Radiohead’s return looks just about locked in, thanks to a slip-up from their own management. While the band has been typically quiet, a Los Angeles fire relief auction may have just done the talking for them.
Resident Advisor reports that Blueyed Pictures, Radiohead’s management, donated four tickets to a “Radiohead concert of your choice” for a charity auction at Palisades High School. The listing straight-up said the highest bidder could pick their city and date “based on the band’s tour schedule.” Correct me if I’m wrong, but that is surely as close to a confirmation as it gets.
Adding to the speculation, a source close to the band reportedly confirmed that Thom Yorke and company have “placed holds” on venues across Europe for a run of residency shows later this year.
This isn’t the first sign that something’s brewing. Last week, the band quietly registered a new limited liability partnership (LLP) under the name RHEUK25. It’s a move they’ve pulled before when gearing up for big announcements—whether that’s a tour, a reissue, or something else entirely.
Radiohead’s last live show was in 2018 at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, wrapping up their ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ tour. Since then, they’ve been off doing their own things. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood formed The Smile. Ed O’Brien went solo. Colin Greenwood popped up in various collaborations. But last year, Colin let slip that the band got together for a couple of days, ran through their back catalogue, and decided they “could still do it.”
As for whether Yorke is feeling sentimental about a comeback? Not quite. When asked last year by Double J about fans wanting the band to return, he fired back, “I really don’t give a flying fuck.”
Still, with tickets already being auctioned off and an LLP in place, all signs point to Radiohead getting back in the game. Now it’s just a matter of them making it official.
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