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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 · Nov 22, 2025

“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 · Nov 15, 2025

“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 · Oct 27, 2025

“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

Guitar World · Sep 13, 2025

It’s been seven years since the last Radiohead tour – here’s what each member has been up to since

Their band might have been inactive since 2018, but Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien, Philip Selway and Greenwoods Colin and Jonny definitely haven't...

Louder · Sep 6, 2025

Radiohead returns after 7 years, announce 20 new live dates

Move over, Oasis

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Radiohead announce first tour dates since 2018 – and face boycott from pro-Palestine campaigners

Activists have asked fans to spurn the gigs until the band ‘convincingly distances itself’ from guitarist Jonny Greenwood performing in Tel Aviv during the Gaza war

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

“He really didn’t like it the first time we played it”: The controversial Radiohead hit that launched two lawsuits and ended up being performed by Prince

"It was written during “a pretty strange period in my life” said Thom Yorke

MusicRadar · Jul 17, 2025

“This one was really hard, we had massive arguments”: Radiohead on the making of Hail To The Thief, the record that got away from them

The story of the art-rock trailblazers misfiring sixth album, one that even the band themselves confess is "a lower part of the curve".

Louder · Jun 8, 2025

“It’s a preamp, but it’s got the biggest distortion I’ve ever heard”: Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain

Owning one doesn’t come cheap, but the left-field pedal has been at the center of the band’s monumental rise to fame

Guitar World · Jun 5, 2025