Radiohead Announces Sold-Out European Reunion Tour

Radiohead announced a return to the stage this winter after a seven-year hiatus, scheduling 20 European shows between Nov. 4 and Dec. 12 in cities including Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin — all of which sold out quickly. In their first full interview together in years, Thom Yorke said “the wheels came off a bit” after the 2018 A Moon Shaped Pool tour and that he stopped in part to grieve the 2016 death of his ex-wife Rachel Owen, a loss he had not fully processed. Yorke described music as both a salve and something that at times “literally hurts” to play during trauma. Guitarist Ed O’Brien said he was effectively over Radiohead by the end of that era, later fell into deep depression and hit “the bottom” in 2021, but recent rehearsals rekindled his commitment to the band. The five members—Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway—formed the group in 1985 and have not released new music since 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool.