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Radiohead Australian tourrumours heat up

Mon 9th Jan, 2012 in International News

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

Ever since a dubious music industry source confirmed that Radiohead “has targeted [Australia] for their next tour”, we have been feverishly scouring the internet for clues that some time during 2012 the holy ones may be gracing us with their presence.

Now, three months after Yorke announced Radiohead would spend the year touring King Of Limbs , the band has confirmed a show in Taiwan for July 25th, the closest they have been to our shores for some time.

While no other dates are yet to be announced, numerous New Zealand websites are reporting that Radiohead will be heading Down Under in November; a rumour spurred on by singer Connan Mockasin who recently tweeted: “I won’t be coming home for camp but will be with Radiohead later in the year”

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Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 9th Jan, 2012

http://meme.zenfs.com/u/75353901d26716cc38a723b7d850d268cfcc66e2.gifa

I LIKE YOUR ATTITUDE

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Thanks. I got it off a hair dryer.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 9th Jan, 2012

A King Of Limbs-centric tour can fuck off.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Unlike most I dont have a scathing hate for the King of Limbs, so I would be happy with that show

01seb

01seb said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Splendour one-off show just so I can laugh at you all

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Would happily attend a King Of Limbs-centric show. Better than all the other Radiohead shows I've been to

Daft Punks Lip Sweat

Daft Punks Lip Sweat said on the 9th Jan, 2012

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Radiohead albums always take me a while to get into, so I'm still undecided on King Of Limbs. Gave it a listen today and felt...biege...

But as I already said, I'd just be happy to be seeing Radiohead

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Id laugh even more if it was a one off and then you coudnt go

01seb

01seb said on the 9th Jan, 2012

But I've already planned to go to Splendour next year anyway so your argument is invalid

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Jan, 2012

What if we break your legs?

01seb

01seb said on the 9th Jan, 2012

They have sufficient wheelchair facilities at Woodford.

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Jan, 2012

What if we break the facilities?

Your move.

01seb

01seb said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Hope you guys have a good time doing that whilst missing out on a lot of bands :P
Believe me, I'll find some way to be there haha

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 9th Jan, 2012

He'll walk on his hands!

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 9th Jan, 2012

What if we break his hands?

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Then he truly is the King of Limbs.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 9th Jan, 2012

http://emmie001.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/ausfilm.jpg

"He's an ideas man, that Steve."

shazie

shazie said on the 9th Jan, 2012

If they get announced for splendour (which they won't), it will be the biggest "fuck you" to me because I'll JUST miss their shows in Europe while I'm overseas this year...

If they get announced for splendour(which they won't), but also get announced for t in the park(which I'm pretty damn sure they won't), then everybody wins! Except the people not going to either..

Cody03 said on the 9th Jan, 2012

ever since a dubious music industry source confirmed that radiohead “has targeted [australia] for their next tour”, we have been feverishly scouring the internet for clues that some time during 2012 the holy ones may be gracing us with their presence. now, three months after yorke announced radiohead would spend the year touring king of limbs , the band has confirmed a show in taiwan for july 25th, the closest they have been to our shores for some time. while no other dates are yet to be announced, numerous new zealand websites are reporting that radiohead will be heading down under in november; a rumour spurred on by singer connan mockasin who recently tweeted: “i won’t be coming home for camp but will be with radiohead later in the year” radiohead were last in australia way back in 2004!

shazie

shazie said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Woah Where'd You Find That Info!

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Jan, 2012

frogerchanovsky

frogerchanovsky said on the 9th Jan, 2012

i swear the only people constantly perpetuating this rumour don't actually listen to radiohead, and just enjoy watching their obsessive fanbase squirm.

stadium tour would be great, harvest headline would be decent. if they play splendour exclusively, i will burn my radiohead records in disgust.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 9th Jan, 2012

Do people honestly think that Radiohead would headline Harvest when the capacity of the whole festival is designed to be like 10,000 people? I can't even see Radiohead headlining BDO...

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 9th Jan, 2012

People balking at the idea of a TKOL-dominated setlist need to watch/listen to Live from the Basement and hear how much the songs improve when performed live.

