{"id":547404,"date":"2026-04-24T01:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:11:13","slug":"radioheads-ed-obrien-announces-uk-events-releases-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/547404\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiohead&#8217;s Ed O&#8217;Brien announces UK events, releases new single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ed-OBrien-Musician-Radiohead-2026-Steve-Gullick-Far-Out-Magazine-1140x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ed O'Brien - Musician - Radiohead - 2026 - Steve Gullick\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credits: Steve Gullick)<\/p>\n<p> Thu 23 April 2026 16:22, UK <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/radiohead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Radiohead<\/a>\u2018s Ed O\u2019Brien has two new updates for fans. The guitarist has released a new single, \u2018Incantations\u2019, and has announced a run of \u2018In Conversation\u2019 events across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien previously announced the release of his solo album, <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/radiohead-ed-obrien-new-solo-album-blue-morpho-title-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Blue Morpho<\/a>, on May 22nd via Transgressive. So far, the titular track and his new offering provide two windows into the hypnotic solo side-step.<\/p>\n<p>The Radiohead member has also anticipated that lovers of his work might have some questions; ever the gentleman, he\u2019s opened the floor up for three nights.<\/p>\n<p>On May 23rd, O\u2019Brien will appear in conversation at Leeds\u2019 Crash Records; on May 24th, he will then appear at Cardiff\u2019s Jacaranda Records, and on May 26th, in partnership with Rough Trade, he will appear at London\u2019s EartH Theatre. Tickets for these events will go on sale on April 24th.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the only time O\u2019Brien will swap music for musings; he will appear alongside Nadine Shah at Brighton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/angine-de-poitrine-replace-the-kooks-the-great-escape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">The Great Escape festival<\/a>, speaking on mental health in partnership with CALM.<\/p>\n<p>For those who want to see the album recreated on stage, fear not: O\u2019Brien recently announced his first-ever solo live tour in the UK and Europe, billed as \u2018An Evening With\u2026 Blue Morpho\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The live experience of the forthcoming album will bring together a collective of musicians who collaborated on the album\u2019s recording sessions, such as musical director Dave Okumu and ESKA.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, O\u2019Brien <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/ed-obrien-confirms-radiohead-20-shows-2027-onwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">confirmed<\/a> that Radiohead would be returning to the road in 2027. He shared, \u201cWhat we\u2019re going to do is, every year we\u2019re going to do a different continent, and we\u2019re going to do 20 shows each year. No more, no less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien is working across mediums: The short film\u00a0Blue Morpho: The Three Act Play, which premiered at SXSW in Texas on March 16th, is set to accompany the release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a>  The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Steve Gullick) Thu 23 April 2026 16:22, UK Radiohead\u2018s Ed O\u2019Brien has two new updates for fans.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[103673,96,128,27498,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-547404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ed-obrien","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-radiohead","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547404","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=547404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}