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Radiohead announce 2027 tour with shows in Australia and Japan

From The Guardian · () English

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News Named sources New plan
  • Radiohead will play 16 shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in May 2027, its first Australian tour in 15 years.
  • The band will also perform five concerts near Tokyo, marking its first Japan shows in 19 years.
  • An interest-registration system will allocate access to Australian ticket sales through a ballot-like process designed to limit automated and unauthorized purchases.

Radiohead will return to Australia for the first time in 15 years, with 16 shows scheduled across Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in May 2027. The British band also announced five concerts in Japan, giving fans in both countries a long-awaited chance to see the group live again.

The Australian leg begins at Perth’s RAC Arena on May 3, with four performances in the city. Radiohead will then play six shows at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena and continue to Sydney’s Afterpay Arena. The band’s Japan dates will take place at GMO Arena Saitama, near Tokyo.

Karma Police

· Thom YorkeThe song Yorke performed after briefly leaving a 2024 Melbourne solo show following a heckling incident.

Radiohead last toured Australia after releasing 2011’s The King of Limbs. Frontman Thom Yorke later returned for solo shows in 2024, including a Melbourne performance that briefly stopped after he was heckled by a pro-Palestine protester. Yorke returned a few minutes later to perform “Karma Police,” the band’s 1997 hit.

help give fans fair access to tickets and minimise automated and unauthorised purchases.

· Frontier Touring ticket portalThe stated purpose of the ballot-like registration system for Australian ticket sales.

The group reunited last year after seven years apart for a series of European shows. It has not released a studio album since 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool, but that absence has not reduced demand. Fans rushed for tickets when the new shows were announced.

Frontier Touring opened an online portal on Monday for fans to register interest in Australian tickets. The system will use a ballot-like process to “help give fans fair access to tickets and minimise automated and unauthorised purchases.” Tickets are limited to four per city. Registration closes Thursday at 5pm AEST, with successful registrants due to receive further instructions from Friday and the chance to buy tickets the following week.

There’s no benefit to registering earlier. Every completed registration received by the deadline will be treated equally.

· Frontier Touring ticket portalThe portal’s explanation of how registrations will be handled.
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