Radiohead to tour for first time in seven years

Radiohead have announced their first tour in seven years, following weeks of speculation fuelled by cryptic flyers spotted in cities across Europe.

The band will play four nights at London’s O2 Arena on 21, 22, 24 and 25 November 2025, with additional shows scheduled in Berlin, Bologna, Copenhagen and Madrid.

It marks their first live appearances since 2018. In a statement shared on Instagram, drummer Philip Selway revealed the group quietly reunited last year:

“We got back 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’s embedded in 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, the tour is limited to those five European cities. “Who knows where this will all lead,” Selway added, while confirming there is no new music on the horizon. The announcement was accompanied by artwork variations from their 2005 track I Want None of This.

Radiohead’s last performances came at the end of their A Moon Shaped Pool tour in 2018, a year after headlining Glastonbury. In the meantime, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood launched side project The Smile, which was forced to cancel shows in 2024 when Greenwood was hospitalised with a serious infection.

Elsewhere, guitarist Ed O’Brien has been developing the follow-up to his 2020 debut solo album Earth (released as EOB), while bassist Colin Greenwood has been performing with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Colin confirmed last year that Radiohead had rehearsed together again, describing the experience as “really fun.”

Despite Yorke telling Australia’s Triple J late last year that he wasn’t aware of any plans for a reunion, signs began to emerge. In March, fans noticed the band had registered a new LLP under the name RHEUK25, with all five members listed as officers. They also donated four tickets to a “Radiohead concert of your choice” for a Los Angeles fire relief auction — hinting at a live return.

This year, the band’s influence has continued to ripple in unexpected ways. Their 2003 album Hail to the Thief was reimagined alongside Shakespeare’s Hamlet for stage productions in Manchester and Stratford-upon-Avon, while Let Down, from 1997’s OK Computer, went viral on TikTok, landing on the US Billboard chart nearly three decades after its release.