If this turns out to be true (it won't) and they announce an NZ show (they won't) I'd buy a ticket in a heartbeat (they would sell out before I even got a chance).

Try Quiche

Try Quiche said on the 9th Jan, 2012

I would imagine that if they did headline BDO, there would still be shitloads of people on the BDO facebook page complaining that they should have "gone for someone well known like Eminem"

valentine1

valentine1 said on the 10th Jan, 2012

and that's the reason why facebook can be such an annoyance - it gives lazy morons a voice.

yllaernaemiyllaer

yllaernaemiyllaer said on the 10th Jan, 2012

much like this forum

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 10th Jan, 2012

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Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 10th Jan, 2012

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 10th Jan, 2012

Nosyt

Nosyt said on the 10th Jan, 2012

Speaking as a Harvest foundation member, I don't see why not

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 10th Jan, 2012

Nope.

Radiohead is not going to play a festival that small. The economics don't work.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 10th Jan, 2012

It does seem like something AJ would have a solid crack at though.

Nosyt

Nosyt said on the 10th Jan, 2012

They've played intimate venues before. Massive sideshows and an intimate festival would economically work.

Stop shitting in my hat.

humanracin

humanracin said on the 10th Jan, 2012

Maybe Harvest will expand this year, it seemed to go down well last year?

juggers

juggers said on the 12th Jan, 2012

they are playing at fuji rock festival in japan so they will be here for splendour.

also heard a rumour from a drunk triple j presenter last year that will be here sometime this year.

neuroticwill

neuroticwill said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Care to substantiate that one juggers?

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 12th Jan, 2012

tauiwi

tauiwi said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Radiohead official tweeted they're playing at Fuji Rock.

ITS HAPPENING PEOPLE

neuroticwill

neuroticwill said on the 12th Jan, 2012

yep, July 25 in Taiwan, and just confirmed for Fuji Rock on July 29.
this has Splendour written all over it..

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Either that or they'll surprise their Australian fans by not announcing any dates at all.

How many times have they been to Japan since they last came to Australia?

juggers

juggers said on the 12th Jan, 2012

usually the case.

its a certainly now

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 12th Jan, 2012

i think they went to Japan in 2004 and 2008. Thom was there for Fuji in 2010 as well i think.

01seb

01seb said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Sorry but I disagree. If Fuji Rock and Splendour are on the same weekend next year, which they always have been, then Radiohead wouldn't play Taiwan on Wednesday, fly to Australia for Splendour on Friday/Saturday and fly back to Japan for Fuji Rock on Sunday.
Doesn't make sense to do it, and Radiohead are already so environmentally conscious anyway

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Thom Yorke has worked out that if he announces dates in Japan and Taiwan at the end of July and then doesn't come to Australia there'll be so many tears that the Murray-Darling River System will flow properly again.

It's all for the environment.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Sorry but I disagree. If Fuji Rock and Splendour are on the same weekend next year, which they always have been, then Radiohead wouldn't play Taiwan on Wednesday, fly to Australia for Splendour on Friday/Saturday and fly back to Japan for Fuji Rock on Sunday.
Doesn't make sense to do it, and Radiohead are already so environmentally conscious anyway

yet Thom seems to being flying from London to LA every second week to do those all important DJ sets........

(if he actually swims it then i apologise)

AndyLedHead

AndyLedHead said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Yeah such a double standard, the amount of flights he'd go on kind of undermines the anti-Australian thing anyway, like going to Taiwan

01seb

01seb said on the 12th Jan, 2012

yet Thom seems to being flying from London to LA every second week to do those all important DJ sets........

(if he actually swims it then i apologise)

So you're saying if they did Splendour it'd be a Australian exclusive? I'm ok with this...

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 12th Jan, 2012

it would be very very hypocritical if they did fly this far and only do 1 show. not that i've ever taken their environmental crap seriously.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Thom Yorke has worked out that if he announces dates in Japan and Taiwan at the end of July and then doesn't come to Australia there'll be so many tears that the Murray-Darling River System will flow properly again.

It's all for the environment.

Give this man a prize.

