Radiohead announce long run of 2027 residency shows in Australia and Japan

Radiohead have announced a run of residency shows in Australia and Japan for 2027. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Radiohead live in London review: a generous and visceral hit parade (of sorts) The Oxford group returned to the stage in the UK and Europe last year, marking their first live dates together since 2018. They played a run of 20 arena concerts across five cities, including four nights at London’s O2. Then, in March, guitarist Ed O’Brien confirmed that the band had plans to hit the road again in 2027 and beyond. “What we’re going to do is, every year we’re going to do a different continent, and we’re going to do 20 shows each year. No more, no less,” he said at the time. Now, the band have announced 21 shows next year, set to take place in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, followed by a run in Saitama, Japan. To reduce competition from bots and ticket scalpers, tickets are only available to fans who register on Radiohead’s official website. Fans can purchase up to four tickets per registration. Sign up here and find a full list of dates below. Radiohead’s 2027 tour dates are: MAY 3 – RAC Arena, Perth 4 – RAC Arena, Perth 6 – RAC Arena, Perth 7 – RAC Arena, Perth 13 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 14 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 16 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 17 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 19 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 20 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 25 – Afterpay Arena, Sydney 26 – Afterpay Arena, Sydney 28 – Afterpay Arena, Sydney 29 – Afterpay Arena, Sydney 31 – Afterpay Arena, SydneyRecommended JUNE 1 – Afterpay Arena, Sydney 8 – GMO Arena Saitama 9 – GMO Arena Saitama 11 – GMO Arena Saitama 12 – GMO Arena Saitama 13 – GMO Arena Saitama Fans have also been speculating that Radiohead may be returning to Tokyo, after teasers appeared featuring the band at this year’s Summer Sonic music festival in the city. In a glowing, five-star review of one of Radiohead’s gigs in London last November, NME wrote: “What a show: a visceral energy, a tasteful spectacle, all delivered with a generosity of spirit, Yorke in full rockstar mode as the band trade places to tend to each corner of the venue. “For a band once embarrassed by the notion of ‘arena rock’, nobody does it better. A new album and another night like this can’t come soon enough.” The reunion shows saw Radiohead break the attendance record for London’s O2, surpassing Metallica, who had held the title since 2017. In the capital, the band’s dates raised money for the LIVE Trust, which represents the UK’s live music and entertainment sector, along with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) for their European shows. Expanding on his “20 shows” comments, O’Brien told fans to “take that with a pinch of salt” earlier this year, adding: “I don’t think we’ll do any more than 20 shows.” “Because you can’t do any more – these songs, they’re too powerful. The shows last year were really emotional. By the end of it, you were drained.” O’Brien also told NME this spring that the band had “not even talked about another record” yet. “Where did you get this idea that there’s another Radiohead record?” he asked us. He reflected on the “amazing” tour, too, saying Radiohead were “so blessed that people want to see what we do, but at the heart of it, it’s five people”. “The songs can kind of play themselves in a way, but if there’s the love and that feeling between the five of us, and there was, and it was glorious,” he told us.