Radiohead returns, but at their own pace
The news we were all waiting for arrived, but with one condition: patience. Radiohead confirmed that they will return to the stage, but not before 2027. The announcement was made by Ed O’Brien, the band’s guitarist, in an interview with Rolling Stone.
But this won’t be a traditional tour. Forget about those exhausting concert marathons. The band is planning something different.
“What we are going to do is give 20 concerts a year on a different continent. No more, no less,” O’Brien explained.
The idea is simple: quality over quantity. They want to stay longer in each place, offer better shows and, frankly, not die trying.
“We want to give our all every night. We don’t want it to seem like we are acting out of inertia… We are no longer chickens,” he added with that honesty that only experience gives.
A change inspired by Europe
This new approach does not come out of nowhere. Last year they did a short tour of Europe that changed their perspective.
“It was very, very emotional, very deep. We all felt that way. We looked at each other on stage and thought: ‘This is incredible'”
O’Brien even said he felt like “the luckiest person on the planet.” When a guy who’s played at Glastonbury says that, you know it’s real.
Although there are no exact dates, they did confirm that they plan to visit North and South America, Asia and Oceania. A world tour, but with breaks to breathe.
Meanwhile, O’Brien focuses on his solo project “Blue Morpho”, which comes out in May 2026. He said something beautiful about that album:
“I felt very insecure about my own composition… But the beautiful thing is that I let myself go and I didn’t care about anything. Because I love the process”
And he finished with a phrase to frame: “I’m going to do this until the day I die”. That, friends, is called vocation.
So yeah, Radiohead is back. But he does it his way: without rushing, with intention and reminding us that even rock icons need to rest.
