By admin 
Radiohead have announced a run of UK and European live shows for 2025, marking their first dates in over seven years. Find all the details below.
- READ MORE: Jonny Greenwood tells us about The Smile’s ‘Cutouts’ and the “fun and natural” Radiohead reunion
The band are due to make their long-awaited return to the stage this November for a run of 20 arena concerts across five cities.
Kicking off in Madrid, the forthcoming tour will also include performances in Bologna, Copenhagen, Berlin and London.
Thom Yorke and co’s return to the UK capital will see them play a four-night residency at The O2 on November 21, 22, 24 and 25.
“Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it. 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,” said drummer Philip Selway.
“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.”
Tickets for the shows will only be accessible by registering on Radiohead’s official website. Registration opens at 10am BST/11am CEST this Friday (September 5), and closes at 10pm BST/11pm CEST on Sunday (7).
Fans who have signed up will then be able to access the sale at 10am BST/11am CEST next Friday (12), using an unlock code.
You’ll be able to purchase up to four tickets for one of the nights at your selected venue. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, and receiving an unlock code does not guarantee a ticket. Find more information here.
Radiohead’s 2025 UK and European tour dates are:
NOVEMBER
4, 5, 7, 8 – Movistar Arena, Madrid, Spain
14, 15, 17, 18 – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
21, 22, 24, 25 – The O2, London, UK
DECEMBER
1, 2, 4, 5 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
8, 9, 11, 12 – Uber Arena, Berlin, Germany
Radiohead began teasing their 2025 shows this week, with a series of flyers popping up in the cities they’ll be visiting.
The group’s most recent live performance took place on August 1, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. It marked the end of their ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ tour in support of their 2017 album of the same name – which they have yet to follow up.
This March, Radiohead sparked rumours of new music after forming a new legal entity called RHEUK25 LLP. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that they had “placed holds in select European cities for a run of residency gigs” this year.
Bassist Colin Greenwood revealed last year that Radiohead “did some rehearsals” over the summer. However, he later told NME that “it doesn’t mean a tour is imminent”. Greenwood continued: “I think we’re still a band where people might want to know what might happen next. We’re very lucky to have that.”
Elsewhere, Jonny Greenwood told us that the rehearsals were “fun and natural”, but explained that there were “no plans” for new music. “We’ve [got] lots of individual projects going on at the moment,” he added.
Frontman Yorke, meanwhile, said around the same time that he “really doesn’t give a fuck” if fans wanted Radiohead to return. The singer, who has been busy with The Smile in recent years, admitted in August that he was “still struggling” to be creative following the COVID-19 pandemic. He was speaking upon the launch of Radiohead’s new exhibition, ‘This Is What You Get’.
Meanwhile, the band have revisited some “archive” recordings from the ‘Hail To The Thief’ era for a new live album. This year, Yorke brought the 2003 album to the stage with his Hamlet Hail To The Thief production.
The post Radiohead announce 2025 UK and European tour – including London O2 residency appeared first on NME.