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Radiohead on tour in 2012

Thu 22nd Sep, 2011 in International News

LOOKING FOR RADIOHEAD’S 2012 AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES? – LOOK HERE

Earlier this week the rumour that Radiohead would be headlining Coachella appeared and now Thom Yorke has revealed that the band will indeed be hitting the road next year in support of The King of Limbs.

“The idea is to go out and play next year on and off during the year,” Yorke told Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio. “It feels like a good idea now that we figured out how to play it to go and do it in front of people for a bit.” Yorke also hinted that Portishead’s Clive Dreamer, who served as the band’s second drummer during the band’s recent ‘surprise’ set at Glastonbury, will also appear on the upcoming tour.

Yorke continued his run of exciting announcements by revealing that Atoms For Peace – the supergroup featuring Yorke, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, producer Nigel Godirch, drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco – have recorded an album, which is currently being finished by Godirch. “It was initially for fun to play all the Eraser stuff, but it sparked something off,” the Radiohead frontman explained. “So we ended up at the end of that getting into the studio and generating some new beats.”

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JeremySC

JeremySC said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

Awesome news. FIngers crossed... In any case, I'm very keen to check out the AFP album.

JackP

JackP said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

didn't Miss Info tip an areana tour in Feb? Might be jumping the gun here, but that would be sooooo good.

Maximillian Billion

Maximillian Billion said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

BDO spy was definitely correct then, I'm booking my flights to every BDO show now wooo!

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

YEAH! EVERYONE'S RIGHT! DEFINITELY A TOUR!

I'll believe it when Thom Yorke's lazy eye is staring me down from two metres away. Till then, nada.

tommyN

tommyN said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

no doubt i will see them and love it if they come but dont really want the first time to be just the king of limbs.......oh well, beggars cant be choosers!

i_have_ADD

i_have_ADD said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

daveyac8881

daveyac8881 said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

AndyLedHead

AndyLedHead said on the 22nd Sep, 2011

This is far too difficult to believe.

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 23rd Sep, 2011

I'll believe this when someone refutes Special Relativity.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 23rd Sep, 2011

Huzzah!

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/particles-found-to-break-speed-of-light-challenging-laws-of-physics-20110923-1kntb.html

Particles found to break speed of light, challenging laws of physics, special relativity and all but confirming the imminent announcement of a Radiohead Tour

An international team of scientists says it has recorded sub-atomic particles travelling faster than light - a finding that could overturn one of Albert Einstein's long-accepted fundamental laws of the universe.

Antonio Ereditato, spokesman for the researchers, said that measurements taken over three years showed neutrinos pumped from CERN near Geneva to Gran Sasso in Italy had arrived 60 nanoseconds quicker than light would have done.
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"We have high confidence in our results. We have checked and rechecked for anything that could have distorted our measurements but we found nothing," he said. "We now want colleagues to check them independently."

If confirmed, the discovery would undermine Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity, which says that the speed of light is a "cosmic constant" and that nothing in the universe can travel faster.

That assertion, which has withstood over a century of testing, is one of the key elements of the so-called Standard Model of physics, which attempts to describe the way the universe and everything in it works.

The totally unexpected finding emerged from research by a physicists working on an experiment dubbed OPERA run jointly by the CERN particle research centre near Geneva and the Gran Sasso Laboratory in central Italy.

A total of 15,000 beams of neutrinos - tiny particles that pervade the cosmos - were fired over a period of 3 years from CERN towards Gran Sasso 730 kilometres away, where they were picked up by giant detectors.

Light would have covered the distance in around 2.4 thousandths of a second, but the neutrinos took 60 nanoseconds - or 60 billionths of a second - less than light beams would have taken.

"It is a tiny difference," said Ereditato, who also works at Berne University in Switzerland, "but conceptually it is incredibly important. The finding is so startling that, for the moment, everybody should be very prudent."

Ereditato declined to speculate on what it might mean if other physicists, who will be officially informed of the discovery at a meeting in CERN on Friday, found that OPERA's measurements were correct.

