2025 Radiohead tour

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2025 Radiohead tour
Tour by Radiohead
Radiohead 2025 Tour Poster.jpg
Promotional poster
LocationEurope
Start date4 November 2025 (2025-11-04)
End date12 December 2025 (2025-12-12)
No. of shows20
Producer13 Artists [1]
Radiohead concert chronology

The 2025 Radiohead tour is an upcoming concert tour by the English rock band Radiohead. It will be the their first in seven years. The tour was announced on 3 September 2025, will begin in Madrid on 4 November and conclude in Berlin on 12 December. [2]

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Background

Bassist Colin Greenwood revealed in September 2024 that the band had recently reconvened to rehearse. The following month, frontman Thom Yorke addressed speculation that Radiohead was getting back together, telling the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that they "earned the right to do what makes sense to us without having to explain ourselves or be answerable to anyone else's historical idea of what we should be doing." [3]

Fans of the band have been speculating that Radiohead would be regrouping after they formed a new business entity titled RHEUK25 LLP — which some interpreted to mean "Radiohead Europe UK 2025", in March 2025. Shortly after, tickets to a "Radiohead concert of your choice" were included in a Palisades High School fire relief auction, with a source confirming to Resident Advisor that the band had holds for a European residency this fall. On 3 September 2025, fliers appeared in European cities advertising shows in London and Copenhagen. [3] [4]

On Radiohead's website, buying tickets require pre-registration, with most of the tickets directed to people living nearest to their respective venues. The band stated the pre-registration is to "reduce competition from bots and ticket touts", as they allocate for European and non-European attendees; "Our aim is to distribute tickets according to demand in a fair and geographically convenient way." [5] All ticket sales from tour dates outside the UK include a €1 donation to Médecins Sans Frontières, with the band announcing that they would match the total donation to the organization. The UK tour date ticket sales include a £1 donation to the UK-based trust fund LIVE Trust to support grassroots performance venues and entertainment. [4]

On the announcement of the tour, drummer Philip Selway said: "Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it. After 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. It also made us want to play some shows together, so we hope you can make it to one of the upcoming dates. For now, it will just be these ones but who knows where this will all lead." [3] Laura Snapes of The Guardian writes that usually, new tours would suggest an upcoming studio album, although with Radiohead it is not guaranteed. [5]

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement called for a boycotting of the tour, criticizing their 2017 performance in Tel Aviv and Jonny Greenwood's recent performances there. [6]

Tour dates

List of 2025 concerts [7]
Date (2025)CityCountryVenueSupporting actsAttendanceRevenue
4 November Madrid Spain Movistar Arena
5 November
7 November
8 November
14 November Bologna Italy Unipol Arena
15 November
17 November
18 November
21 November London England The O2 Arena
22 November
24 November
25 November
1 December Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
2 December
4 December
5 December
8 December Berlin Germany Uber Arena
9 December
11 December
12 December

References

  1. "Radiohead To Return To The Road With 20-Show European Tour". Pollstar . 3 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. "Radiohead to tour for first time in seven years". BBC . 3 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Radiohead Announces First Tour Dates in Seven Years". Variety . 3 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 Hughes, Seren (3 September 2025). "Radiohead confirm first tour in seven years". The Times . Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 Snapes, Laura (3 September 2025). "Radiohead announce first tour dates since 2018 – and face boycott from pro-Palestine campaigners". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. Pilley, Max (3 September 2025). "BDS movement call for boycott of Radiohead's 2025 tour". NME . Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. "Europe 2025". Radiohead.com. 3 September 2025. Archived from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.