It seems 2025 is the year of the British rock band comeback. First it was Oasis — now Radiohead could be gearing up for their first tour in seven years.
The band, which formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire and are known for songs such as Creep and Let Down, never disbanded but their last tour was in 2018.
Fans believe the band are teasing a UK and Europe tour after discovering flyers bearing the band’s name and a series of dates.
Flyers spotted at the Barbican in London read “November 21, 22, 24, 25, 2025 London, England”, while those found in Copenhagen, Denmark list December 1, 2, 4 and 5. Other reported locations are Madrid and Berlin.
There has been no official confirmation from Radiohead and a representative for the band refused to comment on whether a tour was upcoming or whether the flyers were linked to the band.
The band’s members have been active this year with their various separate projects.
An exhibition exploring the visual art of Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood is currently on at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
Radiohead performing in New York on the band’s tour seven years ago. Jonny Greenwood, on keyboards, told the NME that band members were busy with their own projects
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An album of live recordings of Hail to the Thief from 2003 to 2009 was released last month after a stage adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set to a reworked version of the album, in the spring.
Yorke and Mark Pritchard released an album earlier this year and the Radiohead spin-off The Smile released new music in 2024.
When asked about speculation of the band returning last year, Yorke told Double J: “I am not aware of it and don’t really give a flying f**k.”
Speaking to the NME, the guitarist Jonny Greenwood there were “no plans” for new Radiohead music or live shows in 2025 as band members had “lots of individual projects going on at the moment”.
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In March, the band created a limited liability partnership (LLP) named RHEUK25, which they have previously done in advance of a new album or tour.
The LLP would allow the band to conduct their business independently, and all five members — Yorke, Jonny and Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway — of the band are officers.
Shortly after the band was reported to have auctioned four tickets to a “Radiohead concert of your choice” in aid of Los Angeles fire relief.