{"id":288986,"date":"2025-11-29T02:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T02:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/288986\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T02:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T02:38:13","slug":"oxfordshire-band-sets-attendance-record-at-iconic-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/288986\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxfordshire band sets attendance record at iconic venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  British indie band Radiohead, who were formed at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire in 1985, set a new record highest attendance for a concert at The O2 in London.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  22,355 fans watched the final night of their run at the arena, breaking the previous record set by metal veterans Metallica in 2017.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25646194.2-000-raised-mens-mental-health-inspiring-concert\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Over \u00a32,000 raised for men&#8217;s mental health by &#8216;inspiring&#8217; concert<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Christian D\u2019Acuna, senior programming director at The O2, said: \u201cThese past four record-breaking nights will go down in the venue\u2019s history, with Radiohead breaking the attendance records each night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe knew how special these exclusive shows would be and we\u2019re so grateful to the band for bringing them to The O2.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Stay connected to the heart of Oxfordshire for less! \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Our Flash Sale is ON: get trusted local news for just \u00a36 for 6 months or \u00a326 for all of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss out \u2014 subscribe now! \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZQMIFMB3r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/RZQMIFMB3r<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1990709553571270756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 18, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  The concerts were the part of Radiohead\u2019s first tour in seven years which saw the band, that is led by Thom Yorke, play 20 shows in five European cities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They performed at The O2 on November 21, 22, 24, and 25.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Drummer Philip Selway said of the performances at the time they were announced: \u201cAfter 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\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Made up of Yorke, guitarist Johnny Greenwood, bass player Colin Greenwood, guitarist Ed O\u2019Brien and Selway, Radiohead has had seven UK top 10 singles and six UK number one albums.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British indie band Radiohead, who were formed at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire in 1985, set a new record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-288986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}