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Radiohead at the O2: 'Their most gleeful, hit-packed set in memory'

5/5 Radiohead played the first night of their London residency at the O2 with ecstatic results

Evening Standard

“At one stage it sounded like Guns N’ Roses’ November Rain. It was so pompous and bombastic – just the worst”: It was a “nightmare” to record and reduced Thom Yorke to tears – but this difficult Radiohead song went on to be a viral smash

Inspired by seeing Jeff Buckley in concert, Thom Yorke wrote this stunning power ballad of sorts while under pressure to produce a follow-up to the band's breakthrough hit, Creep. In the end, it was a huge mixing mistake that helped make it a classic, and a hit – 30 years…

Guitar World

From someone who’s already seen the show twice, here’s 10 songs Radiohead should try and get into the setlist on their triumphant comeback tour

The Oxford rock trailblazers hit Italy this weekend ahead of their first London shows in nine years next week

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Radiohead kick off their European tour with a career-spanning setlist in Madrid - here's everything they played and where they're headed next

Fans certainly weren't Let Down by the band's comeback

MusicRadar

Radiohead make triumphant return as they perform for first time in seven years

Radiohead have made their long-awaited live comeback in Madrid with a show of epic proportions.

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Radiohead review – bards of the apocalypse return for a brutal bacchanal

Powered by a pounding rhythm section, the crowd dance to even the tricksiest drum patterns at Radiohead’s first gig in seven years – one that demonstrates the pure joy this band can bring

The Guardian - AU

Radiohead review, Madrid: A transcendent return for one of our most radical rock bands

4/5 More than seven years since their last gig, the British group are emphasising their decades-deep closeness by playing a career-spanning set in the round

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Their Eras tour? Radiohead play career-spanning set in first concert since 2018

British quintet draw from all but one of their studio albums as they perform in Madrid on first of 20 European tour dates

The Guardian - UK

“The meaning behind all of this is right in front of our faces, we’re just overlooking it”: Just what was the Radiohead Binary Code theory - and was there any truth in it?

Were hints that OK Computer and In Rainbows should be listened to as one monster record deliberately seeded by the band?

MusicRadar

“I fought tooth and nail for it not to be on the record, but Ed was, like, ‘If it’s not, I’m leaving’”: Radiohead on the resurgent OK Computer track that almost split the band

Guitarist Ed O’Brien admits that he was "astonished" when the song went viral earlier this year

MusicRadar

“I fought tooth and nail for it not to be on the record, but Ed was like, ’If it’s not, I’m leaving’”: Thom Yorke reflects on the viral Radiohead smash that nearly broke up the band

The song has been doing the rounds on social media ahead of Radiohead’s upcoming reunion tour – but it almost didn’t see the light of day

Guitar World

Radiohead baffled by TikTok success

The stars of Radiohead had confessed they are baffled by the band's success on TikTok with frontman Thom Yorke admitting it's "bizarre" that their song Let Down has become a hit again 28 years after its release.

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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke says he would ‘absolutely not’ play in Israel now

Singer says he will not perform in Israel while Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power, eight years after Radiohead defied criticism to perform in Tel Aviv

The Guardian - AU

Radiohead open up on "witch hunt" over their Israel stance

Thom Yorke insists Radiohead will "absolutely not" perform in Israel again under Netanyahu regime

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The Independent UK

Thom Yorke says he would ‘absolutely not’ perform in Israel now

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Radiohead frontman says he wouldn’t perform in Israel now

The group was embroiled in controversy in 2017 when they performed a gig at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv

Evening Standard

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke: I would not perform in Israel now

The band were criticised after performing a gig at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv in 2017.

Louder

“If it gets a bit tense we chill out with a joke. He’s good at that. Most of our messages are in a West Country dialect!” Thom Yorke isn’t the very serious character you may have thought, says one collaborator

Electronic artist reveals Radiohead vocalist is more likely to say “Wasson there, bey?” than “What’s your problem, eh?” – and their new album might just contain a pinch of King Crimson and Gentle Giant

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Roger Waters blasts ‘timid’ and ‘unpleasant’ Thom Yorke in latest row over Israel

Former Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters has branded Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke as "timid" and "unpleasant" in the pair's long-running dispute about playing gigs in Israel.

Louder

From problem child to golden child: The story behind every song on Radiohead’s Kid A

A deep dive into the Oxford quintet's game-changing fourth album as it turns 25

Guitar World

“Every time I picked up a guitar I got the horrors”: Radiohead were the world's most talked-about guitar band. Then they burned the rulebook, and made the instrument sound like no-one else had before

Released 25 years ago, Kid A subverted all of the lofty expectations that had been placed on the band, and cemented their status as one of popular music's leading creative lights

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 5-11

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 5-11 include Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, rapper Cardi B and actor-screenwriter Matt Damon

What Hi-Fi?

Left high and dry by Radiohead’s ticketing lottery? Ease the pain and test your hi-fi with this seminal live album from 2001

Tickets for the band's winter tour were snapped up in no time at all – but you don't need one to listen to this

Louder

Six reasons to get excited about music in 2026 from the Coachella line-up

Starring a new mash-up collaboration from Nine Inch Nails, a mysterious Radiohead project, the return of Dave Grohl’s favourite band and more…

Guitar World

“Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it”: How Radiohead’s debut changed the way they thought about recording guitars – and set them up for two landmark albums

The game-changing band has just announced its first tour in seven years, alongside the release of a live album

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