"I just don't want to think of the implications," he said. "We are scientists and work with what we know."

Much science-fiction literature is based on the idea that, if the light-speed barrier can be overcome, time travel might theoretically become possible.

The existence of the neutrino, an elementary sub-atomic particle with a tiny amount of mass created in radioactive decay or in nuclear reactions such as those in the Sun, was first confirmed in 1934, but it still mystifies researchers.

It can pass through most matter undetected, even over long distances, and without being affected. Millions pass through the human body every day, scientists say.

To reach Gran Sasso, the neutrinos pushed out from a special installation at CERN - also home to the Large Hadron Collider probing the origins of the universe - have to pass through water, air and rock.

The underground Italian laboratory, some 120 kilometres to the south of Rome, is the largest of its type in the world for particle physics and cosmic research.

Around 750 scientists from 22 different countries work there, attracted by the possibility of staging experiments in its three massive halls, protected from cosmic rays by some 1400 metres of rock overhead.

Reuters

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 23rd Sep, 2011

If that was the case we could overturn causality and have Kid A without having to have Creep. And, fuck, that would be brilliant.

Cr1zZ

Cr1zZ said on the 23rd Sep, 2011

hearsz

hearsz said on the 23rd Sep, 2011

A Radiohead "Australian Tour" is about as likely as a tour here by Weezer isn't it?

grattan

grattan said on the 23rd Sep, 2011

Well Soundwave will have a Weezer covers set... so maybe we'll get a Radiohead covers set - from Jim Carrey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsKmOy2wnlM

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 25th Sep, 2011

the band on SNL last night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzfmFqKjDL4&feature=share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD_8bLhdnIY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

luxembourgerqueen

luxembourgerqueen said on the 25th Sep, 2011

Thom's vocals seem a bit off in points in Lotus Flower and in general the songs seem a bit rough. I guess it's too be expected when it's only their 2nd public performance of them live. Hopefully they'll be able to get the tracks up to a higher standard for the rest of the tour.

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 25th Sep, 2011

They sounded really good on From the Basement, and I'm glad they've managed to make TKOL work live, but it is pretty rough yeah. I'll be interested to see how much pre-In Rainbows material they plan on including in their sets these days

luxembourgerqueen

luxembourgerqueen said on the 25th Sep, 2011

I think it'll be a reasonable amount of pre-IR, I don't think Glasto was an indication of what the setlists will actually be like - that was more just to play TKOL for the first time with a few other songs put in. But yeah it'll be interesting to see what they play at the two upcoming NY shows since they're the first proper shows of the tour.
It'll also be interesting to see how they utilise Clive (the 2nd tour drummer) during the tour for older songs that weren't intended for two drum sets.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 25th Sep, 2011

i expect a lot of TKOL-era stuff in these NY shows. i've been quite critical of TKOL but a lot of the non-album tracks like Staircase, These Are My Twisted Words and The Daily Mail are brilliant. so even if they do decide to play 8/9 tracks from this era i won't be complaining at all as there's enough quality between the album tracks and non-album tracks to justify that amount of attention on a setlist.

luxembourgerqueen

luxembourgerqueen said on the 25th Sep, 2011

I hope they try out Supercollider and/or The Butcher since they didn't play them on the From The Basement episode or at any live performance yet. Especially Supercollider, I think that'll work really well live.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 27th Sep, 2011

the band did 6 songs on Colbert today.

The Daily Mail
Bloom
The National Anthem
Codex
Little by Little

the show goes to air in a couple of hours.

Maximillian Billion

Maximillian Billion said on the 27th Sep, 2011

the band did 6 songs on Colbert today.

The Daily Mail
Bloom
The National Anthem
Codex
Little by Little

the show goes to air in a couple of hours.

Good to see they are bringing out all of the big, mainstream hit singles....

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 27th Sep, 2011

Much more interested in Colbert interviewing them.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 27th Sep, 2011

i followed the interview on twitter (people at the taping were tweeting as it happened) and some of the questions were hilarious. not sure how the band responded.

