The time could have come: the Radioheads seem ready to announce the first concerts since 2018. After months of more or less veiled clues, mysterious flyers appeared in different European cities, fueling the rumors about an imminent tour of the band.
In London, some fans found at Barbican dei Flyer which report four dates in November 2025 (21, 22, 24 and 25), without however indicating the place of concerts. Posts appeared on the Sumddit dedicated to the group confirm that several fans went to the cultural center in person to get a copy of the flyer. Other posters, with the same graphics, have been reported in Copenhagen, where dates set for the 1st, 2, 4 and 5 December appear. According to Brooklyn Vegan, similar flyers were also spotted in Bologna.
These signals are added to other clues that have started circulating already in recent months: in March the band has recorded a new company, the Rheuk25 LLP, based in London at the Hardwick & Morris offices, historic accounting consultants of the group. The initiative involves all five members – Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, and O'Brien and Philip Selway – and, by custom, operations of this type prelude to a resumption of concert activity. The name “Rheuk25” combines the reference to the band (Radiohead), to Europe (EU), to the United Kingdom (UK) and to the year 2025. Shortly after the band donated four tickets valid for a “Radiohead concert of your choice” as part of a charity auction in Los Angeles.
For the moment, the group spokespersons have not made statements, further fueling the mystery. If the rumors proved to be founded, the dates of London and Copenhagen would represent the return of the radioheads after seven years of absence, from the last tour linked to “A Moon Shaped Pool”, which ended in 2018.
In recent days, the Radioheads have returned to the American charts thanks to an unexpected tow: Tiktok. “Let Down”, a historic passage of 1997 contained in “Ok Computer”, entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, debuting at number 91. It is an unpublished result for the piece, which at the time had not been published as a single in the United States, and which marks the fourth entrance of the band in the American ranking after “Creep” (1993, position 34), “High and Dry” (1995, 78) and “Nude”. 37).
The relaunch of the song is linked to a series of viral videos: the most popular exhibition shows generated by artificial intelligence depicting famous couples – or imaginary, taken from the cinema – together with their hypothetical children, collecting over 4 million likes. Other clips, used as soundtracks of emotional and surreal moments, have contributed to transforming “Let Down” into a “mood song” capable of reaching a new generation of listeners.
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The phenomenon takes on a paradoxical nuance if you think that, until a few years ago, Thom Yorke commented with sarcasm the band numbers on Tiktok, when the Radiohead had opened an official account managed by the mysterious Alter Ego Chieftan Mews. At the time Yorke and the art director Stanley Donwood reduced enthusiasm with jokes as “it's embarrassing” or “I don't remember even because we opened it”.
Today the situation is overturned: the randomness of the platform's algorithms reported a classic of Radiohead in the standings and made the band surprisingly current also for the public of the youngest. At the same time, Yorke and Donwood are the protagonists of another important event: since the beginning of August, at the ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM in Oxford a great exhibition dedicated to their artistic collaboration has been open, with over 180 works including paintings, sketches, engravings, texts and unpublished materials. The exhibition, which can be visited until 11 January 2026, documents the evolution of the visual imagination of the Radiohead, from the iconic artwork of “OK Computer” up to the most recent digital experiments, underlining once again the indissoluble bond between their music and the artistic and visual dimension.
But it's not the first time that “Let Down” surprises. Last June, in fact, the song had made its official debut in the British Official Singles Chart, placing itself directly at position 85. Originally published as a promotional single in September 1997, “Let Down” had never obtained the commercial recognition it deserved. His recent explosion on social media has finally made justice to what many consider one of the highest moments of the discography Radioheadian.
The magic of the Internet has allowed new generations to discover the poignant beauty of this song, demonstrating how great music does not know temporal limits. In an era dominated by ephemeral trends, seeing such a profound and stratified composition conquer the rankings after almost three decades is the confirmation that authentic art always finds its way to the public.
The Radioheads have been published a new live album for a few days, “Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)”, which includes live versions of songs such as “2 + 2 = 5”, “Therere” and “A wolf at the door”, recorded in London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires and Dublin over those years.
The exit is part of a context of growing rumors about a possible live return of the band in 2025, after years of inactivity.
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