The revered band will play four nights at London's O2 Arena on 21, 22, 24 and 25 November 2025, with other dates in Berlin, Bologna, Copenhagen and Madrid. Radiohead last played live in 2018, but drummer Philip Selway confirmed in an Instagram post on the band's official account on Wednesday that they got back together "to rehearse, just for the hell of it" last year.

"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," he continued. "It also made us want to play some shows together, so we hope you can make it to one of the upcoming dates." The five-city European tour is all there is for now, he wrote, but added: "Who knows where this will all lead."

There was no mention of any new music, and the post included versions of artwork from Radiohead's 2005 track I Want None of This. The British band last performed together when they brought their Moon Shaped Pool tour to a close in the US in 2018, after having headlined Glastonbury Festival the previous year. Since then, frontman Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood have recorded and performed as side project The Smile.

The Smile cancelled some concerts in July 2024 when Jonny, also an Oscar-nominated film composer, became seriously ill from an infection that needed emergency hospital treatment, some of it in intensive care. Among the other band members, Ed O'Brien has been working on the follow-up to his debut solo album, released in 2020 under the moniker EOB, while bassist Colin Greenwood - Jonny's brother - has been playing with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds of late.

Last year, Colin confirmed that Radiohead - who formed as schoolmates in 1985 and went on to release nine studio albums - had rehearsed together again that summer. "And it was really fun, had a really good time," he said in conversation with the Hay Festival Querétaro. (BBC/ Getty Images)