Piko

Piko said on the 27th Sep, 2011

Oooh, Might have to eztv this one

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 29th Sep, 2011

they're about an hour into their show in NYC tonight, their first headline show in something like 20 months.

Setlist

1.Bloom
2.Little by Little
3.Staircase
4.Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
5. Feral
6 Subterranean Homesick Alien (WOW!!!)
7. All I Need
8. One I Love(REM)/ Everything in its Right Place.
9. Lotus Flower
10. 15 Step
11. Myxomatosis
12. Codex
13. The Daily Mail
14. Bodysnatchers
15. Reckoner

Encore 1

16. Give up the Ghost
17. The National Anthem
18. Morning Mr Magpie

Encore 2

19. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
20. Nude

luxembourgerqueen

luxembourgerqueen said on the 29th Sep, 2011

Yeah I was just about to post that. First time they've played Subterranean since 2003 apparently.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 29th Sep, 2011

less than 80mins in. it seems like the show is over. the house lights have come on and the roadies are taking down the set.

EDIT: ignore post. it was just a gimmick.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 29th Sep, 2011

I would love to hear Everything In It's Right Place live

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 29th Sep, 2011

from what i hear the band had more planned but had to meet a midnight curfew. why they started at 10:20pm with that knowledge is beyond me.

that setlist looks fairly mediocre with the exception of Subterranean and Street Spirit. having 9 TKOL-era songs is borderline excessive but they're at least playing the right ones. early reviews of the show have been negative.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 29th Sep, 2011

Radiohead from '95 - '03 > Radiohead '04 > Now

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 29th Sep, 2011

don't think you would get many arguments there. but their longevity hasn't been matched by any other band of the last 20yrs. radiohead have through various means (largely their music) remained relevant and somewhat "cool" whilst almost all of their colleagues from the early 90s have been cringe-worthy have-beens or non-existent altogether.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 30th Sep, 2011

they're about an hour into their show in NYC tonight, their first headline show in something like 20 months.

Setlist

1.Bloom
2.Little by Little
3.Staircase
4.Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
5. Feral
6 Subterranean Homesick Alien (WOW!!!)
7. All I Need
8. One I Love(REM)/ Everything in its Right Place.
9. Lotus Flower
10. 15 Step
11. Myxomatosis
12. Codex
13. The Daily Mail
14. Bodysnatchers
15. Reckoner

Encore 1

16. Give up the Ghost
17. The National Anthem
18. Morning Mr Magpie

Encore 2

19. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
20. Nude

Friends of mine were at this show.

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/294634_10150404302040645_748585644_10657507_1288810610_n.jpg

(not sure if posting the facebook image address works for everyone - let me know if it doesn't show)

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 30th Sep, 2011

wasn't going to post the setlist from the second night cos it turned out almost identical. so here's a link to it.

http://www.ateaseweb.com/2011/09/29/radiohead-at-roseland-ballroom-new-york-city-night-2/

they did Like Spinning Plates and 10 TKOL-era songs.

4evablues said on the 30th Sep, 2011

they're about an hour into their show in nyc tonight, their first headline show in something like 20 months.

setlist

1.bloom
2.little by little
3.staircase
4.weird fishes/arpeggi
5. feral
6 subterranean homesick alien (wow!!!)
7. all i need
8. one i love(rem)/ everything in its right place.
9. lotus flower
10. 15 step
11. myxomatosis
12. codex
13. the daily mail
14. bodysnatchers
15. reckoner

encore 1

16. give up the ghost
17. the national anthem
18. morning mr magpie

encore 2

19. street spirit (fade out)
20. nude

would have loved to see this!!!!

Daft Punks Lip Sweat

Daft Punks Lip Sweat said on the 30th Sep, 2011

Needs moar Paranoid Android & Idioteque.

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 30th Sep, 2011

Radiohead, y u no perform Separator

grattan

grattan said on the 19th Oct, 2011

From NME:

BBC 6Music, guitarist Ed O'Brien confirmed that the band would be on the road for most of 2012, saying: "We're finalizing dates now, we'll be on the road from the end of February to November and we'll be playing in both the UK and US, the usual ports of call."

