversary of “The Bends” by unearthing a rare VHS video of a 1995 concert performance.
Yorke released “Tall Tales,” a new experimental electronic album with Mark Pritchard, in May. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have also performed in a side project called The Smile.
Tickets will be available to fans who register starting Friday at 5 a.m. EST on radiohead.com.
Radiohead tour dates (rumored)
Nov. 4 Madrid, Spain @ Movistar Arena
Nov. 5 Madrid, Spain @ Movistar Arena
Nov. 7 Madrid, Spain @ Movistar Arena
Nov. 8 Madrid, Spain @ Movistar Arena
Nov. 14 Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena
Nov. 15 Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena
Nov. 17 Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena
Nov. 18 Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena
Nov. 21 London, UK @ The O2
Nov. 22 London, UK @ The O2
Nov. 24 London, UK @ The O2
Nov. 25 London, UK @ The O2
Dec. 1 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
Dec. 2 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
Dec. 4 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
Dec. 5 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
Dec. 8 Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
Dec. 9 Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
Dec. 11 Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
Dec. 12 Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
