\u201cThere will be allocations for those who wish to travel inside Europe and for those outside Europe,\u201d they said. \u201cOur aim is to distribute tickets according to demand in a fair and geographically convenient way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The band also said it would include a \u00a31 levy in each UK ticket price in order to support the Live Trust initiative for arenas and stadium concerts to raise funds for struggling grassroots venues. In Europe, \u20ac1 per ticket will go to M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, with Radiohead matching the total raised.<\/p>\n
The band\u2019s ardent fans had guessed that the news was coming after the band updated its logo on Bandcamp and made their website show an intentional Error 404 message, and noticed that their longstanding visual artist Stanley Donwood shared the rocket-like image from the flyers on his Instagram.<\/p>\n
In case this sounds far-fetched, Radiohead fans predate Taylor Swift\u2019s when it comes to scrying for clues about future activity. In March, Redditors noticed that the band had formed a new legal entity, a limited liability partnership with the name RHEUK25 \u2013 an arcane move they have previously made to herald their next moves. Last summer, bassist Colin Greenwood told NME that they had spent a few days rehearsing.<\/p>\n
The European dates are the band\u2019s first live shows since 2018, when they concluded the tour for their ninth album, 2016\u2019s A Moon Shaped Pool. Each member has subsequently continued their respective solo careers. Frontman guitarist Thom Yorke and lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood formed the Smile with jazz drummer Tom Skinner, and have released three albums to date. Yorke and Donwood recently collaborated on an art exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, which Guardian critic Eddy Frankel called \u201ca succession of bad paintings\u201d<\/a> in a two-star review.<\/p>\n Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood at their exhibiton This Is What You Get. Photograph: Photograph by Julian Broad, courtesy of TIN MAN ART<\/p>\n Guitarist Ed O\u2019Brien released the solo album Earth in 2020, which featured Colin Greenwood on one song; the latter has also collaborated with the Belgian-Egyptian singer Tamino and toured as part of the live band with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, as well as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Cave\u2019s solo shows. Selway released his third solo album, Strange Dance, in 2023, and played drums on the fifth album by Newcastle band Lanterns on the Lake.<\/p>\n Jonny Greenwood also collaborated with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa on the 2023 album Jarak Qaribak, comprising reworkings of Middle Eastern love songs recorded in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Oxfordshire, UK. The ensemble also features musicians from Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait and Iraq. A European tour was cancelled after the Israel-Gaza war broke out in October 2023. In 2024, Greenwood joined protests in Israel calling for the removal of president Benjamin Netanyahu and for the release of hostages held by Hamas; he and Tassa also performed in Tel Aviv, which drew condemnation from pro-Palestinian activists.<\/p>\n This year, the collective had two UK performances cancelled after reports of allegedly credible threats to the gigs. Greenwood said in response that they \u201cdread the weaponisation of this cancellation by reactionary figures as much as we lament its celebration by some progressives\u201d.<\/p>\n Israel has proved a fraught subject for the band. Radiohead performed in Tel Aviv on their last tour, in July 2017, despite calls to cancel the performance. Yorke said at the time: \u201cPlaying in a country isn\u2019t the same as endorsing its government.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Thom Yorke walks off stage after row with Gaza protester at Melbourne show \u2013 video<\/p>\n