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Seconded. Especially after the King Of Limbs joke on the first page of the thread as well

Fake Plastic Android

Fake Plastic Android said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Braveheart is on fucking fire today.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 12th Jan, 2012

haha! just for the record i read this after i posted the exact same thing in another thread.

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Either that or they'll surprise their Australian fans by not announcing any dates at all.

How many times have they been to Japan since they last came to Australia?

Pretty sure it was just once in 2008. It got a TV broadcast and everything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpk57gB1rBU

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Yep, they toured Japan in October 2008

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 12th Jan, 2012

And they did Summer Sonic in 2003 and another tour in 2004.

sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister said on the 12th Jan, 2012

great show that one. interesting how Ed said that that tour was like a greatest hits tour while TKOL tour will be more TKOL based. they were playing 7 or 8 songs off In Rainbows every night. if thats their idea of greatest hits i'm afraid to see what this might be. Codex 7 times The Throne style?

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Radiohead Australian tour rumours cool down

Nosyt

Nosyt said on the 12th Jan, 2012

That we'll get them one day seems kinda threatening, watch out radiohead!

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 12th Jan, 2012

We'll get you, Radiohead! IF IT'S THE LAST THING WE DO!

Nosyt

Nosyt said on the 12th Jan, 2012

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YMOXQUoxk08/THK7WX6CMZI/AAAAAAAAA64/Ygxj08fOxS0/s1600/dr-claw.jpg

01seb

01seb said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Hate to say it, but I told you so

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Your cookie is in the mail...

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 12th Jan, 2012

Dammit, I want a cookie. No fair :(

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 20th Jan, 2012

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/6279995/Top-British-band-in-sights-for-Bowl-gig

Radiohead at the Bowl of Brooklands would slay.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 20th Jan, 2012

Think that Radiohead are too new/young an act to be this year's Hanging Rock gig?

Imagine Pyramid Song or Idioteque echoing over that place. Would slay.

Slip_dog

Slip_dog said on the 20th Jan, 2012

Ha ha Radiohead suck.

I don't get it, why?

is it because you all relate to their only number one hit so much?

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk

BundyandCola

BundyandCola said on the 21st Jan, 2012

dont you mean headline lol

flame away

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 21st Jan, 2012

The bigger band always headlines.....that would be radiohead

glad we cleared that one up for you

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 21st Jan, 2012

Figured I'd share this here for the sake of it

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/205087/slide_205087_620406_large.jpg?1327070932

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 22nd Jan, 2012

His trolling abilities are a very clear sign that he's set to headline Defqon1.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 22nd Jan, 2012

Highroad001

Highroad001 said on the 22nd Jan, 2012

haha, radiohead playing splendour or harvest? are you kidding. not even bdo.

they will do their own arena shows... i would hate to hve my radiohead live experience tainted by having to sit through subpar acts and having my energy half drained by the time they finally come out.

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 22nd Jan, 2012

haha, radiohead playing splendour or harvest? are you kidding. not even bdo.

they will do their own arena shows... i would hate to hve my radiohead live experience tainted by having to sit through subpar acts and having my energy half drained by the time they finally come out.

This post is retarded on far too many levels

shazie

shazie said on the 22nd Jan, 2012

haha, radiohead playing splendour or harvest? are you kidding. not even bdo.

they will do their own arena shows... i would hate to hve my radiohead live experience tainted by having to sit through subpar acts and having my energy half drained by the time they finally come out.

You think you have it bad? People going to Coachella have to see Bon Iver, The Shins, Manchester Orchestra, We Were Promised Jetpacks and many more bands before Radiohead. God only knows how awful of a day they'll have.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 22nd Jan, 2012

Has anyone noticed that all 25 posts by Highroad001 so far have been at least 60% troll?

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 22nd Jan, 2012

Againstyou

Againstyou said on the 24th Jan, 2012

not sure whether i would go. ok computer might be the best album of all time and all the albums before that are awesome, but i'm far from a fan of kid a onwards.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 24th Jan, 2012

You sir, need your head checked

Againstyou

Againstyou said on the 24th Jan, 2012

oh, make no mistake, everyone i've ever met had said that but i keep trying and not being able to get into kid a. would any of the later albums help bridge the gap between rock band radiohead and electro-prog-whateverthefucktheywanttodo radiohead?

