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According to Billboard, Radiohead will embark on an international tour starting spring 2008!

“We plan to tour next year, starting in May through to probably the end of the year. With lots of holidays in that period,” says Bryce Edge of Courtyard Management, the firm that manages the band. “At the moment we are talking with our agents in North America and for the rest of the world, trying to get a schedule which works for the band and works financially,” he adds.

“They toured last summer almost for creative reasons, definitely not for financial reasons. And I think they quite enjoyed it,” explains Edge. “The next set of touring will be slightly larger-scale venues.”

As for frontman Thom Yorke, he is known to dislike long-term international tours and has raised concerns over the effects of touring on climate change.

“He likes to do shows, but the whole business of schlepping around the world is not top of his list of favorite things to do,” says Edge. “He really enjoys playing to the fans—it’s just the process of how to do that which is the pain in the neck [for Yorke]. They’re not road dogs. They never have been.”

As for the recent digital-only release In Rainbows, there are reports the album has shifted more than 1.2 million copies. The average price paid was reportedly about £4 ($8).

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13 responses to “Radiohead Plans Rainbows Tour 2008”

  1. lana Avatar
    lana

    Hmm… I’m thinking the Hollywood Bowl. I hope it isn’t Staples!

  2. paulag Avatar
  3. maribel Avatar

    I hope it’s not the Hollywood Bowl! Saw them there a few years ago and it sucked – I could barely hear or see them. :*(

  4. Oscar Avatar

    It could be worse than the Hollywood Bowl (Which I love). They can always play the gateway to hell, the Hyundai Pavilion in Devore….

  5. cheryl Avatar
    cheryl

    Where did they play for the last tour? Whatever venue that was, this time around, it will be “larger scale…”

  6. the reckoner reckons... Avatar
    the reckoner reckons…

    radiohead is playing at my house. MY HOUSE!

  7. mad props Avatar
    mad props

    nice job digging up the photo from 1994. Philip Selway once again has hair!

  8. Oscar Avatar

    They played 2 shows at The greek, remember? You member….

  9. maribel Avatar

    I wonder if they’ll play the new Nokia Theatre? It has a larger capacity than the Greek.

  10. eden Avatar
    eden

    you’re all wrong. they’re playing at my house and then after party in my pants.

  11. paulag Avatar

    they are going to play at hollenbeck park

  12. curelover Avatar
    curelover

    Oh my gosh … Radiohead will change the world. They are so amazing live. The are AMAZING …..!!!!!

  13. Martha Avatar

    If they come to washington i will PEE MYSELF.

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