Asked what the set would consist of, O'Brien replied: "It has to be a set in itself, last time we went out it was 'In Rainbows' and a greatest hits. It's not going to be like that this time. It's going to be predominately from this record and the last one and then we'll see which songs fit around that."

"Some of the shows will be outside, but the ones in Europe will be inside and I think that's very much a reaction to when we played last time. We played in the height of summer and compromised our production. Outdoor gigs can be great, but the sound can get diluted, you're at the mercy of the elements and I think the record demands a space where the music is loud, strong and detailed."

"February to November" tour - promising!
"playing in both the UK and US, the usual ports of call" - damn!

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 19th Oct, 2011

Not to get all white people problems but if Radiohead finally come back and only play King Of Limbs era tracks I am going to go ape poopy.

01seb

01seb said on the 19th Oct, 2011

Not really a big fan of King of Limbs to be honest. Would much rather that they continue to play a decent amount of material from older records...

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 19th Oct, 2011

I would prefer if they weren't a bunch of drippy, wonk eyed, shit cunts and actually toured here at all.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 19th Oct, 2011

if a carbon tax can't get radiohead here. nothing will!

shazie

shazie said on the 19th Oct, 2011

I believe that was the main reason for introducing it.

csgoh said on the 19th Oct, 2011

In one word: No

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 19th Oct, 2011

In one word: What?

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 19th Oct, 2011

Yeah Radiohead you can keep your King of Limbs. Not all of us are sorry khunts who have never seen you before and will pay to put up with this shit.

John Henry Eden

John Henry Eden said on the 19th Oct, 2011

people getting mad they don't like the king of limbs. hahaha. go listen some m83.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 19th Oct, 2011

Why you no use conjunction words?

John Henry Eden

John Henry Eden said on the 19th Oct, 2011

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 7th Nov, 2011

well here's the first part of that 2012 tour.

February
27th Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
29th Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum

March
1st Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
3rd Houston, TX Toyota Center
5th Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
7th Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
9th St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
11th Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
13th Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center
15th Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena

01seb

01seb said on the 7th Nov, 2011

Interesting that the US is getting the first bite of the cherry...

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 8th Nov, 2011

well here's the first part of that 2012 tour.

February
27th Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
29th Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum

March
1st Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
3rd Houston, TX Toyota Center
5th Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
7th Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
9th St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
11th Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
13th Broomfield, CO 1st Bank Center
15th Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena

So i guess that rules out PGW then

Aren't they headlining coachella? Would make sense they do a small tour around that time anyway and then they will do the Euro summer

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 8th Nov, 2011

Oh sweet, that leaves them open to never tour here ever!

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 8th Nov, 2011

Good Charlotte are playing The Bends in its entirety as an encore.

humanracin

humanracin said on the 8th Nov, 2011

Maybe someone should start a festival with all these bands that never tour here...
Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Arcade Fire: triple headline bill!

Death of Marat

Death of Marat said on the 8th Nov, 2011

maybe someone should start a festival with all these bands that never tour here...
radiohead, depeche mode, arcade fire: triple headline bill!

arcade fire toured not that long ago, my bro took me along as a bday present. replace them with weezer.
i don't even remember radiohead ever touring.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 8th Nov, 2011

2003, they played sydney and canceled melbourne, bumblebeez supported.

There are many many acts who have had a greater gap since their last tour. I wasn't even born when Depeche Mode last toured.

humanracin

humanracin said on the 8th Nov, 2011

It was 94 if I remember correctly, way overdue!

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 8th Nov, 2011

Thought it was the 90 violator tour?

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 8th Nov, 2011

It can happen! It took Iron Maiden about 15 years but they eventually came back!

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 8th Nov, 2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic/Summer_Tour_%2794

they've done over 300 shows in the past decade. none in australia.

MissB

MissB said on the 8th Nov, 2011

2003, they played sydney and canceled melbourne, bumblebeez supported.

