After a summer defined by the Oasis reunion, yet another beloved British rock band is set to return to the live stage: Radiohead.
The band - made up of vocalist Thom Yorke, guitarist/keyboardist Jonny Greenwood, guitarist Ed O'Brien, bassist Colin Greenwood and drummer Phil Selway - have 20 shows on the books, taking place in five cities across Europe: Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin this November and December. They will perform four nights in each city.
Radiohead last performed in 2018, in support of their last album, 2016's "A Moon Shaped Pool." It is unclear if the band is preparing a new release of original material, but earlier this month, they did announce a new live album, "Hail to the Thief: Live Recordings 2003-2009," arriving Oct. 31.
"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," Selway said in a statement. "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."
Registration for tickets begins Friday at Radiohead.comand will be open for 60 hours. The regular ticket sale will begin a week later, on Sept. 15.
In the years since their last live performance, the members of Radiohead have been busy. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood's art rock spinoff project, The Smile, has released three albums. Colin Greenwood joined Nick Cave's live band. O'Brien released his debut solo album, "Earth" in 2020 and in 2023, Selway released his third solo album, "Strange Dance."
One year ago, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, who has performed in Israel, stormed off the stage in anger during a performance in Melbourne following an exchange with a pro-Palestinian protester.
During a pause between songs at the show in the Australian city, an audience member used the brief silence to shout comments at Yorke, who was on stage.
Radiohead has had a unique bond with Israel since the early days of the band's career. Its breakthrough song, "Creep," received substantial airplay in Israel even before it gained popularity worldwide. The band has also performed in Israel several times, most recently in 2017, despite international pressure from figures like Roger Waters and the BDS movement calling for a cultural boycott.