Radiohead touring in 2016

[theDandy]

Rosklide is 25/06-02/07 and Rock Wercther is 25/06-28/06, according to Google

[Acid_Haze]

So Radiohead are in Iceland a week before Glastonbury and Switzerland a week after? In terms of Geography which country fits quite perfectly inbetween those countries?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Denmark?

[Mezhyp1]

Werchter was only the same weekend last year so they could get Foo Fighters before they went back to America, it'll be back to the weekend after this year 

[theDandy]

5 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

Werchter was only the same weekend last year so they could get Foo Fighters before they went back to America, it'll be back to the weekend after this year 

you are correct, 30/06-03/07 on their website

[ghostdancer1]

festivals of note the same weekend:

Tinderbox (Denmark)

Down the Rabbit Hole (Netherlands)

Hurricane Festival (Germany)

Southside Festival (Germany)

 

Werchter, Open'er, Roskilde Open Air St. Gallen, Bravalla and Eurokeennes are all the weekend after, probably a few others too.

Edited January 28, 2016 by ghostdancer1

[bethannny]

Well this is getting a bit silly.

Either Radiohead is definitely happening or this is all a massive wind up. Argh. 

[ThomZorke]

Hurricane and Southside already have their headliners.

[shorttooth]

This is how it will go...

 

2-3 more large-scale festival appearances to be announced over the next 2 weeks.

 

Glastonbury to be the final announcement, headlining the Saturday night.

 

The album to then drop mid to end March.

 

Of course I hope I am wrong and it drops tomorrow.

[stocky3000]

1 minute ago, shorttooth said:

This is how it will go...

 

2-3 more large-scale festival appearances to be announced over the next 2 weeks.

 

Glastonbury to be the final announcement, headlining the Saturday night.

 

The album to then drop mid to end March.

 

Of course I hope I am wrong and it drops tomorrow.

I think the album is being 'showcased' at primavera so I am expecting it to be around then 

[shorttooth]

1 minute ago, stocky3000 said:

I think the album is being 'showcased' at primavera so I am expecting it to be around then 

I would be surprised if they left the album release so late in the day before these appearances. Although having said that, how far in advance had Radiohead release TKOL before debuting it at Glastonbury?

[GlastoSimon]

1 minute ago, shorttooth said:

I would be surprised if they left the album release so late in the day before these appearances. Although having said that, how far in advance had Radiohead release TKOL before debuting it at Glastonbury?

Four months, so a fair bit.

Radiohead is looking more and more likely, I don't think Muse makes as much sense if I'm honest. Either gonna be severe joy or severe heartbreak in this thread.

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, shorttooth said:

I would be surprised if they left the album release so late in the day before these appearances. Although having said that, how far in advance had Radiohead release TKOL before debuting it at Glastonbury?

can't really compare a bunch of festival headline sets with a secret set on a tiny stage. i think the album will come out a fair while before all of these shows

[T-Mouse]

47 minutes ago, Acid_Haze said:

So Radiohead are in Iceland a week before Glastonbury and Switzerland a week after? In terms of Geography which country fits quite perfectly inbetween those countries?

Scotland surely...

[Spindles]

Album feels imminent to me.  You never know with these fellas.

 

[shorttooth]

That's what I mean. It feels to me the album will be out in the next month or so. By that time hopefully they will have been announced. I am a massive Radiohead fan so I may lack perspective, but, are they considered headline material for Glastonbury these days? As a purist I of course say yes, but the Adele/Muse/Coldplay crowd would certainly not be happy with them headlining....

 

Not that I give a shit about them.

 

 

[FloorFiller]

1 minute ago, shorttooth said:

That's what I mean. It feels to me the album will be out in the next month or so. By that time hopefully they will have been announced. I am a massive Radiohead fan so I may lack perspective, but, are they considered headline material for Glastonbury these days? As a purist I of course say yes, but the Adele/Muse/Coldplay crowd would certainly not be happy with them headlining....

 

Not that I give a shit about them.

 

 

they're definitely considered a headliner. how the performance would go down to the general public is another thing entirely, and i guess depends on what their new album sounds like/what kind of setlist they do. i'm guessing a lot of people will moan that it's all a bit drab and depressing, but those people can go suck a dick. imo they're the best possible headliner the festival could book for this year 

[addicted2noise]

2 minutes ago, Spindles said:

Album feels imminent to me.  You never know with these fellas.

 

Yeah, I don't think they'd be announcing any dates if the album wasn't near enough finished, they'll probably drop it via bittorent any day now. 

[JoeyT]

Forgive me but if Radiohead play will they play the BBC Saturday night TV watcher songs or do something weird like just play the entire new album?

[knivesout]

2 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Forgive me but if Radiohead play will they play the BBC Saturday night TV watcher songs or do something weird like just play the entire new album?

Was taking a look over their festival setlists from their last tour in 2012, they seem to play a good mix of IR+TKOL and then a few of 'the hits'

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'd have a genuine choice on my hands if Radiohead are headlining and something like, I dunno, E,W & F is on at the Holts.

Wouldn't have a scooby what to do.

[GlastoSimon]

1 minute ago, JoeyT said:

Forgive me but if Radiohead play will they play the BBC Saturday night TV watcher songs or do something weird like just play the entire new album?

I think it'd be heavy new album/In Rainbows/TKOL (maybe less TKOL than the others), with the odd old cult favourite and one or two 'hits' at the most. 

Hard to tell until setlists start appearing though.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Fuji Rock setlist is a bit niche:

Lotus Flower
Bloom
15 Step
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Kid A
Morning Mr. Magpie
The Gloaming
Separator
Pyramid Song
Nude
Staircase
There There
Karma Police
Myxomatosis
Feral
Play Video
Idioteque

Encore:
Give Up the Ghost
You and Whose Army?
Planet Telex
Everything in Its Right Place
Reckoner

Encore 2:
Bodysnatchers
Paranoid Android

[JoeyT]

Well from a personal point of view (being an armchair listener so to speak) I'd cross my fingers for more of the hits!

[Spindles]

That is pretty much exactly what I would expect of them.  I reckon that there would be some trimming to make room for maybe 3 or 4 new album tracks, but similar to that setlist.