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 24th Jan, 2012

In Rainbows is pretty much as accessible as post-OKC Radiohead get, fwiw

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 24th Jan, 2012

So old mate is pissed that they decided to play more than one style of music? Is that it?

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 25th Jan, 2012

I'm not judging you for not liking post-OKC stuff (people don't realise that without In Rainbows none of that stuff is accessible at all), I'm judging you for thinking that Pablo Honey isn't atrocious and that the Bends isn't hit-and-miss.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 25th Jan, 2012

ThatDude123 I think you are a rad dude. And that you are heaps fit. But The Bends is perfect, so you can EAD.

I think Hail To The Thief is just as accessible/less boring as fuck than In Rainbows.

Nosyt

Nosyt said on the 25th Jan, 2012

What? Am I understanding you correctly, are you saying that all albums after OKC are inaccessible unless you listen to In Rainbows?

golden_swallow

golden_swallow said on the 23rd Feb, 2012

yup i agree...but post kid-a i could handle it again

Hinee

Hinee said on the 25th Feb, 2012

Most over rated band on earth

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 25th Feb, 2012

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hdDfz3pI2EQ/TFc7Aes5VpI/AAAAAAAAAcY/Uct6zSR0zbg/s1600/willy-wonka-wilder.jpg

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 25th Feb, 2012

The Great Monkey War

The Great Monkey War said on the 26th Feb, 2012

Hail to the Thief was a pretty big return to guitar / conventional instrumentation. In Rainbows continued that trend, although with a more upbeat mood.

Sir Toire

Sir Toire said on the 26th Feb, 2012

Sit Down Stand Up (up to that bit at the end ("the raindrops, the raindrops")), Backdrifts, The Gloaming, Myxomatosis all don't sound that guitar-y.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 27th Feb, 2012

They do sound amazing though.

shazie

shazie said on the 27th Feb, 2012

Especially Myxomatosis.

shazie

shazie said on the 27th Feb, 2012

Speaking of Radiohead, I think there might be a little news of some further development:

RADIOHEAD ARE COMING TO AUSTRALIA
After 8 years of rumours, speculation and crossed fingers - triple j can finally reveal that RADIOHEAD will make their long-awaited return to Australian shores this November.

The seminal UK outfit will play just 5 shows - 1 in Brisbane and two each for Sydney and Melbourne - for one of the most anticipated tours of the last decade.

The run of shows come off the back of their eighth studio release, 2011's The King Of Limbs, but unlike their recent festivals shows - where they have focussed heavily on new material - the band will use these long-overdue shows as a chance to "showcase the band's multi-decade career in an aural and visual celebration."

At a time when bands are touring Australia more than ever - some even twice in the same year - Radiohead remain one of the only acts that have kept their distance.

To give you some context, this is what the triple j website looked like the last time Radiohead were in the country.

It's been 8 years since then.

For that tour, Radiohead played just 3 shows; two in Sydney and one in Melbourne. Before that visit, it had been another 6 years since they were last here in support of OK Computer in early 1998.

In fact, since the release of their first single 'Creep' in 1992 Radiohead have played in Australia just 3 times.

But in November, they make it 4 - here are the dates:

Tue 6 Nov
Vector Arena
Auckland

Fri 9 Nov
Entertainment Centre
Brisbane

Mon 12 Nov
Entertainment Centre
Sydney

Tue 13 Nov
Entertainment Centre
Sydney

Fri 16 Nov
Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne

Sat 17 Nov
Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne

Tickets for all shows go on sale Thursday March 1 at 9am (local time).

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3439985.htm

batdan

batdan said on the 27th Feb, 2012

No Adelaide Farken.

Sir Toire

Sir Toire said on the 27th Feb, 2012

Holy shit.

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES

monokhrome_nite

monokhrome_nite said on the 27th Feb, 2012

I probably won't be able to go to that. Oh well.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 27th Feb, 2012

You should go anyway.

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