2004. ;)

Bumblebeez were horrible.

Daft Punks Lip Sweat

Daft Punks Lip Sweat said on the 8th Nov, 2011

Looking at the setlists I can't really decide which show I would of wanted to be at..

1st Sydney Show

kid a
sit down stand up
there there
the gloaming
sail to the moon
fake plastic trees
idioteque
pyramid song
i might be wrong
life in a glass house
like spinning plates
everything in it's right place
nathional anthem
-----------------------
wolf at the door
scatterbrain
paranoid android
exit music
let down
karma police
backdrifters
where i end and you begin
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we suck young blood
airbag
lucky
true love waits
pulk pull revolving doors

2nd Sydney Show

There There
2+2=5
Myxomatosis
Morning Bell
Kid A
My Iron Lung
Backdrifts
Pyramid Song
I Might Be Wrong
Go To Sleep
Where I End And You Begin
You And Whose Army?
Climbing Up The Walls
National Anthem
Exit Music
Paranoid Android
Sit Down. Stand Up
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Planet Telex
Sail To The Moon
Idioteque
How To Disappear Completely
-----------------------
Karma Police
Everything In Its Right Place

Melbourne Show

There There
2+2=5
Lucky
Myxamatosis
Where I End and You Begin
Backdrifts
Pyramid Song
Go to Sleep
My Iron Lung
The Gloaming
Talk Show Host
Exit Music (For A Film)
Sit Down, Stand Up
Paranoid Android
National Anthem
No Surprises
Idioteque
You and Whose Army?
Fake Plastic Trees
Planet Telex
Everything in it's Right Place

MissB

MissB said on the 8th Nov, 2011

I was at the second Sydney show. Opening up with There There was awesome.

The only song I was really kinda sad I missed was Fake Plastic Trees

01seb

01seb said on the 8th Nov, 2011

2nd Sydney Show for me.

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 8th Nov, 2011

No Street Spirit at any of them? Sad.

01seb

01seb said on the 8th Nov, 2011

This.

Also, no The Tourist :(

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 8th Nov, 2011

they could've played every song from The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows and most of us would still be complaining that they didn't play enough b-sides.

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 8th Nov, 2011

Street Spirit always seemed like the perfect final encore song, but that's probably just me, idk

neuroticwill

neuroticwill said on the 8th Nov, 2011

I was also at the 2nd Sydney show.
They played Sydney EntCent April 23 and 24, then Rod Laver April 26, and pulled out of their final melb show on April 27, due to Thom's throat problems.

It would have been nice to hear Fake Plastic Trees, but I don't think I would have been complaining at the time.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 8th Nov, 2011

Hey Paul McCartney, when will you come tour for me

daveyac8881

daveyac8881 said on the 11th Nov, 2011

Sydney Second show looks great but I'd have gone to both for sure.

I saw Paul McCartney in Las Vegas in July!! :D

Daft Punks Lip Sweat

Daft Punks Lip Sweat said on the 20th Nov, 2011

European Dates announced:

06-30 Rome, Italy - Hyppodrome Capanelle
07-01 Florence, Italy - Parco Delle Cascine
07-03 Bologna, Italy - Piazza Maggiore
07-04 Codroipo, Italy - Villa Manin
07-06 Berlin, Germany - Wuhlheide

Nice little lead up to Splendour there..

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 21st Nov, 2011

Realistic chance I will catch them on one of those dates in Italy.

Piko

Piko said on the 21st Nov, 2011

I would be tempted to attend two Australian shows if they are occur.

shazie

shazie said on the 21st Nov, 2011

Was hoping they would play T in the Park but looking like a no go. Maybe on the last night? (8th july)

01seb

01seb said on the 21st Nov, 2011

The word is that they'll be doing Isle of Wight in the UK

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 21st Nov, 2011

Isle of Wight? I would've expected to see them at Bestival instead

01seb

01seb said on the 21st Nov, 2011

Yeah Isle of Wight and Hard Rock Calling are the 2 that they are most hotly tipped to do.
Bestival would be cool though