US EditionRadiohead Returns for First Show Since 2018: Every Song From Opening Night in Madrid
Radiohead's comeback show featured a 25-song set in a unique in-the-round format, marking their first live performance in over seven years, with a sold-out 17,000-seat arena.
- Radiohead opened their comeback on Tuesday at Madrid's Movistar Arena, marking their first live show in seven years and the start of the sold-out European and U.K. tour.
- After stopping post-2016, Radiohead regrouped because of burnout and personal loss; last year, members rehearsed and said reconnecting felt right, leading to a surprise comeback announcement two months ago.
- Radiohead delivered a 25-song set spanning nine studio albums on an in-the-round stage with see-through LED panels, rehearsing over 65 songs after a 28-song soundcheck reported by fans.
- Fans and critics hailed the night as transcendent, with Radiohead rejuvenated onstage as they launched a new tour merch line and opened with 'Let Down,' which recently charted in the U.S.
- The tour features residencies and promises changing setlists, including four-night residencies, while Radiohead hasn’t released new studio music since A Moon Shaped Pool in 2016, and frontman Thom Yorke said the band hasn't 'thought past the tour.
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With British punctuality, at 8.30 pm, and all tickets sold, Radiohead reappeared last night in Madrid after seven years of silence at a concert where he deployed his hypnotic music to 17,000 spectators.The first step of a tour that, after four days in the Spanish capital, has to take Thom Yorke's to Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin on their unexpected return to the future.Continue reading...
The British group inaugurates the series of concerts of its European tour with a show overflowing with lights and sound. The performance conquers an enclosure full of parishioners. More information: Thom York, from Radiohead, assures a few days from starting his tour in Madrid that he would not now play in Israel
Grooves against the heart rhythm, sparkling synthesizers: The band Radiohead starts their long-awaited European tour in Madrid. And proves how important the risk remains in the music.
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