Radiohead are very likely to announce a tour in the coming weeks, according to rumours that have swirled across the internet over the past few days. 

Speculation on new plans for the band, who haven't toured since 2018, began when they created a new limited liability partnership titled RHEUK25 LLP. Since the days of In Rainbows, a new LLP from the band has been a sign that they have significant plans in the works, and in this case the LLP is most likely an acronym for ‘Radiohead Europe UK 2025’, signalling a tour later this year. 

Further evidence has surfaced, as Radiohead’s management (using the pseudonym ‘Blueyed Pictures, inc’) offered a direct donation of four tickets to a ‘Radiohead concert of your choice’ in aid of a fire relief auction for Palisades High School in Los Angeles. The highest bidder would, according to the listing, be able to choose their show ‘based on the band’s tour schedule’. As reported by Resident Advisor, an anonymous source close to the band has confirmed a run of residency shows is planned across Europe this autumn. 

Despite releasing no new songs for almost a decade, the band have remained a hive of productivity since their last album, A Moon Shaped Pool, in 2016, both as a coherent group and as solo artists. Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood have been core members of krautrock outfit The Smile since 2021, alongside Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, releasing three albums. Phil Selway has ploughed his own furrow, releasing several solo albums under his own name. Ed O’Brien released one solo album, Earth, in 2021. And Colin Greenwood released a book of photography this year, documenting intimate, behind-the-scenes portraits of his bandmates.

As a group, the band have also worked on a videogame, Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, and reissued several of their most popular albums. Their 2003 release Hail To The Thief is also set to be reinterpreted in an adaptation of Hamlet touring England this spring. Meanwhile, Thom Yorke (who’s released several solo albums of his own since 2016) has announced a collaborative album with producer Mark Pritchard, Tall Tales, for release on Friday 9 May. The band’s breakthrough album, The Bends, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, though no major reissues have been announced beyond a new curated playlist featuring all of the album’s B-sides and remixes. 

Last September, Colin Greenwood revealed that the band spent time in a rehearsal studio ‘playing old songs’, so perhaps this potential tour will mark a rare moment of reflection for a band famously reluctant to pull out the hits. Time will tell what new plans the veteran act have in store.